Jonas Sylvester is 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 at 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, Ben worked at Clarion Partners and KeyBank in disciplines including acquisitions and commercial real estate debt originations. He has over 14 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.