MarKa P O W D E R H O U S E C I T Y O F S O M E R V I L L E c o m m u n i t y a r c h i t e c t u r e l a n d s c a p e a r t MarKa Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art MarKA MarKa Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art MarKA TABLE OF CONTENTS A. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL F. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 1. Financial Management & Interests B. STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS 2. Financial Strategy 1. Development Team Composition and Structure 3. Bank References 2. Development Team Qualifications 3. Resumes G. MUNICIPAL BENEFITS/IMPACTS/COSTS 4. Development of Adjacent Land 1. Taxes 5. Community Partner’s Letter of Intent 2. Net Fiscal Impacts 3. Jobs C. COMPARABLE PROJECTS & REFERENCES 4. Neighborhood Impacts 1. Development Team Comparable Projects 5. Other Benefits / Impacts / Costs 2. Design Team Comparable Projects 6. Infrastructure Improvements 3. Comparable Project Graphics 7. Open Space Costs 4. Comparable Project Green Practices 5. Comparable Project Development Approach H. EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT & LAND DISPOSITION AGREEMENT 1. ENA Statement D. PROJECT NARRATIVE 2. Proposed ENA and LDA Revisions 1. Program Description 2. Site Plan Options I. FINANCIAL DEPOSIT 3. Project Timeline 1. Deposit Statement 4. Amenities Description 2. Approval for Deposit Use Statement 5. Green Elements 6. Parking & Transportation Demand Management Strategy J. CERTIFICATION OF GOOD FAITH 7. Design Deviations 8. Community Engagement Plan K. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT E. PURCHASE PRICE 1. Offer Price 2. Offer Description 2 Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art MarKA MarKa Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art 3 A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL B STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS MarKa, LLC and its affiliate Sebastian Mariscal Studio, Inc. (collectively referred herein as “MarKa”) has assembled a local development team based upon two essential criteria: the first is their demonstrated ability to deliver projects in a thorough, efficient and contextual manner; and the second is that each consultant has an acumen for the Somerville community both in terms of the Teele and Davis Square neighborhoods, and the city overall. MarKa is confident in its team’s capabilities who collectively are committed to delivering a community-oriented project. ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE: MarKa is a minority-owned development and operations company founded in 2014 that is located in Somerville. MarKa represents the partnership of two limited liability companies: Mariscal Development, LLC and KA Real Estate, LLC. KA Real Estate, LLC and its affiliates, including KA Enterprises, was created by three partners who have a combined net worth of more than $58 million. KA Real Estate, LLC and its affiliates act as the equity partner to MarKa. Sebastian Mariscal is the sole partner and manager comprising Mariscal Development, LLC, as well as its affiliate company Sebastian Mariscal Studio, Inc. (collectively referred herein as “the Studio”). The Studio is a fully-integrated design firm also based in East Somerville. B1: development team composition and structure MarKa, LLC A Massachusetts limited liability company Sole Managing Member (Developer) Member (Equity) MARISCAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC KA REAL ESTATE, LLC A Massachusetts limited liability company A California limited liability company Sole Member & Manager (Design Firm) SEBASTIAN MARISCAL STUDIO, INC MarKa Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art 9 DEVELOPMENT TEAM COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE: KAYVON AGHANIA, Partner Marka Kayvon Aghania, CEO of KA Enterprises and its affliliate KA Real Estate, LLC has a business portfolio and experience that spans two decades. Mr. Aghania is in charge of the overall leadership and management Developer / Owner / Property Manager MarKa of KA Enterprises, and is MarKa primary equity manager. Mr. Aghania has in depth financial, operational Sebastian Mariscal Studio, Inc. Architect / Landscape Designer asset management, property management and investment management experience that has contributed to Zoning Attorney Richard G. Di Girolamo the success of many of his businesses. His primary responsibilities include structuring implementing, and Structural Engineer Foley Buhl, Roberts & Associates executing the financial underwriting of MarKa, and he ensure that all operational benchmarks and mile- Environmental Engineer Axiom Environmental stones are met or exceeded. Traffic Engineer Bayside Engineering Landscape Architect / Civil Engineer BSC Group KEN ASSI, Partner MarKa Green Roofing Consultant REcover Green Roofs, LLC Ken Assi holds over twenty years of investment management experience. He acts as