Exhibit 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the
joint filing with all other Reporting Persons (as such term is defined in the
Schedule 13D referred to below) on behalf of each of them of a statement on
Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of The Fortress Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and that this Agreement may be included as an Exhibit to such joint
filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this
Agreement as of the 22nd day of February, 2001.
PROMETHEUS HOMEBUILDERS LLC
By LF Strategic Realty Investors II L.P.,
its managing member,
by Lazard Freres Real Estate
Investors L.L.C.,
its general partner,
by Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal & Chief
Financial Officer
LF STRATEGIC REALTY INVESTORS II L.P.
By Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors
L.L.C., its general partner,
by Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal & Chief
Financial Officer
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LFSRI II ALTERNATIVE PARTNERSHIP L.P.
By Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors
L.L.C., its general partner,
by Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal & Chief
Financial Officer
LFSRI II-CADIM ALTERNATIVE
PARTNERSHIP L.P.
By Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors
L.L.C., its general partner,
by Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal & Chief
Financial Officer
LAZARD FRERES REAL ESTATE
INVESTORS L.L.C.
by Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal & Chief
Financial Officer
LAZARD FRERES & CO. LLC
by Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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