Louis Vogt

Lou Vogt graduated from the University of Illinois in 1971 with a BS in Finance and later continued his studies at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, earning his MBA in 1987. Mr. Vogt has been involved in all aspects of real estate including lending, investment, development and management.

In 1972, Vogt began his real estate career when he joined Continental Mortgage Investors (Mortgage REIT) based in South Florida where he was assigned to the REO department. Through 1991, Vogt continued his real estate lending and workout career in South Florida in increasing roles of responsibility with Southeast Bank, Citicorp Real Estate and Home Capital, a subsidiary of Home Fed Savings Bank, as Eastern Regional Director. In 1991, Vogt joined MIG Realty Advisors, Inc. (“MIG”), a real estate pension advisory firm as Vice President and ultimately became Principal, Senior Vice President and COO responsible for assets totaling in excess of $2 Billion. In 1998, MIG was acquired by Associated Estates Realty Corporation (NYSE: AEC) and Vogt became Senior Vice President of AEC responsible for operations of 30,000 apartment units for both the public company as well as all pension client assets served by MIG. Vogt was elected to the Board in 1999 and later named President and COO of AEC in March 2000. In January 2003, Vogt joined Professional Management of Central Florida to expand the successful property management track record for private and non-profit owners to institutional clients along with acquiring the controlling interest in affordable apartment communities across the southeast. PMCFI, later known as Banyan Realty Management, grew to over 25,000 units under management and ultimately was sold to CASRiverstone in September 2008.

Vogt and partner Scott Zimmerman have acquired control of approximately 6,500 rental apartment units and have founded a new property management firm, AGPM, to manage its owned portfolio. Vogt also serves as President of Banyan Realty Advisors, an SEC registered investment advisor.