Tom Terkel Executive Vice President Cencor Solutions tterkel@cencorrealty.com Professional Background Thomas J. Terkel is Executive Vice President of Cencor Realty Services and is leading Cencor Solutions, a division that focuses the efforts of Cencor and The Weitzman Group to assist owners of distressed real estate accomplish their goals. Under Terkel’s direction, Cencor Solutions is forming joint ventures with investors to invest in and provide services to owners of distressed retail assets.  Previously, Terkel directed Cencor Urban and was responsible for The Triangle, an urban mix of retail and residential uses located in Central Austin. Prior to forming Cencor Urban, Terkel opened the Austin office of The Weitzman Group and Cencor Realty Services in 1989 and ran that office until 2001. During that time, Terkel developed or redeveloped over 1,800,000 square feet of retail projects in and around central Texas.  Prior to creating the Austin division for Weitzman/Cencor in 1989, Terkel was senior vice president for Henry S. Miller Development Group.  Organizations Terkel is currently an active member of several professional and civic organizations, including the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Land Institute where he has served on the District Council of the Austin Chapter. Terkel has served as President of the Real Estate Council of Austin, an organization of over 2,000 members he helped found in 1991 and of which he remains a member of the Executive Committee of its Board of Directors. He received the Commendation of Excellence Award from RECA in 2007. Terkel is also on the Board of Directors of the Zachary Scott Theatre and was named an honorary Life Member of that Board. In the past, he has served on the Board of the Austin YMCA (where he has chaired several committees), the Austin Family House and the Mayor's Task Force - Comprehensive Watershed Ordinance. Education Terkel received a Juris Doctor degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a Bachelor of  Arts degree from American University in Washington, D.C.