Sergio S. Lo Presti, MAI is a Designated Member of the Appraisal Institute and a licensed Certified General Appraiser in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. As a member of the Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, he has served as a chapter director and member of the nominating committee, and he is the current President. Mr. Lo Presti is a graduate of Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, including majors in Real Estate and Finance, and is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society. Appraisal experience includes participation in a wide variety of eminent domain (condemnation) appraisals throughout Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio including complex assignments requiring state-wide solicitation and collaboration with third-party specialists (e.g., machinery & equipment appraisers, architects, engineers, billboard professionals, etc.). Other areas of focus include single and multi-tenant medical and professional offices, industrial properties, restaurants, net-leased investments, and special-use properties (e.g., school campus, parking garage, rail yard, surgery center, sports event center, golf courses, recycling center, auto salvage yard, rail corridor, etc.). He has also conducted various impact studies and reduced marketability studies to ascertain the impact of external factors or reduction in property appeal (e.g., road exposure, airport exposure, proximity to elevated roadway or superstructure, reduced parking, restricted site functionality, diminished visibility, etc.).