Sourced and closed $2.4B in CRE debt investments, ex-Head of Originations at Calmwater Capital
Mr. Burton has over 15 years of commercial real estate credit experience and was most recently the managing partner and founder of Needham Point Capital prior to joining Blue Light to lead the credit strategy. Prior to founding Needham Point Capital, he served as the Head of Originations at Calmwater Capital where he oversaw the sourcing, structuring, and execution of all investment opportunities. During his time at Calmwater he sourced and closed over $600MM of debt investments across 25 transactions, throughout all major asset classes. Mr. Burton sat on the Management Team within Calmwater and had oversight of the Origination and Marketing efforts of the firm. Prior to joining Calmwater in 2018, Mr. Burton was a Vice President at Garrison Investment Group where he was responsible for Garrison’s US commercial real estate lending platform. While at Garrison, Mr. Burton was also directly involved in the sourcing, underwriting, and management of over $2B of sub-performing and non-performing commercial real estate debt. Mr. Burton began his career in the commercial real estate banking group at Anglo Irish Bank in New York. Mr. Burton received a BA in Economics from the University of Colorado – Boulder.
