PAREN Q1 2025

Welcome to the first edition of the Princeton Alumni Real Estate Network newsletter. When I started the alumni group back in March 2011, I had no idea how many alumni worked in this industry. Well, there are more than 1200, covering every niche within CRE and infrastructure. The group would hardly have gotten off the ground without the early encouragement of those of you who attended our earliest events and, most importantly, from Marc Landis ’84, who hosted our first three gatherings at his office in NYC. Since then, we have held dozens of events around the country, including our annual Reunions meet-up. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 14 years since we started, and I am even more excited about the future of our group. 

This newsletter will help to usher in the next phase of our growth, and bring more of you together, professionally and socially. We plan to publish this newsletter quarterly, and hope that it will encourage you to share your news with us. Future editions will look similar to this one: we will include a selection of PAREN member profiles; we will publicize deals that you close; we will share your new job announcements; if you write an article for an industry publication or if you will be speaking on an industry panel, let’s us know and we will help spread the word. 

Of course, if you have any ideas for the newsletter or for the group as a whole, let us know. PAREN is for all of us. The more you engage, the more valuable it will be for everyone. 

Tiger Tiger!
Jeremy Glantz '90

Professional Announcements

• Bode Adunbarin ’16 recently joined Caste Capital in Boston as a Managing Partner, where he and the firm are focused on acquiring multifamily, retail, and mixed-use assets in the greater Boston area.
• Brett Rosenthal '16 is excited to announce the launch of his new venture, Rose Water Capital. Brett and Rose Water are focused on value-add multifamily acquisitions on the East Coast.
• Michael East ’18 is finishing his MBA at Harvard, and is wasting no time starting his next adventure. He and Mark Hedrick ’18 have formed a new business, Firestone Partners (we approve of the name!), where they will target acquisitions of shallow bay industrial assets throughout Sunbelt markets.
• Ryan Pristo ’18 joined Berkshire Residential Investments in Boston as an Acquisitions Associate covering the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
• Stefan Ivanisevic '19 joined Avison Young as a Vice President in their Chicago office, where he is focused on office tenant rep and portfolio management.
• Dan Hampton ’20 was recently promoted to Partner at Bluestone Commercial Capital, a bridge lender based in New Jersey.
• Sam Tarter ’21 was promoted to Director with JLL’s Capital Markets group in Chicago. Sam sits on the debt and equity placement team and focuses on housing-oriented structured finance. He also sits on the national student housing debt platform.
• Nabil Yessuf ’21 recently moved from the CMBS Originations group to the CRELS team at JPMorgan, where he is now working with Greg Sotereanos ’14 to originate and structure loans for large construction, predevelopment, and transitional commercial real estate projects across the US.

If you get a promotion or move to a new job, let us know so we can share the good news here!

Tigers in the News

• Matt Eastwick '93, CEO of Javelin Capital, a renewable energy investment banking firm, announced the acquisition of Javelin by JLL.
• John Beacham '96, CEO of Toorak Capital, a KKR-funded capital provider to the residential bridge loan industry, recently celebrated reaching $5 billion in loans facilitated by its AI powered system, ToorakConnect.
• Anne Hill '97 discusses the rise of C-PACE financing in the multifamily sector.
• Liz Bell ’04, Co-Head of Real Estate at Hamilton Lane, was mentioned in GlobeSt in conjunction with her firm’s acquisition of a NYC multifamily portfolio.

On the Farm

We still have many undergraduates who are actively seeking internships and jobs in commercial real estate. If you are looking to hire, please contact Jeremy Glantz.

In the future, we will use this section to share news about the undergraduates. 

Upcoming Events

• 5/23: Annual Reunions Meet-Up
  • Date / Time: Friday, May 23rd from 3pm - 6pm
  • Location: Butler Courtyard (35th Reunion Headquarters)

The Deal Sheet

If you close a deal and would like to share the good news, please reply to this email with the relevant details and we will share with your fellow alumni in the next issue!

Thank you for taking the time to read this edition of our newsletter. If you have any announcements, updates, or resources you’d like to see included in the next issue, please let us know.

As always, feel free to reach out if the Princeton Alumni Real Estate Network can be of any assistance to you.