GRI Summit - Global Real Estate Institute

Partner
The Whitehall Funds
The Whitehall Funds are a family of opportunistic real estate funds sponsored
and managed by Goldman Sachs. The Funds invest in real estate companies,
projects, loan portfolios, debt recapitalizations and direct property.
Ed Siskind
Partner Whitehall Funds
Goldman Sachs International
Peterborough Court
133 Fleet Street London
EC4A 2BB
Tel: +44 20 7774 1000
Goldman Sachs Paris
53 rue de Chateaudun
75009 Paris
France
Tel: +33-1-4212-1000
Richard Powers
Partner Whitehall Funds
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Messeturm Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage
4960308 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49-69-7532-1000
Since its inception in 1991, Goldman Sachs, through the Real Estate Principal
Investment Area (REPIA), has raised approximately $11.6 billion of equity in
nine funds, including its latest fund, Whitehall 2001, with committed capital of
$2.3 billion. Goldman Sachs has committed approximately $2.2 billion to the
Whitehall Funds since inception with nearly $400 million committed to Whitehall
2001.
Since inception, The Whitehall Funds have made investments of approximately
$67 billion in total cost across 20 countries including the U.S., Canada,
U.K., France, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong and
Thailand.
REPIA is a team of dedicated Goldman Sachs professionals, with the business
experience and the local market knowledge required to identify and understand
opportunities and to structure complex transactions. REPIA has approximately
95 employees worldwide, located in New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan,
Dallas and Tokyo.
Archon Group, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, provides
the infrastructure and resources necessary for global asset management for
the Whitehall Funds. Archon and its affi liates currently manage approximately
17,000 assets worldwide, employing over 1,100 employees in offi ces located in
the US, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Thailand and Korea.