Tommy Miller joined Trademark in 1999 as a development partner, and is currently Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer.

Tommy previously held executive positions with Santa Fe, N.M.-based Security Capital Group and its investee companies, CarrAmerica, Archstone, ProLogis and the predecessor to Regency Centers. He wrote the business plan for, and was Executive Vice President of CarrAmerica’s serviced office business, and directed office property acquisitions in multiple U.S. markets. He also served as the Founding Director of the Security Capital U.S. Investment Research Institute and Senior Manager with the Arthur Andersen Real Estate Services Group (formerly GA/Partners and Gladstone Associates) in Washington, D.C., and an associate with Kenneth Leventhal & Co. in Dallas.

Tommy is an Urban Land Institute (ULI) CRC Gold Flight Council member and is active in the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and serves on the Board of Trustees of All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth, Texas. He received his BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Trinity University.

Mr. Patel is a real estate investment professional with over 15 years of experience in investing, developing, financing, and managing various types of institutional quality assets. He has extensive experience with retail, office, industrial, and housing / mixed-use asset classes ranging from core to opportunistic transactions both in debt and equity. Previously, Mr. Patel worked as Vice President of Investments at Pacific Retail Capital Partners (“PRCP”) in Los Angeles, CA. While at PRCP, Mr. Patel had extensive exposure to the large-format retail sector on a national platform.

Mr. Patel, throughout his career, has held various positions at Terramar Retail Centers (now TRC Retail), OliverMcMillian, Morgan Stanley, and Red Hill Realty Investors. Mr. Patel is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He holds an MBA / Master of Science in Real Estate from the University of San Diego and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.