Stratford Partners LLC

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Stratford Partners is a private equity real estate investment firm focused on the acquisition of multifamily properties. Stratford Partners skills cross the entire spectrum of the investment cycle providing underwriting, acquisition, redevelopment, asset, and construction management services to our Joint Venture investors. The principals of the firm have acquired, owned and operated a multifamily portfolio in excess of $400 million with assets located throughout the major metros on the west coast, and have invested in excess of $160 million in equity on behalf of Institutional and Ultra High Net Worth investors. Target acquisitions include assets throughout the major metros on the west coast including San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Phoenix and Denver See more on acquisition criteria here: http://www.stratfordpartners.com/acquisition-criteria

Real Estate Specialization
Multifamily
Investment Type
JV partnership
Acquisition/Fee Simple
Investment Style
Core+
Value-add
Opportunistic
Typical Deal Size
$10,000,000 - $50,000,000
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MANAGING PRINCIPAL

Jesse Wilson

Mr. Wilson is a founding Partner and Managing Principal of Stratford Partners. Prior to founding Stratford Partners, Mr. Wilson was a Vice President of Acquisitions with RedHill Realty Investors. In that capacity, Mr. Wilson sourced and executed the acquisition of over $250 million in Multi‐Family assets across the western U.S., alongside institutional joint venture partners including RREEF, Blackrock, AEW, GE, and Babson Capital. Prior to his Acquisition activities, Mr. Wilson spent time in RedHill’s Asset Management Group, which oversees the operations of RedHill’s entire portfolio. Prior to RedHill, Mr. Wilson worked as real estate analyst for the Corky McMillan Companies, a major owner and developer of residential and commercial properties throughout Southern California and Texas. Mr. Wilson began his career in accounting with Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale in Santa Barbara, CA. Mr. Wilson holds a Bachelors degree in Economics & Accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker.

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MANAGING PRINCIPAL

Andy Crews

Mr. Crews is a founding Partner and Managing Principal of Stratford Partners. Prior to founding Stratford Partners, Mr. Crews was a founding Principal of RedHill Realty Investors, a private real estate investment firm recognized as one of the major emerging brands in the multi‐housing sector. Serving as Principal and Chief Investment Officer of RedHill, Mr. Crews was responsible for all of the Investment activities at RedHill. In this role, he was responsible for the acquisition of more than $400 million in multi family assets ‐ approximately 4,000 units ‐ located in major metros across the Western US. Mr. Crews orchestrated the investment of more than $140 million in equity joint ventures with institutional equity partners such as BlackRock, GE Capital, AEW, RREEF, TriSail (BofA), Babson (Mass Mutual) in addition to Ultra High Net Worth Investors. In May of 2009, Mr. Crews was named to Real Estate Southern California’s “Top Thirty Under 30″‐ SoCal’s Best and Brightest Rising Stars of Commercial Real Estate. Mr. Crews has been a frequent speaker on the topic of real estate investing and real estate capital markets. Prior to RedHill, Mr. Crews was a Managing Director of CRA Advisors, an investment and advisory firm providing commercial real estate advisory and investment banking services to domestic investors in the US and Mexico with emphasis on mixed use hotel‐residential and resort developments. Previous to CRA, Mr. Crews began his career with the Merrill Lynch Global Private Client and Investment Consulting Group providing core investment services to institutions and ultra high net worth investors. Mr. Crews is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with undergraduate degrees in International Business, Finance, and Spanish.

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PRINCIPAL / DIRECTOR OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

MARK HALLING

Mr. Halling is a Principal and the Director of Portfolio Management for Stratford Partners. Prior to joining Stratford Partners, Mr. Halling managed RedHill Realty Investors’ portfolio of multifamily assets in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Denver markets where he was responsible for overseeing strategic asset management objectives, on-site property management, and construction management of all major renovation projects. In addition, Mr. Halling developed the company’s portfolio-wide analytic reporting platform to evaluate property performance and provide investor reporting to institutional and private equity partners. Furthermore, Mr. Halling previously worked for Real Capital Analytics in New York. In that role he analyzed and interpreted trends in commercial real estate markets, including research on multifamily development, non-traded REITs, single-tenant retail, and hotels by brand quality. Mr. Halling received his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business where he graduated summa cum laude with a concentration in Strategy. He also holds a Masters degree in Finance and Bachelors degree from Vanderbilt University.

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Portfolio Management

Caleb Schroeder

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Portfolio Management

Mark Halling

AEW Capital Management LP

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (RREEF)

Babson Capital Management

Hanover Partners

Key Focus Areas
Acquisitions Asset Management Construction Leasing Property Management Real Estate Investing Individual Investors Institutional Investors
Geographical Area
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