The Distribution by Juniper Square

Wesley Wilson, CFO of Avanath Capital Management, joins Brandon Sedloff for a special interview during Juniper Square's IMN CFO/COO conference in May of 2023. Links: Avanath Capital Management Wesley on LinkedIn Learn more about Juniper Square Provide feedback for the podcast Connect with Brandon Sedloff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bsedloff/ Timestamps (00:00:47) Avanath and Affordabl...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Michael Phillips, a Principal and the President of Jamestown, a global, design-focused real estate investment and management firm with a 40-year track record. During his tenure as President, Jamestown has grown its portfolio of assets in key markets throughout the US and expanded its investment footprint to South America and Europe, more than tripling the firm’s...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Jeff Toporek, co-founder and principal of FD Stonewater, a boutique development, investment, brokerage, and asset management firm. As a leader in the firm’s investment and asset management platforms, Jeff focuses his entrepreneurial energies on creating value from every angle of a transaction, including property operations, leasing, portfolio and risk management...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Matt Ellis, CEO & Founder of Measurabl, the world’s most widely adopted ESG data management solution for real estate. Measurabl helps the industry’s most innovative companies optimize their ESG performance, assess exposure to physical climate risk, and act on decarbonization and sustainable finance opportunities.  Before founding Measurabl, Matt spent five years...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Heather Border and Jennifer Stevens, the Co-Founders and Managing Partners of Alliance Global Advisors, a woman-owned consulting firm focused on developing strategic growth solutions for real asset investment managers. Prior to Alliance, Heather was Managing Director for National Real Estate Advisors and held positions with Hunt Investment Management and The Tow...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Antonio Marquez, Principal and Managing Partner of Comunidad Partners. Antonio founded Comunidad Partners in honor of his family’s immigrant heritage and to provide improved opportunities and a better life for the people who live in the communities that the company serves. As chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee, Antonio is responsible for strategic plann...

On today's episode, I sit down with Chris Powers, Founder and Executive Chairman of Fort Capital and host of The Fort Podcast. Chris is a serial entrepreneur with more than 18 years of real estate development and investment experience. To date, Fort Capital has invested over $2 billion in Class B industrial, Commercial, Multi-Family, student housing, and residential land development projects throu...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Matt Slepin, Managing Director and Co-head of Real Estate at ZRG Partners, a global talent advisory firm that is changing the way companies hire and manage talent.  Matt founded Terra Search Partners in 2006 which became part of ZRG Partners in 2022 to help expand ZRG’s business in all aspects of the real estate sector. Since 2017, Matt has been the host of the...

Cortland is one of the largest multifamily firms in the U.S. Founded in 2005, they are now a global, vertically integrated multifamily investment, development, and management firm. Headquartered in Atlanta, they own and manage apartment communities across the U.S. with regional offices in Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Greenwich, Houston, and Orlando. Internationally, they operate a build-to-rent (BTR...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Molly Bordonaro, Owner & Managing Partner at Green Cities Company, and discuss what it means to build a truly environmentally-friendly building; The markets Green Cities Company is most interested in and why; and How COVID changed what renters care about. At Green Cities, Molly oversees investment management, investor relations, and asset management at The Green...

On today’s episode, I sit down with Andrew Holmberg, Principal at Berkeley Partners, and discuss why Andrew believes in avoiding locations that are overly correlated to housing, the importance of getting ESG reporting right, and how technology has created new & better ways to interact with investors Andrew is responsible for acquisitions, portfolio management, investor relations, and overall strat...

Welcome to The Distribution by Juniper Square. Our mission is to empower GPs and LPs to unlock the full potential of their private partnerships through the power of digitization and to radically expand opportunities in private markets. The Distribution sits you down with industry experts, thought leaders, and some of the biggest names in commercial real estate, venture capital, and private equity...