Strategic Partners Fund Solutions (“Strategic Partners”) announced today
that Mark Burton has joined to lead its real estate secondaries
practice. Mr. Burton will serve as a Principal and oversee Strategic
Partners’ real estate secondary investment activities.
Mr. Burton joins Strategic Partners from H/2 Capital Partners, a
commercial real estate credit manager, where he was a Managing Director
focused on distressed commercial mortgage opportunities. Prior to
joining H/2, Mr. Burton worked at Goldman Sachs for eleven years in the
Special Situations Group overseeing domestic commercial real estate
investing and lending.
Stephen Can, Co-Head of Strategic Partners, said: “We could not be more
pleased to have Mark joining to lead our real estate secondary efforts
as we invest the 2011 vintage Strategic Partners Fund V RE, our fourth
dedicated real estate secondary fund. Mark’s depth of experience as a
principal real estate investor will undoubtedly benefit our real estate
secondaries practice and provide extensive insight to the Strategic
Partners platform. Mark’s talents and formidable investing skills will
be critical to our continued real estate success.”
Verdun Perry, Co-Head of Strategic Partners, said: “Strategic Partners
is a pioneer in the real estate secondary space, having raised four
prior dedicated real estate funds and having completed our first real
estate secondary transactions in 2000-2001. The addition of Mark to our
business will significantly strengthen our current real estate
activities and allow us to continue capitalizing on opportunities in the
real estate secondaries market.”
Mark Burton added: “I am delighted to join Strategic Partners, a
preeminent and longstanding secondary private equity and real estate
investor, and help continue its success in secondary real estate
investing. I am excited to grow the secondary real estate business as we
take advantage of the tremendous opportunity in the secondary real
estate market.”
About Strategic Partners
Strategic Partners Fund Solutions is a leading investor in the secondary
market for institutional and private-wealth limited-partner interests in
private equity, real estate, venture capital, and other areas. The
Strategic Partners team has long-term experience in providing limited
partners a range of liquidity solutions on a fair, timely and
confidential basis, and has raised over $14 billion in capital
commitments since its founding in 2000. Focusing on opportunities in
funds globally, Strategic Partners uses its market positioning and
substantial knowledge of fund investments to reinforce its already
established reputation as a nimble and responsive investor.
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