Lynxs News Contact ABOUT CAPABILITIES AVIATION PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW LEADERSHIP About Lynxs Group LLC is an Austin, Texas based international real estate development firm specializing in aviation related real estate development and management, specializing in air cargo/air logistics, perishables logistics, MRO, FBO and aircraft hangars. A privately owned company founded in 1994, Lynxs currently has operated in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Past projects include the successful completion of multi-tenant facilities, build-to-suits, master-planned airport projects, redevelopments, and public-private partnerships. Lynxs works with and for airport authorities, airport owners, airlines, service providers and other end users of airport-related real estate around the world. Our primary objective is to create projects which are well-built, highly functional, and reasonably priced, with enduring value for our customers and investors alike. LYNXS THROUGH THE YEARS… OUR HISTORYEARLY DAYS Founded by Ray Brimble, Lynxs began its operations in Austin, Texas, in 1994 with the pursuit of the competitive tender for the development of new air cargo facilities at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport – at the time the largest new commercial airport to be opened in the U.S. in decades. Lynxs, a local partnership of experienced Texas businesspersons, real estate developers, and private investors, won the Austin tender and went on to successfully develop and operate air cargo facilities across the U.S. Along the way, Lynxs refined the design and technical specifications of air cargo facilities to increase efficiency and improve airport and tenant operations. In addition, Lynxs became involved in increasingly more sophisticated transactions involving tax-exempt project finance structures and a variety of partnership and investment structures. Over time, Lynxs emerged as a leader in its sector with full-service capabilities and a rapidly growing portfolio. GE CAPITAL AVIATION SERVICES (GECAS) PARTNERSHIP In late ’06, Lynxs formed a 50/50 joint venture partnership with GECAS, a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Capital and the world’s largest financier of aircraft and aviation-related assets with a portfolio exceeding $40 billion in aviation-related investments. In the GECAS partnership, GE was Lynxs’ exclusive capital partner and Lynxs provided the development and operational know-how which formed the cornerstone of GE Capital’s major strategic initiative into airport investment and development. The GECAS partnership transformed Lynxs into a major, institutional-grade global player through the adoption of GE best practices in the areas of operational excellence and risk management as well as significant investments in establishing world-class infrastructure with global capabilities. After a quick and successful start, which included more than $250 million in closed transactions, the financial-market turbulence of late ’08 forced GE to reduce and eventually abandon its ambitious investment targets. In early ’09, Lynxs returned to private ownership through a friendly de-merger with GECAS. Lynxs continued its excellent relationship with GECAS for many years thereafter as a manager of GECAS aviation ground assets. 2010 THROUGH TODAY The post-GECAS years brought about an increased globalization of Lynxs’ development projects as well as further diversification of the types of projects we tackled. Lynxs completed a very large mixed-use airside facility Vienna International Airport, which was sold to the VIE airport authority in 2015. In 2010, Lynxs also built and managed the largest airside air cargo facilities in Latin America at El Dorado International Airport, Bogota, Columbia (BOG). More than 50% of this 800,000+sft facility was temperature controlled perishables warehousing, which offered Lynxs an early window of understanding about the rapidly growing world of perishables logistics. After 2015, Lynxs grew its holdings and development portfolio further to include other types of aviation facilities including an very large MRO facility in Grand Junction, CO (GJC) and the US Coast Guard West Gulf HQ and air rescue Facilities in Corpus Christi, TX (CRP). Lynxs was able to combine its knowledge of airside facilities with the insights we gained from our Bogota perishables experience to launch our first operational business, AirLogistix USA. AirLogistix USA brought the first airside perishable cargo centers to both Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Dallas Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW), opening the way for entirely new trade routes which had previously run through Miami, to successful now come through Texas airports to serve the entire middle region of the USA stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. These centers handle highly specialized products such as seafood, flowers, produce, and pharma from across the globe and have recently proven to be essential infrastructure for the distribution of vaccines. Airlogistix was successfully sold to dnata cargo handling , a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, and continues to operate under the dnata name at both airport locations. In 2020, Lynxs successfully completed two build-to-suit MRO hangars located at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) and the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, FL (FLL). As we move into the 2020’s the importance of investing in airport infrastructure relating to cargo and MRO’s is increasing again as e-commerce, specialized cargo handling, and new types of aircraft requiring modern airside maintenance must be developed. The Pandemic of 2020-21 has also taught us the importance of air logistics and the freighter/cargo aircraft sector is the most dynamic sector in global aviation today. This sector deserves and demands the best ground facilities at the best airports. Lynxs offers its +25 years of experience and relationships to assist in the development of infrastructure to meet the demands of today , and tomorrow. RAY BRIMBLE Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ray Brimble is an Austin, Texas-based businessman with a portfolio combining entrepreneurial and managerial accomplishments spanning a 40-year career. He founded his first company at age 22 and has gone on to establish more than 50 companies on four continents with activities ranging from the oilfield, to technology, to logistics and aviation related real estate. Mr. Brimble co-founded the predecessor of Lynxs as the Austin CargoPort Development company, to build and manage the cargo facilities at the new Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Show more + JENNY ORTIZ Vice President, Lynxs Jenny Ortiz started at Lynxs in 2010. She first served as the project manager for one of Lynxs Group’s largest and most complicated projects located in Bogota, Colombia. Most recently she has completed two design build hangar projects at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. With over 25 years of experience managing new business development and projects, she brings excellent real estate asset management experience and the ability to take a project from idea to completion. Show more + PENNY LAMBRIGHT Asset Manager Penny Lambright is the Asset Manager for the Lynxs group of companies and has been with Lynxs since 2007. She is currently responsible for all leasing activity, maintenance, service contracts, overall office management, and interaction with government entities for several key properties in the Lynxs portfolio. Additionally she manages the day to day finances and accounting for all properties and investments. Show more + GRETCHEN RICKARD Property Manager – Alaska CargoPort LLC Gretchen Rickard is the Property Manager for the Lynxs facilities in Alaska and handles the day-to-day operations of the properties. Gretchen has been an Alaska resident for over twenty years. She relocated from the SF Bay Area to Anchorage after working several summers as an Office Manager in the bush for a remote shore based salmon processing company. Show more + 3501 Manor Road | Austin, TX 78723 | (512) 539-2200 | ©2021 Lynxs