Mr. Thornton has over 20 years of experience in the sourcing and structuring of debt and equity capital for commercial real estate investment and development across the US and abroad. His expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of capitalization strategies including debt and equity financing for ground-up construction, acquisitions, and portfolio recapitalizations of all major asset classes.

After spending the early part of his career in the real estate private equity space in Japan, Mr. Thornton returned to the US to work for a large international commercial real estate investment bank. He then went on to work for a real estate investment management and development firm prior to transitioning to the advisory side of the business in 2010.

Mr. Thornton takes a highly analytical, data-driven approach to crafting optimal capitalization strategies catered to his clients’ investment objectives.

EDUCATION

• MBA, International Finance – Thunderbird, School of Global Management
• BA – Wesleyan University
• Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
• Loyola Highschool, Los Angeles, CA

ASSOCIATION

• Counselors of Real Estate (CRE)
• CRE Consulting Corps
• Urban Land Institute
• ICSC
• NAIOP
• Bay Area Mortgage Association