Who is Meridian Services?

Meridian Property Services, Inc. was created in 1992 by Paul Van Cleve. It is currently owned and operated by Paul and his wife, Martha Van Cleve. Although Meridian has grown to approximately 130 employees, it continues to be managed with a "hands-on" approach. All clients have direct access to the owners to resolve any problems or for any assistance necessary. There is no "bureaucracy" interfering with providing service or solving problems.

Meridian specializes in customizing its services to the needs of its clients. We provide ongoing, comprehensive property management services to some owners. To others, we provide periodic or occasional services of a limited scope, such as managing the tenant fit-out of office space, or semi-annual window washing.

Meridian provides management services for urban and and suburban commercial properties, large and small. We manage the seven building Technology Centre of NJ office park, urban office buildings of up to 350,000 square feet, medical facilities, retail properties, and parking garages.

We understand that property management is a "people business". Our employees understand the importance of satisfying both a building's owners and it's tenants.

Meridian Property Services, Inc. is a New Jersey registered Small Business Enterprise (SBE). The registration number is 22315788400.

Biographies of Key Personnel:

PAUL VAN CLEVE, RPA, is the founder and Chief Operating Officer of Meridian. He has eighteen years of real estate experience, with a concentration in the management of office and industrial property. He has been responsible for managing office buildings of up to a million square feet, as well as various types of industrial, retail, medical, parking, and special use properties. He is a licensed broker in the state of NJ, and holds the Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation. Prior to founding Meridian in 1992, he was employed by Carodan Corporation. Rouse & Associates, the Kevin F. Donohoe Company, and Jackson-Cross. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Philadelphia, and continues to be a BOMA member. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1979, and served as Naval Officer for six years.

MARTHA VAN CLEVE, PRESIDENT, joined Meridian in 2003 after eighteen years of real estate finance experience. She was a manager and lending officer in the commercial real estate departments of various banks, including Fleet, PNC, and Chemical Bank. Most recently, she was a Senior Credit Officer at Fleet Bank, managing a portfolio of commercial real estate loans totaling over $1 billion. She has an MBA from George Washington University, and a BA from the University of Rochester. She served as an officer in the Navy for five years. She is a Board Member of The Reinvestment Fund and a member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)-Philadelphia.

LINWOOD ("Woody") WISMER, Property Manager, has extensive experience in property management, and has specialized in the installation and maintenance of HVAC systems and other building systems and services. He has been with Meridian since its inception in 1992. He oversees the management of a number of commercial properties for Meridian. Prior to entering the property management field, he marketed and designed residential and light commercial heating and air conditioning systems for R.P.M. Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. He previously had founded his own company, which installed HVAC systems for residential and commercial buildings.

DONALD NAWN, Project Engineer, has 19 years' experience in building management and maintenance. He is currently the Project Manager at the 500,000 square foot Trenton Office Complex. He has overseen the operations and maintenance of various commercial buildings, including office, retail, and hospital facilities. Prior to joining Meridian in 1993, Mr. Nawn operated and maintained 600,000 square feet of commercial space. Mr. Nawn has an electrician's license, a Class A boiler license, and is a CFC qualified technician.

LAUREL ("LORI") Gordon, Manager of Janitorial Services, has twenty years' of legal and financial experience. She began working at Meridian Services, in 2001, performing bookkeeping, budgeting, and documentation functions for the janitorial division of the company. She was promoted to manager of the division in 2003. She is responsible for all aspects of the janitorial services which Meridian provides.

BRUCE BEDIENT, controller, has over twenty years' experience in financial management positions in public and private accounting. He is responsible for all financial accounting and reporting, as well as human resource management and employee benefits. Mr. Bedient holds a B.A. degree in mathematics from Muskingum College. He earned his Certified Public Accounting certificate while working for J. K. Lasser, CPA's, an international accounting firm. He is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Public Accountants.