Jim Howard

BentallGreenOak (US) LP (BentallGreenOak) is a SEC-registered real estate investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded in 2010 as Bentall Kennedy (US) LP and is a majority owned indirect subsidiary of Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE: SLF) in Canada. BentallGreenOak acts as a real estate investment advisor for a select number of public, corporate and Taft-Hartley retirement systems and private real estate funds, as well as major university endowments and sovereign wealth funds.

Founded in 1978 by Jim Snyder, Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel LP is a registered real estate investment advisor located in Seattle, Washington with additional offices in Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Bethesda, Maryland and Woodland Hills, California. The firm serves institutional investors including public, corporate and Taft Hartley retirement systems and university endowment funds.

Founded in 1994, Barings Real Estate Advisers LLC (BREA) is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to September 2016, the firm was known as Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC. BREA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barings LLC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. The firm is a diversified, full service global advisory firm specializing in real estate related advisory and management services. Their clients generally include pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, municipalities, insurance companies, corporations, and banking and thrift institutions.