Al Lingerfelt serves as the Chairman of Lingerfelt. He is a Partner of the firm and a voting member of the firm’s Investment Committee. He has been active in real estate investment management for over 40 years. During this time, he has been involved in nearly 20 million square feet of real estate acquisitions and development in seven states. Al has been instrumental in the acquisition and development of Lingerfelt’s current owned portfolio of 4.7 million square feet and 1,165 hotel rooms in 6 states, totaling $806 million in total cost. In 1995, Al sold his prior company, Lingerfelt Development Corporation and its affiliates to Liberty Property Trust, an $8.8 billion public real estate investment trust. He simultaneously joined Liberty as Senior Vice President, overseeing strategic direction for acquisition, development and management of properties in Liberty’s Virginia Region for 12 years. Al received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.