Sara Investment Opens St. Louis Office; Names Jared Stinehagen Vice President of Operations, Southern Region

Real Estate Investment Portfolio Expands into Attractive Lower Midwest Market

February 2, 2015 (Madison, WI) — Sara Investment Real Estate, LLC, a commercial real estate investment and development company, announced today its new office in St. Louis, Missouri serving the lower Midwest and Central States. Jared Stinehagen, Vice President of Operations, Southern Region, has joined the firm and will administer its diverse portfolio of office, retail and industrial properties in the region. Stinehagen will be dedicated to developing investment projects and acquisitions, and cultivating partnerships with investors and their wealth management advisors as well as financial partners throughout the lower Midwest.

“We are thrilled to expand the Sara brand into the St. Louis and lower Midwest markets as it offers tremendous growth opportunities and helps improve product diversity for our investors,” said Traci Dalsin, President of Sara Investment Real Estate. “Jared brings a wealth of strategic investment experience, and his industry knowledge will be an asset to enlarging opportunity-appropriate real estate investment projects that meet specific investor preferences and objectives.”

Prior to joining Sara Investment Real Estate, LLC, Jared has worked for two international and publically traded real estate investment trusts, Westfield Corporation and CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. encompassing markets between Washington D.C. and Chicago, in addition to successfully leading direct- and distribution-channel sales in North America for an architectural products company.

Sara Investment Real Estate, LLC has offices in Madison, WI and St. Louis, MO, and a growing portfolio that includes nearly two million square feet in 25 cities, and valued at more than $200 million.

About Sara Investment Real Estate, LLC:
With offices in Madison and St. Louis, Sara Investment Real Estate, LLC develops, leases, finances and manages high quality properties throughout the upper and lower Midwest. We build successful partnerships with investors, tenants, financial institutions, other developers and employees to complete and manage quality projects. Our commercial real estate opportunities are available to select investors through a network of individual and wealth management partners. Sara Investment Real Estate was founded in 1997 and owns and operates more than two million square feet in 25 cities valued at more than $200 million.