NAI Rampart Commercial Real Estate New Orleans

Chris R. Ross, a Senior Commercial Sales Agent at NAI Latter & Blum, is renowned for his expertise in Investment & Brokerage. With a 25-year career that began at Latter & Blum, Inc., Chris has excelled in various aspects of commercial real estate including site selection, lease negotiations, and property transactions. His deep understanding of construction, development, hotel operations, and real estate finance uniquely positions him to successfully manage investments for both new and experienced investors.

Notably, Chris co-led a major industrial office sale in New Orleans and played a key role in a significant 276-unit apartment deal in 2013. As part of the NAI Latter & Blum Hospitality Division, he has closed seven major hotel developments in New Orleans, totaling over 1,000 rooms and $300 million in development costs. These include the 182-room Oil and Gas Building and the 210-room Luxury Boutique Independent NOPSI Building.

A New Orleans native, Chris's contributions extend beyond real estate. He previously directed housing initiatives for the New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative and was instrumental in redeveloping the CJ Peete Public Housing into mixed-use units. His community involvement includes serving on Mayor Mitch Landrieu's Housing transition team, founding board president of ARISE Academy Charter School, a commissioner of the New Orleans Downtown Development District, and a board member of Caf Reconcile.

Recognized as a top business professional by New Orleans City Business magazine and as a Real Estate Influencer by Biz New Orleans Magazine, Chris's notable transactions include The Saratoga Building ($32M), The NOPSI Hotel ($13M), and The Maritime Building ($30M). His membership in the Real Estate Executive Council further underscores his significant impact in the field.

Mr. Pennewell is a member of the commercial real estate teams at Latter & Blum. Latter & Blum has been located in the heart of the city for over 100 years. The company is one of the largest and most successful real estate brokerage companies in the Gulf South. In addition to brokerage services, the company provides numerous related services such as property evaluations, appraisals, financial and debt analysis, site selection and analysis, best and highest use analysis, and other related commercial real estate resources for our clients.

Mr. Pennewell has excelled in his real estate ventures. He has owned and managed a personal portfolio for the past 40 years. During this period of time, he has had a vast array of experience working in farm and residential rental properties throughout a multi-state area.

Prior to joining Latter & Blum, Mr. Pennewell staffed and managed sales organizations throughout a 35+ year career in the healthcare industry. He also managed National Account teams for several Fortune 500 companies, as well as start-up organizations. His teams were awarded many national and regional awards for their sales excellence. He has in-depth knowledge of health professionals and their specific needs.

Currently, Mr. Pennewell is working on his CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation. He is professionally affiliated with the following groups: Commercial Investment Division (CID), New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR), National Realtors Association (NAR), Louisiana Realtors Association (LAR), Member of the Louisiana (CCIM) Chapter, and Louisiana Commercial Database (LACDB). He was appointed to the LACDB, LLC Board of Managers for the 2021 term. In 2020, Mr. Pennewell was awarded the Louisiana Chapter CCIM Scholarship and in 2021, he was awarded the C.I.D. (Commercial Investment Divsion) educational scholarship. He has also worked closely with the American Diabetes Association at a state and national level as a civic responsibility.

Daniel has crafted a niche of advanced financial analysis, site selection, and demographic research across several industry specialties.

He is a contributing partner in the creation of the Al Davis Industrial list which tracks the quarterly absorption of industrial properties with its origin dating back to 1987. The Al Davis Industrial report is the sole data source of industrial data used in the UNO Annual Economic Outlook & Real Estate Forecast for Metropolitan New Orleans.

In the Hospitality sector, he serves as a financial analyst, with the use of Argus Enterprise, to conduct feasibility studies, distribution ratio and cash flow analysis, underwriting, and investment analysis. With this technology, he provides institutional level financial analysis for clients ranging from local hoteliers to national REITS.

After the $1 Billion-dollar collapse of a New Orleans-based community bank, Daniel provided advisory services to Regional and National Banks, Private Investors, and Underwriters across a plethora of asset types including: Downtown Office High Rises, Hotels, Leasehold Interest, Condo Developments, and Airbnb Investment Properties. Through the management of a research department, his team aggregated market data to reconstruct financial statements and researched market comps to provide an opinion of value. The determined values were used as guidance in the acquisition of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) at FDIC auctions.

In his free time, Daniel assists in the national education of fellow CRE professionals in the application of innovative tools. His repertoire of teaching events includes, but is not limited to, CCIM Facility Cadre Training in Chicago [2015], CCIM Annual Spring Conference in Atlanta [2016], CCIM 102 Market Analysis for Commercial Investment in Houston [2017], and as a guest speaker in CCIM 102 Market Analysis in New Orleans [2017]. In 2016, he consulted as a retail site selection expert to assist in the development of a course for CCIM. Recently, presented at the 2018 Esri User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego, which is attended by over 15,000 attendees, and as a panel member for the University of New Orleans Economic Seminar.

