MASTERS OF MOMENTS WITH JAKE WURZACK: Glenn Alba, MANAGING PARTNER, TMGOC VENTURES

Opterra Capital is real estate investment sponsor and operating partner, capital markets advisor, and asset manager with significant experience in all sectors of commercial real estate. Founded by Glenn Alba, a former Managing Director at Blackstone with over 23 years experience in real estate, Opterra Capital seeks to leverage this expertise towards value-add acquisition and proactive investment management to deliver attractive, risk-adjusted returns. Opterra’s core investment strategies focus on both value-add (opportunistic) and stabilized, income-oriented assets in the hospitality, office and multi-family sectors. Our approach seeks to capitalize on mid-market opportunities in the $25 -150 million range in the United States, Canada, and the Carribean. Our investment strategy is strongly influenced by our deep asset management experience to identify the proper capital repositioning, cost reduction and operating leverage opportunities inherent in each asset to maximize returns to investors.

On this episode, Jake & Glenn discuss:

– Glenn’s experience at Blackstone and it’s influence on starting Opterra

– How they evaluate deals

– The ‘no-assholes’ policy

– Developing an asset management platform

– Acquisitions