Company: CMCT
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0000908311-25-000030
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Company: Creative Media & Community Trust Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: 10-K/A
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 Group, L.P.’s platforms. As a principal and head of CIM Group, L.P.’s Development Group, he is actively involved in the development, redevelopment and repositioning of CIM Group, L.P.’s real estate assets. Additionally, Mr. Kuba is instrumental in sourcing new opportunities and establishing and maintaining relationships with national and regional retailers, hospitality brands and restaurateurs. He serves on CIM Group, L.P.’s Investment, Allocation and Real Asset Management Committees and provides guidance on the diverse opportunities across CIM’s platforms. He also serves as an officer of various affiliates of CIM. Prior to CIM Group, L.P., Mr. Kuba was involved in a number of successful entrepreneurial real estate activities including co-founding Dekel Development, a developer of commercial and multifamily properties in Los Angeles. Mr. Kuba was selected to serve as a director because of his significant experience with the real estate development and sourcing new transactions as a result of his experience with CIM Group L.P., including as co-founder thereof, as well as his leadership roles at CIM Group L.P., all of which are expected to bring valuable insight to the Board of Directors.

Richard Ressler has served as director and chairman of the Company since March 2014. Mr. Ressler is the founder and president of Orchard Capital Corporation (“Orchard Capital”), a firm that provides consulting and advisory services to companies in which Orchard Capital or its affiliates invest. Through his affiliation with Orchard Capital, Mr. Ressler serves in various senior capacities with, among others, CIM, a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender and developer and the indirect parent of CIM Real Estate Finance Management, LLC, the external manager of CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. (“CMFT”), Orchard First Source Asset Management Holdings, LLC ( “OFSAM Holdings”), a holding company consisting of asset management businesses, including OFS Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser focusing primarily on investments in middle-market loans and broadly syndicated loans, debt and equity positions in CLOs and other structured credit investments and other registered investment advisers focusing primarily on investments in broadly syndicated loan, and OCV Management, LLC (“OCV”), an investor, owner and operator of technology companies. Mr. Ressler also serves as a board member for various public and private companies in which Orchard Capital or its affiliates invest. Mr. Ressler served as non-executive chairman of the board of Ziff Davis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZD), formerly known as j2Global, Inc