Through his active participation in roles listed above, and others, Daniel remains up to date about the forces which shape today's turbulent commercial investment markets on both a Macro and Micro level.

Jeff joined NAI Latter & Blum in June of 2020. He graduated from Florida State University where he obtained a BS degree in Economics, a BS degree in Social Science and a minor in Urban and Regional Planning. Jeff began his commercial real estate career in Huntsville, Alabama as an advisor and then later as a partner with Graham & Company. He holds several professional designations to include Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED AP), which is supported by the United States Green Building Council. Jeff served on the Alabama CCIM state board for five years, chapter Treasurer, VP, President, and then Regional Director South for SIOR and currently serves as a member of the Technology and Investment Member Groups. Jeff is a member of the Knights of Columbus and Leadership St. Tammany Alumni. Jeff has experience in all aspects of commercial real estate(CRE), including capital markets, development, management, leasing, marketing, and sales. His practice includes advising private owners, developers, private equity firms, institutional, and corporate owners of real estate. In 2018 he expanded into facilitating the investment and disposition of single-family rental (SFR) and build-for-rent (BFR) portfolios of 5 to 1,000 homes. He is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi, providing advisory services to commercial property users and investors.

I have worked in the real estate industry since 1982. Initially working for a large local real estate developer in the Metro area primiarily leasing his portfolio In 1998 I switched to the commercial industry. My first year at Latter & Blum, I was awarded "Rookie of the Year". The next year I was awarded "Rookie of the Year" for the Commercial Investment Division of the New Orleans Metropolitan Associate of Realtors. During the next two years I was awarded the "Most Transactions Award" from the Commercial Investment Division of NOMAR. I am currently serving as President of Commercial Investment Division of NOMAR. I primarily focus on the leasing and sales of office, retail and industrial property.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Mignon is a graduate of St. Mary’s Dominican High School and The University of Georgia where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate. The first five years of Mignon’s commercial real estate career were spent in Atlanta focusing on retail landlord representation at Stream Realty and Colliers International, respectively. As part of project leasing teams, Mignon dedicated her time servicing local to institutional clients in her portfolio of grocery-anchored centers, lifestyle centers and mixed-use retail projects across the Metro Atlanta area.

At the beginning of 2020, Mignon moved home and began working for NAI Rampart as a third-generation commercial sales and leasing agent, following in the footsteps of her grandfather, Murdock Richard, and father, Paul Richard. She remains specialized in retail landlord and tenant representation and her portfolio of projects is spread out among the Greater New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas. Aside from her retail focus, she and her father currently serve as Real Estate Advisors to the Jefferson Parish School Board (JPSB), Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) and Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Outside of NAI Rampart, Mignon actively pursued and earned her CCIM (Certified Commercial Real Estate Member) designation in Seattle, WA in October 2023 and currently serves as the Secretary for the Louisiana CCIM Chapter. She is a member of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors Commercial Investment Division (NOMAR CID) Forecast Committee that plans the annual Real Estate and Economic Forecast Symposium in New Orleans. Mignon served as Chairman of the 2023 and 2024 Forecast events, and will be chairing the 2025 event, scheduled for October 16^th at Jefferson Performing Arts Center. She also serves on the NOMAR CID Board of Directors and is the 2025 President-Elect.

In 2023, Mignon graduated from the fourth cohort of Loyola University’s Women’s Leadership Academy, a program that is designed to enable leaders in the region to achieve their greatest professional potential through leadership training, personal development, and one-on-one mentorships, and she continues to stay involved as an alumna of the program. Mignon is currently participating in the Louisiana Realtors (LR) Leadership Program, which is dedicated to broadening and enhancing the LR volunteer community and association leadership through an increase in their network, knowledge and service.

Mignon was the recipient of NOMAR CID’s 2022 Rising Star Award which is given annually to a REALTOR® or Affiliate of NOMAR and the Young Professionals Network, 40 years of age or younger, who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of sales, leadership, and community involvement.

Mignon and her husband, Daniel, reside in Metairie with their two black labs, Bella and Rosie, where they are active parishioners at St. Angela Merici Church. Mignon is a member of the Women on Fire ministry’s Core Team and the ACTS retreat community.

Reed Wiley, CCIM is Associate Director of Commercial Sales and Leasing with NAI Rampart and a Commercial Broker Associate in Louisiana and Mississippi (sales and leasing). Reed has an extensive background in the industrial, office, retail, hospitality, multi-family, and investment sectors throughout Louisiana and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Reed was voted a winner of the 2021, 2022, & 2023 CityBusiness Reader Rankings Best Commercial Real Estate Agent in New Orleans.

In the years before Reed joined NAI Rampart, he established and owned a successful interactive multimedia marketing company. Reed graduated from LSU in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in Theater (performance) and worked consistently as an actor, musician, and website designer in Los Angeles for 11 years before moving back to his home state of Louisiana.

