JCR Capital Taps Fallon as Business Development Director
JCR Capital, Denver, an alternative investment manager focused on middle-market commercial real estate investments, hired Mark Fallon as Director of Business Development.
Fallon will oversee efforts to market JCR Capital’s increasingly diversified suite of capital products to sponsors, brokers and other potential partners. JCR recently launched its fourth fund, a $200 million venture targeting cash flowing value-add properties with shorter investment periods, allowing for increased protection against an uncertain market.
Fallon’s experience includes more than 30 years in business development and client acquisition roles across both real estate and finance. Prior to joining JCR Capital, he was managing director at NGKF Markets in Denver, where he marketed debt financial products and services and built strong relationships with large commercial real estate companies across the U.S. He has also served in executive roles at HFF Capital Markets, Capmark Securities, Raymond James Financial and other institutional capital providers.
StepStone Real Estate Hires Morgan
StepStone Real Estate, New York, hired Jay Morgan as Managing Director to focus on research, manager selection and primary and secondary investments in private real estate funds. He will be based in New York.
Prior to joining StepStone, Morgan was with Courtland Partners where he served as consultant to several state and sovereign plans, director of research, portfolio manager to the Courtland fund of funds platform and a member of the investment committee. Before that was a partner and head of research at Heartland and Co.
AEW Expands Equity REIT Securities Team
AEW Capital Management, Boston, appointed Jeff Gaston and Tyler Grant as real estate investment trust equity analysts and Vice Presidents for the North America region of AEW’s Real Estate Securities team.
Based in Boston, Gaston and Grant will provide analytical, modeling and qualitative support.
Gaston joined AEW from KeyBank Capital Markets, where he was a Senior Research Associate focused on equity REITs. Previously, he held investment banking and private equity positions in New York and Hong Kong for Deutsche Bank. Earlier, he focused on strategic advisory services, including leveraged buy-outs, credit analysis and M&A at Riveria Investment Group.
Grant will join AEW in August from Green Street Advisors, where he was a Senior Research Associate focused on net-lease/diversified REITs and office REITs. Previously, he held research positions at Flagstone Reinsurance, where he focused on fixed-income analysis, securities selection and asset allocation optimization.
