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Prior to co-founding NW1, Mr. Beanblossom spent 15 years with Sam Zell’s international real estate private equity firm, Equity International (EI). Most recently Mr. Beanblossom oversaw EI’s investments team as its Senior Vice President, and during his tenure contributed to the growth, capitalization, and investment activity of 22 real estate operating companies across multiple asset classes and geographies.

While at EI, Brad led or participated in the formation and investment of more than $900 million of growth capital for EI’s portfolio companies in various structures, including joint ventures, direct equity issuances, and commingled funds.

Mr. Beanblossom served as a member of the EI’s investment committee and as a member of the board and investment committee of numerous portfolio companies.

Mr. Beanblossom graduated from DePauw University with a B.A. in History and earned a M.B.A. in finance from the University of San Francisco.

Prior to co-founding NW1 Partners, Mr. Boyle was Managing Director, Co-Head & Chief Investment Officer of the AIP Real Estate team at Morgan Stanley. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2008. During his tenure at the firm and as Chair of the AIP Real Estate Investment Committee, he invested over $1.2billion into co-investments, secondaries, and primary fund investments.

Mr. Boyle set the overall investment philosophy, strategy, and process for the AIP Real Estate business within Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Whilst at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Boyle also spent four years as a member of the overall AIP Executive Committee, helping to set strategic direction and policy for the $36 billion business, focused on private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and outsourced CIO solutions for clients.

Mr. Boyle enjoyed previous senior roles at Brookfield Asset Management, APG Investments US, and Deutsche Bank. In these positions, he led or was substantially involved in investing more than $1.1 billion into equity and mezzanine debt investments.

Mr. Boyle is a former Board of Director of Tishman Hotel & Realty and a past Co-Chair of PREA’s conference planning committee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and a Master of Public Affairs from Columbia University.

PJ Carollo is a Senior Vice President at NW1 Partners. Since joining NW1 Partners in 2023, PJ has been actively involved in evaluating potential acquisitions, conducting due diligence on new investment opportunities, and various capital raising initiatives.

Prior to joining NW1 Partners, PJ was a Director at PJT Park Hill located in the firm’s New York and Chicago offices, where he focused on real estate capital advisory mandates globally. During his 7 years at PJT Park Hill, PJ served in a project management capacity and advised real estate managers in structuring and closing equity commitments from institutional investors (including public and private pensions, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices). He managed transaction activity across various property types and deal structures, including commingled fund formations, programmatic joint ventures, co-investments and direct asset recapitalizations.

PJ graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

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Since joining NW1 Partners in 2022, Mr. Gravina has been actively involved in the investment team, working on evaluating and launching new platforms across the US and Europe, as well as deploying the existing European platforms.

Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Mr. Gravina was an Investment Analyst at an ultra-high net worth family office based in London. As part of the family office, Mr. Gravina analysed a diverse range of venture opportunities across real estate, retail technology, and web3. He was responsible for writing Investment Committee Memos, conducting detailed analysis, and monitoring existing investments.

Mr. Gravina holds a first-class BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

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Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Miss Ross interned at Bright Capital Advisors for three years, where she supported the CEO across a range of operational and investor relations functions.

Miss Ross was responsible for maintaining the firm’s CRM system, preparing meeting notes, drafting introductory investor materials, and conducting targeted research to identify niche institutional investors. She completed her undergraduate degree in three years while interning at Bright Capital Advisors.

Miss Ross graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Psychology from The University of Vermont.

Prior to joining NW1 Partners in 2021, Mr. Sandstrom was an Executive Director, Portfolio Manager, and Real Estate Investment Committee member in the Portfolio Solutions Group and the AIP Real Estate team at Morgan Stanley, where he worked in the firm’s New York and Hong Kong offices. During his nine years at Morgan Stanley, he was involved in roughly $1 billion of private real estate co-investments, secondaries, and primary fund investments.

Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Sandstrom worked with fund manager Five Mile Capital Partners, where he focused on private real estate high-yield debt and equity investments throughout the US. Prior to that, he worked with Swedish fund manager Niam, where he focused on private real estate investments in the Nordic region.

Mr. Sandstrom began his real estate career in 2000 in the Real Estate Private Fund Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), subsequently Credit Suisse, where he focused on originations and project management for private capital advisory mandates with fund managers in the US and Europe.

Mr. Sandstrom graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.

Following the completion of a 6-month internship with NW1 Partners during her final year of Undergraduate study, Miss Verma joined the firm full-time as an Investment Analyst in September 2024. Miss Verma has since actively contributed to the evaluation and execution of real estate private equity platforms across Europe and North America. Collaborating closely with senior team members, Miss Verma focuses on analysing market trends, assessing investment opportunities, and driving the strategic expansion of the firm’s multiple platforms.

Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Miss Verma gained almost four years of experience as a Parliamentary Researcher in Westminster, whilst simultaneously completing her studies. Additionally, in 2023, Miss Verma completed an Internship with Baring’s Real Estate Equity team in London.

Miss Verma holds a First-Class Honours (BSc) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from King’s College London.

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