Tim J. Ballard

Founded in 1999, Buchanan Street Partners, Inc. is a real estate investment management firm founded in 1999, headquartered in Newport Beach, California with additional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vienna, Virginia. The firm manages investment funds on behalf of pension funds, insurance companies, high net-worth individuals and family offices.

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.