Carmine Berardi is an Associate Director of Acquisitions and Development at Strategic Capital, the U.S. Real Estate Investment and Development arm of China State Construction and Engineering (“CSCEC”), one of the worlds’ largest investment and construction groups and a Fortune Global 500 public company. In his current role, Carmine is responsible for acquisition activities; including sourcing, underwriting and closing transactions in the New York City metropolitan area. Previously, Carmine was a New Business Development Manager at Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust “PREIT” in its Retail Leasing Group. Prior to that, he was a Financial Analyst in the Acquisitions and Dispositions Group at PREIT. Carmine has extensive experience in the commercial real estate industry having worked on over $1 billion of real estate acquisitions and dispositions. Carmine has experience in a wide array of disciplines; including acquisitions, development, capital sourcing, asset management, and leasing. Carmine holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Finance and International Business with a minor in Real Estate and Italian from Villanova University. Carmine is a member of the National Italian American Foundation’s Leadership Council and an advisor to the Italian Finance Committee in Parliament. Carmine is bilingual and holds dual citizenship, U.S. and E.U. (Italian).