Mr. Nathan D. Taft

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  www.greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?Page=1&NewsID= - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/17/2007    Last Visited: 11/18/2007  

  "In terms of the building stock, only 1 percent is new construction annually, so it is critical to focus on the existing 99 percent, which are huge consumers of energy," said Nathan Taft, who manages acquisitions for the Rose Smart Growth Investment Fund.
  
  Green renovations of existing buildings, he said, are economically viable.In the case of the Joseph Vance building, the green renovation has allowed the company to command higher rent: before the renovation, tenants paid between $16 and $20 a square foot; the value has grown by at least $4 to $6 a square foot, and the renovation will cut overall operating costs.
  
  "We believe that our green strategy, combined with our focus on mass-transit accessibility, is just a smart real estate strategy that will increase building operation efficiency, decrease expenses, increase marketability and the top line, and lead to improved net operating income and value," Taft said.
  
  The Fund paid $23.1 million for the Joseph Vance Building -- and the smaller, adjacent Sterling Building -- in April 2006.Both were located in close proximity to mass transit but the Joseph Vance Building needed to be "repositioned," Taft said.
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  "We've taken those out to great benefit," Taft said.
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  "You can't force it on everyone but you can educate and provide lots of opportunity," Taft said.
  
  About 82 percent of the building is currently leased with a number of leases pending, Taft said.The company has renovated about 20,000 square feet of vacant office space so far, as well as about 15,000 square feet of tenant occupied space.
  
  The response has been favorable."People are attracted to the green features," Taft said.

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  Centennial Celebration - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/26/2002    Last Visited: 10/9/2006  

  The Yale-China Walking Tour of Yale with Trustee Nathan Taft
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  Nathan, who served as a Yale-China Teaching Fellow at the Yali Middle School from 1995-97, works in Yale's Office of New Haven and State Affairs, helping to develop closer town-gown relations.All are welcome to join but must meet Nathan at Yale-China no later than 12:30 p.m.

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  Investment Team - Jonathan Rose Companies - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/6/2009    Last Visited: 11/6/2009  

  Nathan Taft, Director of Acquisitions
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  Nathan D. Taft
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  Nathan D. Taft Director of Acquisitions
  
  Mr. Taft has led the Fund's efforts to acquire, green and reposition portfolio properties, leveraging Jonathan Rose Companies' longstanding experience with green building and its commitment to investment in smart growth, mass transit accessible locations. The Fund's first acquisition, the Vance and Sterling Buildings in Seattle, Washington's central business district, has become a flagship for its investment principles. The asset was granted LEED for Existing Buildings Gold Certification by the USGBC in 2009 and was featured as a model by the National Trust's Preservation Green Lab. Nathan repositioned the asset, significantly increasing occupancy and income while creating what has been called "ground zero" for the green movement in Seattle. Other current notable projects include the acquisition and green renovation of 198 units of 100% affordable, Section 8 apartments in historic Harlem, New York, a pilot for HUD's Green Retrofit Program; and the acquisition and greening to LEED EB standards of an office building near Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut financed with New Markets Tax Credits. Nathan has been a featured speaker in the US and Canada on the greening of existing, historic buildings. His prior experience includes working for a double bottom-line private equity fund at J.P. Morgan and leading several economic and community development initiatives for Yale University. Nathan is a member of Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) as well as the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He earned his M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, and his B.A. in History from Yale University.

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  Jonathan Rose Companies > Projects > Investment Studio... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/14/2009    Last Visited: 8/14/2009  

  Nathan D. TaftAcquisitions Manager, Investment PracticeMr. Taft sources and closes acquisitions for the Rose Smart Growth Investment Fund, asset manages Fund portfolio properties, and leads efforts to transform Fund assets with green building investments.He has assisted with the development and implementation of the Fund's strategy and has experience with design and construction management, leasing, and repositioning assets.His prior experience includes working for a double-bottom line private equity fund at J.P. Morgan and leading public-private economic development partnerships with city and state government for Yale University.Mr. Taft earned his M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management in 2004, and his B.A. in Intellectual History from Yale University in 1995.

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  Jonathan Rose Companies > Who We Are > Practice - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/11/2006    Last Visited: 4/12/2007  

  For more information about the Rose Smart Growth Investment Fund, please contact Nathan Taft: nathan@rosecompanies.com

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  NAIOP's Development Magazine - Inside Finance - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/22/2006    Last Visited: 9/18/2009  

  Nathan Taft, director of acquisitions for Jonathan Rose Companies and Wendy Rowden, managing director, explained that the property fits well with its investment criteria: urban, near mass transit, a gateway city between Boston and Washington, DC.
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  Taft remarked that sellers today may be mildly distressed but are getting extensions on their loans so they are not in a rush to sell.

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  People - Jonathan Rose Companies - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/6/2009    Last Visited: 11/6/2009  

  Nathan Taft, Director of Acquisitions

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  The Yale Herald - November 14, 2003 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/14/2003    Last Visited: 3/4/2004  

  "Brace yourselves, because this amazing story happened at Princeton," Yale Entrepreneurial Society president Nathan Taft, TC '95, SOM ... | Read More

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  yaledailynews.com - 'Teach' leader Kopp focuses on... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/8/2003    Last Visited: 12/8/2003  

  Yale Entrepreneurial Society president Nathan Taft '95 SOM '04 said Kopp embodies the purpose and ambition of the YES.

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  yaledailynews.com - Society chooses Y50K winners - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/26/2004    Last Visited: 4/26/2004  

  "It's an interesting collection of teams," former YES President Nathan Taft '95 SOM '04 said.
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  Taft said the Y50K Competition's emphasis on social entrepreneurship makes it unique.
  
  "We think that it matches people at Yale's interest in social enterprises," he said."We split the prize money in half and then distributed it among the three [winners in each category]."
  
  The summit also featured a keynote speech by President and Chairman of Greylock Management Corporation Henry McCance, who Taft described as "one of the best venture capitalists on the East Coast."After the speech, interested audience members each had 45 seconds to present their prepared or impromptu business plan ideas to McCance, and he chose one contestant to consult with further.

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