Jonas Sylvester is the CEO of Tourbineau Real Estate Partners. Of his quarter century in real estate and finance, Jonas spent 17 with Unico Properties, a vertically integrated investment manager and operator where he served most recently as President and Chief Investment Officer. Unico specialized in value-add acquisitions and ground-up development in the office and residential sectors across multiple regions in the U.S. At the time of his departure from Unico, the firm had grown into a pre-eminent fund manager and developer/operator with a portfolio of approximately 15 million square feet and a well-regarded team of over 320 employees. Jonas has held leadership positions outside of Unico with American Realty Advisors (as Chief Operating Officer) and, earlier in his career, outside of real estate via finance and management roles with companies including General Electric and i2 Technologies.

Jonas is a part chair of the Urban Land Institute’s pacific northwest chapter and has been a member of the ULI Office Development Council. Jonas has also been a regular lecturer at the University of Washington through many of its graduate programs in real estate. Jonas holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Ben Wong is the CIO of Tourbineau Real Estate Partners. Prior to co-founding TREP, he spent 10 years at Unico Properties, where in an acquisition leadership capacity, he was responsible for identifying and evaluating acquisition, joint-venture, and development opportunities on behalf of Unico’s various capital programs.

Prior to joining Unico Properties, Ben worked at Clarion Partners and KeyBank in disciplines including acquisitions and commercial real estate debt originations. He has over 15 years of capital transactions experience and has completed over $2 billion in acquisition and financing transactions. Ben holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Washington and is a regular guest lecturer through the school’s real estate program.

Ryan Torzsa is the Vice President of Investments at Tourbineau Real Estate Partners and is responsible for identifying and evaluating acquisition and development opportunities, as well as overseeing asset management of the portfolio.

Prior to joining TREP, Ryan served as Associate Director of the Capital Markets and Investments group at Stoltz Real Estate Partners. He has half a decade of capital transactions experience and has completed over $1.5 billion in acquisition and financing transactions throughout his career across a variety of asset classes.

Previously, Ryan worked at TSB Capital Advisors and BlackRock in various capital markets & investment roles. Ryan holds a B.S. in Finance with magna cum laude distinction from the University of Delaware, where he was captain of the football team.

As the Senior Vice President of Development & Operations at TREP, John leads their national operations strategy, new development, and government relations. In addition, he is responsible for the management of third-party relationships.

Prior to TREP, John’s career in the real estate business started in 2009, where he held various operational leadership roles, including Managing Director at The Cordish Companies, Director of Operations at Stoltz Real Estate Partners, leading their residential division, Regional Manager at AIMCO overseeing their Philadelphia portfolio, and General Manager at Park Towne Place. Starting his career in leasing and then as General Manager for The United Group in New York, John developed his passion for operations and development.

John and his wife, Kristen, live in Nashville, TN, with their son, Cameron.

Matt Bass is the Senior Director of Development for Tourbineau Real Estate Partners and is responsible for all development activities for the firm.

Matt began his career in Real Estate on the contracting side of the business before moving on to development with Hines Interests. His experience varies from entitlement for new site developments all the way through to renovating and repositioning of existing properties. His past project experience includes managing the design and construction of new construction, high-rise buildings, renovation work in existing buildings (including scope such as asbestos abatement, structural upgrades, and complete MEP system replacements) to managing work in occupied buildings. During his 30 plus year career, Matt has participated in the development of over 25m square feet of space.

Matt and his wife, Karen live in Nashville, TN.

Joe Barrett is the Associate Vice President of Capital Markets & Investments at Tourbineau Real Estate Partners and leads capital procurement & financing of Tourbineau’s various projects. Joe also assists in the evaluation of acquisition and development opportunities and supports asset management responsibilities of the existing portfolio.

Prior to joining TREP, Joe served as a Senior Associate at TSB Capital Advisors and was responsible for structured debt and equity consultation and analysis, managing existing client relationships, and overseeing the due diligence process for clients.

Previously, Joe held positions at Shelter Growth Capital Partners on the Commercial Real Estate Financing team and at Antheus Capital on the Acquisitions, Asset Management, and Development teams. He is a graduate of Villanova University with a degree in Economics.