Member Details

Augie started his professional appraisal career with KPMG^s Economic and Valuation Service practice in 2006. He has experience in valuations of institutional and non-institutional real estate as well as highly specialized personal property assets. Augie is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers and Practicing Affiliate of the Appraisal Institute. Through the course of his career, Augie has worked throughout the U.S. as well as in an assortment of countries outside of North America., including: Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Spain, Germany, Malaysia, Holland, South Korea, Great Britain, Thailand, Scotland, and Singapore. Augie is proficient in writing, reading, and speaking Spanish.

Professional and Industry Experience

Augie has worked on a variety of different clients, with a wide range of specialty work including; commercial office, residential, and industrial portfolios, hospitality and resort properties, meat and poultry processing facilities, chemical polymer resin manufacturing facilities, natural gas upstream and downstream operations, thermal and non-thermal power plants, automotive facilities, mining equipment and operations, brewing and bottling facilities, and oil rigs and field equipment. Augie has worked on various engagements for financial reporting and tax purposes, including: ASC 970, ASC 820, ASC 805, ASC 360-10/20, IAS 13, SAS 73/101, IFRS 3, SFAS 57, FIRPTA, and IRC 1060. He has also performed multiple property and business level due diligence assignments for buy and sell side clients. Augie has written multiple white papers,  performed multiple market studies, lease abstracting analysis, cash flow modeling exercises, and economic impact studies for various industries, including:

Recent White Papers

• Developed a white paper for a utilities client for guidance under U.S. GAAP and IFRS 3 on the lifing and componentization of Property, Plant, and Equipment located at a power generation facility.
• Developed an internal white paper for guidance under ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations and the highest and best use concept at it pertains to real estate acquired in a purchase price accounting scenario.

• Analyzed price points and capture rates for the St. Louis, MO metro area for the feasibility of constructing a sports/recreation complex.
• Analyzed current and projected residential housing vacancy, absorption, and market rent growth in New York City.
• Developed market studies for current power plant trends including; construction costs, peaking vs. load lifing, componentized equipment pricing, distribution costs, associate maintenance, heat recovery analysis, and historic transactions.Power generation types include: hyrdro-electric, natural gas-fired, coal-fired, nuclear, wind, geo-thermal, power barges, fuel-oil, and waste recovery.

Tax Revenue /Economic Impact Analysis

• Determined the total tax revenues attributable to a neighborhood improvement zone located in Allentown, PA to estimate the debt service for a construction loan related to the development of a hockey arena.  Estimated revenue, expenses, and tax revenues for over 200 businesses within the zone, as well as the economic impact of the development of the arena and other office, retail, and hospitality projects.