Aggregating a national,
institutional-quality IOS portfolio

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, Giancarlo was a Vice President at Terreno Realty Corporation where he focused on acquisitions and asset management of infill industrial properties. During his time at Terreno, Gianni covered the Seattle, Los Angeles, and Northern New Jersey industrial markets in which he acquired over $200 million of industrial real estate and managed a portfolio of assets of over 4.0 million square feet.

Prior to joining Terreno, Gianni worked for Nuveen Real Estate where he focused on the acquisition and asset management of office and industrial properties in the Western U.S. and in Portfolio Management of Nuveen’s Separate Accounts.

Gianni holds an MBA from U.C. Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Hamilton College.

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.