Our Leadership

• 27+ years of real estate and finance experience

• Co-founder of Spirit Investment Partners, a vertically integrated multifamily platform

• Co-founder of MHF Real Estate Group, a full-service real estate investment firm

• Director of Development and Investments at Equity One, Inc. (formerly NYSE: EQY, now Regency Centers NYSE: REG)

• Director of Acquisitions at Westrust, a privately held retail developer

• Acquisitions associate for Cornerstone Real Estate Funds, Inc., an industrial REIT

• Founder of Hafner Realty Group, Inc., a residential homebuilder in Washington State

• Fixed-income sales trader at Lehman Brothers, Inc. in New York City

• Bachelor of Science from Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art & Planning

Ian M. Hafner
Co-founder, Managing Partner

• 20+ years of experience in land acquisitions, entitlements, dispositions, and homebuilding operations

• Southern California Area President at Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) 

• West Regional President (CA & WA) at Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) 

• Southern California Division President at Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) 

• Division President at Warmington Residential

• Land Acquisitions Associate at Ryland Homes, the nation's fifth-largest homebuilder. 

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Minor in History from St. Mary's College of California.

Thomas J. Hildebrandt
Co-founder, Managing Partner