In February of 2024, Reed was named Associate Director for Commercial Sales and Leasing at NAI Rampart. Reed plays a pivotal role in providing daily operational support and mentorship for the next generation of NAI Rampart commercial agents across the state. His commercial expertise and problem-solving skills have helped shape the direction and growth of NAI Rampart for years to come.

• Associate Director of Commercial Sales and Leasing (NAI Rampart)

• Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)

• Member of NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Association)

• Member of NOMAR

• Member of NOMAR Commercial Investment Division (CID)

• Member of the Louisiana Commercial Database (LACDB)

• Member of New Orleans Chamber of Commerce

• Member of Jefferson Chamber of Commerce

• Associate Broker in LA & MS

• CCIM Courses Completed (CI101, CI102, CI103, CI104)

• LeadingRE Sales Specialist

• LeadingRE Service Expert

• LeadingRE Marketing Specialist

• Board Chair- Lafitte Greenway Partnership | 2022-2025

• Board Member – Lafitte Greenway Partnership | 2021-2027

• Board Member of NOMAR Commercial Investment Division (CID) | 2021

• Best Commercial Real Estate Agent – Winner, CityBusiness Reader Rankings | 2021-2023

• Licensed in Louisiana by the LREC

• Licensed in Mississippi by the MREC

Rich joined Rampart (formerly Latter & Blum) in December 1982, and for over 40 years has been an integral part of the company's commercial brokerage operations. For 22 years, Rich served as Vice President and Director of the company's commercial sales and leasing division, where he oversaw the largest commercial brokerage company in the Gulf South. Under Rich's direction, its commercial associates completed over 750 sales and leasing transactions annually.

In November 2008, Rich stepped down from his leadership role to pursue full-time what he enjoys most - being fully involved in commercial and investment transactions. He brings over 40 years of real estate experience and unparalleled perspective to each of his clients. Rich is active in the industry and community. In November , 2008, his efforts were recognized by the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors Commercial Investment Division when he was awarded that organization's Service to the Industry Award. Rich works from Rampart's New Orleans offices..

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

Ryan, a third-generation real estate professional, entered the industry with a rich family legacy encompassing brokerage, asset management, and firm leadership. This multigenerational connection has provided Ryan an invaluable reservoir of knowledge and understanding, which he adeptly taps into to benefit his clients.

Ryan's approach to real estate is characterized by a blend of relationship-centric and data-driven strategies that continuously evolve with the ever-changing industry landscape. With a portfolio boasting a multitude of closed transactions featuring varying deal structures, he has cultivated an expansive database of tenants, buyers, investors, and brokers. This resource is regularly leveraged to meet the diverse needs of his clients. Moreover, Ryan frequently collaborates with out-of-state brokers seeking a connected agent with a nuanced understanding of local markets.

Beyond his professional achievements, Ryan has dedicated time outside the office to pursue additional leadership opportunities within the professional and local community spheres. These experiences have not only enriched his role as a real estate agent but also fostered a sense of camaraderie, purpose, and deep connection with the local community. This profound understanding allows Ryan to navigate their needs, challenges, and potential solutions with a unique perspective and unwavering dedication.

Licensed since 2010, Ryan's career pivoted from residential to commercial focus after earning a CID scholarship for CCIM 101. Following course completion, he joined NAI Latter & Blum at the end of 2011. As a rookie commercial agent, Ryan gained industry attention, earning recognition from the Commercial Investment Division of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of REALTORS for sales and leasing production exceeding $2.5 million. He was also a corecipient of the "Largest Retail Sale" award and was acknowledged as one of two "Rising Stars." Notably, Ryan was honored as the "Rookie of the Year" by NAI Latter & Blum in 2012.

His list of accolades expanded over the years, including but not limited to: St. Tammany Chamber's "Outstanding Young Professional" 2016, GNO Inc.'s "Millennial of the Year in Real Estate" 2019, and the CID's "Special Purpose Sale of the Year" 2020.

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

Commercial Investment Division of NOMAR: Board Member 2016-2021, Sec. Tres. 2018, Pres.-Elect 2019, Pres. 2020, Ex-Officio 2021

New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors member 2010-present

St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce: Board Member 2015, 2017 & Outstanding Young Professional of the Year 2016

Northshore Young Professionals: Committee Chair 2015, 2017 & Vice Chair 2016

GNO, Inc.: Outstanding Millennial in Real Estate 2019

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Northshore's Finest Honoree 2015 and Continued Supporter

Financial Management Association (MTSU Chapter) - 2008-2010 | Received Honors Recognition from FMA

EDUCATION: Middle Tennessee State University: M.B.A. & B.B.A. Business Finance

CCIM Institute: CI 101, CI 102, & CI 104