When it comes to real estate services, it’s not just who you know.

Michael W. Wells

President
Reshaping skylines, building communities, and exceeding customers’ expectations for more than 30 years.

Mike Wells serves as President of REI Investments Inc., the manager of REI Real Estate Services, LLC. Over the past 25 years Mr. Wells has been involved in a number of significant real estate projects including the JW Marriott Hotel, Marriott Place, Circle City Mall, WellPoint Operation Center, Emmis Communications Headquarters and the Indianapolis Marriott Hotel, all in downtown Indianapolis. Currently, REI has a number of hotels and multi-family projects under development in Indianapolis, Louisville, Kentucky and Austin Texas.

In Addition to his development activities, Mr. Wells manages the portfolio of real estate investments owned by REI Real Estate Partnership. These investments include 300 North Meridian in downtown Indianapolis, several parking garages and numerous suburban office buildings. REI currently has over $200 million of development projects ongoing.

Prior to his career with REI, Mr. Wells was practicing attorney in Indianapolis, specializing in the real estate and tax-exempt financing area.

Mr. Wells graduated Magna Cum Laude from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and received a B.S. from Purdue University in Interdisciplinary Engineering. Community activities include serving as immediate past Chairman of the Indianapolis Zoo, Executive Committee member of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, and Building Owners and Managers Association; immediate past president of Crossroads Council of the Boy Scouts of America, member of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Board of Directors and co-chairman of the Jazz Fellowship Awards. Mr. Wells is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana Bar Associations and alumnus of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership program.

Jeffrey Sporleder

Chief Financial Officer
He’s the one who takes care of the money. Obviously, he’s really good at it.

Jeff Sporleder is Chief Financial Officer for REI Real Estate Services, LLC. Inherently, the CFO is responsible for providing solutions while using existing knowledge, experience, and available resources to provide the financial information and analysis necessary to make sound business decisions that maximize the return on the investment for customers and owners. In this capacity, Jeff has direct responsibility for corporate financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis; management and investment of cash flow; coordination and preparation of audited financial statements and tax returns; strategic tax and business planning; and interaction with shareholders, partners, and the Board of Directors.

In addition, Jeff actively oversees insurance risk management, banking relationships, human resources, and information systems. He has more than 26 years of accounting experience, including five years in auditing with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

Jeff received a BS in Accounting with Distinction from Indiana University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Indiana and a member of the Indiana CPA Society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, a national scholastic honorary society for students of business and management.

Jeff has been active in the United Way of Central Indiana Hamilton County Day of Caring. He is also an active member of Mount Pleasant Christian Church and resides on its Board of Elders.

Michael D. Napariu, CCIM

Vice President of Sales & Leasing
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Our leasing expert–with nearly 445 sales and leasing transactions totaling over $235 million in value under his belt.

Mike knows a good lease deal when he sees it: he's the exclusive leasing agent for the properties owned by REI Investments, including 300 North Meridian Street, Meridian Crossing, and 11711 Pennsylvania St. He also works as the exclusive leasing agent for some of our clients, including such prominent Indianapolis properties as the Methodist Professional Center, and the USTA Midwest Headquarters.

The trick is turning good deals into great ones. That's where Mike really shines: at REI, he’s been involved with sales and lease transactions totaling over 3.25 million square feet.

Prior to joining REI, Mike spent 13 years with Indianapolis Power &Light, where he held several financial positions before working as a consultant for Economic Development. In this position, he worked with prospective and existing Indianapolis companies, helping them locate the property and resources needed for expansion. In his four years in that position, the companies Mike worked with made over $40 million of capital investment.

Mike is a graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Indiana, as well as a CCIM Designee. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Mike currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce, the Ronald McDonald House of Indianapolis, and the Geist Half-Marathon. He is a past Board Chair of the Carmel Chamber. In addition, he is an Eagle Scout and an alumnus of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Program.

Jeremy Stephenson

Vice President of Development
Helping cities grow, businesses succeed, and overseeing our developments from vision to reality.

Jeremy knows how to work with people–local government officials, attorneys, engineers, architects, general contractors and finance professionals–by taking a vision and turning it into the reality of a successful development for REI. In leading our development division at REI, he has successfully developed anything from office and medical office build to suits for local clients to large urban hotel developments throughout the country. He recently developed a$425 million convention center hotel development in Downtown Indianapolis. He is currently working on a 219 unit upscape multi-family development in Zionsville, IN, a mixed-use 40 acre development along the Ohio River in Louisville and hotel projects in Austin, TX, Salt Lake, UT and other locations throughout the United States.He also works directly with outside counsel to advise on legal matters for the company.

Jeremy is a graduate of Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis and has also completed classes in the Masters of Business Administration from Butler University. He is an honors graduate of Butler University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Prior to REI, Stephenson worked for The Indy Partnership, a regional economic development organization serving the Indianapolis area, where he worked to secure existing jobs and bring hundreds of new jobs–as well as over $50 million in capital investment–to the Indianapolis community.

Jeremy greatly enjoys being involved in the community where he is on the serves in voluntary leadership roles with the Urban Land Institute, Outreach, Inc (non-profit working with homeless teens in Indianapolis), the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committeeand Common Ground Christian Church. He previously served on the board of the Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Butler University Alumni Board and multiple scholarship foundations. He is also actively involved with Wheeler Mission Homeless Shelter, and a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association. Jeremy was recently recognized with the Indianapolis Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” award.

Tina Shute

Vice President of Asset/Property Management
Making sure the numbers make sense–and keep building value–for our company and our strategic partners.

Tina is our Vice President of Asset/Property Management for REI Investments, Inc. In her role as asset manager, Tina is responsible for managing the value of the portfolio of properties managed by REI. As part of her duties, she oversees strategic planning, investment analysis, and operation and marketability analysis, as well as positioning the properties in the marketplace in accordance with market trends and conditions.

In her role as Vice President of Property Management, Tina oversees our Property Management team. REI currently manages over 2.3 million square feet of space.

Tina received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Indianapolis.

She is an active member of IndyCREW and has served as the chairperson of the Budget and Finance Committee. She participates in the United Way of Central Indiana Day of Caring for Hamilton County and is a member of Golden Key Honor Society and Alpha Sigma Lambda, Zeta Chi Chapter.