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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.

Mr. Decker joined NW1 Partners in January 2018 as an Associate.  Since joining the firm, Mr. Decker has been actively involved in evaluating potential acquisitions and conducting due diligence on new investment opportunities.

Before joining NW1 Partners, Mr. Decker spent two years as an Associate at Rockpoint Group in Boston, MA, where he underwrote core-plus and opportunistic deals in various U.S. cities, and managed up to eight properties across multifamily, office, retail, hotel, and industrial asset classes.  He assisted Rockpoint’s senior members in all acquisition, recap, asset management and disposition efforts related to his deals.

Mr. Decker began his career as an Acquisitions Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the Merchant Banking and Real Estate Investing (MBREI) division in New York, NY.  As part of the two-year analyst program, he performed acquisition analyses for Prime Property Fund, the open-ended Core vehicle, as well as the Opportunistic fund, across all asset classes.  He also assisted in the first close fundraising efforts of MBREI’s Global VII Real Estate Opportunistic Fund.

Mr. Decker graduated from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business with a Bachelors in Business Administration (B.B.A.) with an emphasis in Finance, Real Estate, and Strategy.

Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Mr. Northey was a Senior Financial Analyst at Cascade Capital Group where he assisted both the asset management and acquisitions teams.

Mr. Northey was responsible for monitoring and improving the performance of Cascade’s senior living portfolio, underwriting prospective acquisitions and divestitures, and coordinating due diligence throughout the acquisition process. Mr. Northey has 3 years of experience in financial analysis and underwriting.

Mr. Northey graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University, where he majored in Finance and Real Estate.

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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Christopher Comet is a real estate professional with experience in acquisitions and asset management. He earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Southern California.

Christopher most recently worked at Fortress Investment Group, where he helped acquire and manage a real estate portfolio valued at over $1 billion of IOS / infill industrial product across the key major West Coast markets. He also held roles at Prologis and Eastdil Secured.

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.