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Stephen Barry
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Role: Principal, COARE Industrial
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Experience: Stephen Barry serves as Vice President of Acquisitions, leading the Company’s origination, underwriting, and execution of new acquisitions within the Industrial asset class.
Stephen joined COARE to lead the Company’s growth into the Industrial sector, primarily the Industrial Outdoor Storage (“IOS”) vertical. Stephen was most recently a member of the investments team at Zenith, one of the nation’s leading operators of IOS properties backed by a $1 Billion joint-venture with JP Morgan Global Alternatives. During his tenure at Zenith, Stephen oversaw and led the execution of over 50 IOS transactions within just 24 months. Upon his departure, Zenith had grown to become one of the largest owners of IOS properties with more than 75 facilities in 25+ key markets across the United States.
Prior to Zenith, Stephen was a member of the investments team at Deca Companies. Deca is a real estate investment and development firm headquartered in San Francisco backed by Wildcat Capital Management, the family office of the founding partner of TPG Capital, David Bonderman. Stephen’s focus was on developing ground-up urban industrial projects on the West Coast, specifically distribution centers, self-storage, and IOS. Stephen’s principal responsibilities involved acquiring and developing electric/autonomous vehicle fleet operation centers for tenants such as GM Cruise, Waymo and Zum across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
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Fun Facts: Stephen is a graduate of Trinity College in Connecticut where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Urban Studies. He was born and raised in Portland, Maine and currently resides in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
Slade Sumners
Role: Vice President of Acquisitions, COARE Industrial
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Experience: Slade Sumners serves as Vice President of Acquisitions at COARE Companies, where he is responsible for expanding the firm’s Industrial Outdoor Storage (“IOS”) platform across Southwest markets. He is actively involved in the origination, underwriting, and execution of IOS and industrial acquisitions on behalf of the firm.
Prior to joining COARE, Slade built experience across both the brokerage and principal sides of the industrial real estate sector. He began his career with a top-tier industrial brokerage team in Phoenix before joining a Scottsdale-based investment firm as its first acquisitions hire, where he sourced and underwrote off-market industrial and IOS opportunities across the Southwest. During his investment tenure, Slade oversaw and led the execution of approximately $70 million of completed transactions.
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Fun Facts: Slade is a competitive runner and active participant in local Phoenix run clubs, having qualified for the Boston Marathon twice. He is also a lifelong Phoenix Suns fan.
Hansel Rodriguez
Role: Principal
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Experience: Hansel currently sits as Principal of investment strategy and acquisitions across COARE's various investment strategies.
Prior to COARE, Hansel worked as an Associate at Eastdil Secured, the premier real-estate investment banking and investment sales firm headquartered in New York. At Eastdil, Hansel supported the acquisition and disposition of complex NNN office and nuanced sale-leaseback portfolio transactions ranging from $100 Million - $1.0 Billion of size. Prior to Eastdil, Hansel spent 3 years in corporate advisory supporting large public takeovers of Building Products & Homebuilding companies at Wells Fargo Securities. During his tenure, Hansel supported the advisory efforts of numerous transactions including Stanley Black & Decker's $1.9 Billion takeover of Newell Tools.
Prior to Wells Fargo, Hansel began his real-estate career in multi-family and affordable housing development at Taft Development Group, a multi-family developer with 4,500+ MF units and 100,000 sq. ft. of commercial developments to date. Prior to Taft, Hansel worked in leasing and property management at Education Realty Trust (“EDR”), the pioneer of student housing which was subsequently acquired by Greystar in 2018 for $4.6 Billion.
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Fun Facts: Hansel volunteers on the Friends of St. Judes fundraising committee for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and serves as a Disaster Response Volunteer for the American Red Cross.