John Fowler

Biography: John P. Fowler (As of 3/14/02) John P. Fowler, a 1968 graduate of Brown University, spent 4 ½ years at John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance as a Real Estate Investment officer and then 2 ½ years with a local mortgage banking development firm. In 1974, along with Peter L. Goedecke, he founded what would become Fowler, Goedecke, Ellis & O'Connor, the largest real estate financing firm in New England which achieved annual production volume of over $1 billion. In 1998, John Fowler and his partners sold Fowler, Goedecke, Ellis & O'Connor (FGEO), which had grown to 5 offices and a servicing portfolio of $3.2 billion to AMRESCO. FGEO was then merged with Holliday Fenoglio, which AMRESCO had purchased in 1994 to form Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF). Later in 1998, PNS Realty and Vanguard Mortgage were acquired and merged into Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. Subsequently, HFF was acquired by Lend Lease. Since its formation in 1998, HFF has arranged more than $40 billion of financings and sales. The company has 19 offices across the U.S. and is the largest intermediary of real estate capital in the U.S. The 4 lines of business include debt placement; structured finance; investment sales; mortgage servicing. The firm works with major developers and owners of property and solves their real estate capital needs.