MarKa’s investment officer in charge of investment oversight, portfolio management, acquisitions, development, and investment Building Systems/ Energy Consultant New Ecology, Inc. risk management. Mr. Assi is in charge of sourcing, due diligence structuring, negotiations, investment Fiscal Benefit Analyst Connery Associates execution, and oversees site design, and entitlements. Community Garden Consultant Green City Growers KAMBIZ AGHANIA, Partner MarKa Community Partners Collaborative Living Project Parts & Crafts Kambiz Aghania has over 30 years of professional experience, in which he has owned, managed and “STEAM”, an affiliate of sprout & co. operated numerous businesses around the country. He partnered with Kayvon Aghania and Ken Assi Somerville Bicycle School to for KA Real Estate LLC, the equity partner/ manager of MarKa. Mr Aghania has been instrumental to the development and expansion of MarKa. His visionary, yet practical style of leadership has resulted in multiple successful ventures, and he remains an integral part of the management team involved in all aspects of the company’s business operations and stewardship. His core work hones in on the expansion of the organizations involvement in planning, architectural and development while he oversees much of the KEY MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM: company’s investment portfolios simultaneously. SEBASTIAN MARISCAL, Managing Partner MarKa & Sebastian Mariscal Studio STEVEN AZAR, Director of Development & Operations MarKa & Sebstian Mariscal Studio Sebastian Mariscal has over twenty five years of design and development experience in several states of Steven Azar brings ten years of multi-faceted real estate industry experience, and is responsible for both the United States and Mexico. As the Sole Managing Partner of MarKa, Mr. Mariscal has full authority project development and operations. Mr Azar has a proven track record managing complex transit- over development projects and architectural design, which makes the partnership between MarKa, LLC oriented master planning projects, brownfield redevelopments and for moving ground-up, mixed-use and Sebastian Mariscal Studio fluid, solvent and perhaps more importantly, wholly approachable from the pursuits through lease-up to stabilization. Mr. Azar was previously a Development Associate within Wood community perspective. Mr. Mariscal has earned numerous accolades for his design and development work Partners Boston Office, a merchant, national multi-family development company. There, Mr. Azar was under his Studio, and he continues to push MarKa to the highest level of development & design standards responsible for several pursuits totaling more than $250 million ranging from garden-style to high-rise with regards to community engagement, the integration of art and landscape into striking architecture, and construction types. He began his career as an environmental engineer working for CH2M Hill, Inc., and one of a kind projects that seek to set high-green building standards. At the core of his work, Mr. Mariscal prior to joining Wood Partners, was a Senior Economic Development Planner for the City of Somerville. believes that community engagement for every development is paramount, and should be a central part of He is a LEED Accredited Professional and was named in 2012 as “Person of the Year” by Brownfield the process. While his work focuses primarily on human interaction with an integrated built environment, Renewal magazine, a national publication. many of his designs have achieved the highest of green building standards, including a current project in Mission Hill, Boston that is energy positive. 10 Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art MarKA MarKa Community • Architecture • Landscape • Art 11 RON MILLETT, AIA, Director of Design Sebastian Mariscal Studio JON D. BUHL, P.E., Structural Engineer Foley Buhl, Roberts & Associates Ron Millett is a licensed Architect and brings extensive architectural detailing and design experience that As a founder of Foley Buhl, Roberts & Associates, Jon Buhl has established the company over the is heavily focused on residential and mixed-use construction. Throughout his fourteen year career, Mr. last 29 years as a leading force in the engineering community. He oversaw the company’s expansion Millett has worked on numerous single and multi family residences in Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, from Watertown and Newton, MA to New Hampshire, and to the south in Atlanta. Under Mr. Buhl’s and Florida. Prior to joining Sebastian Mariscal Studio, Mr. Millett was employed at Safdie Architects supervision, the company has grown from a structural engineer for science, healthcare, educational and where he had the opportunity to work on larger - mixed use developments around the world. At Safdie, athletic facilities, to mixed-use and multifamily developments, and smaller projects. Mr. Millett