PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tourmaline Capital Partners (Tourmaline), a next-generation real estate firm focused on Class-A office investments throughout the United States, has announced its entry into the life sciences sector with the hiring of life sciences real estate executive William “Bill” D. Hunter as President of Tourmaline Life Sciences.
Says Brandon Huffman, Chief Executive Officer of Tourmaline Capital Partners, “The market dislocation is just beginning and we think those with technical expertise and capital will have a tremendous investment opportunity given stalled projects, fractured programmatic ventures and an evolving tenant landscape. Bill is the perfect fit for our organization given his wealth of experience and depth of technical savvy.”
Hunter boasts a career spanning more than two decades in the life sciences sector, having completed more than $10 billion in acquisitions, including 12 million square feet of leasing and over 5 million square feet of strategic campus re-positioning projects for major research-driven institutions nationwide. His expertise focuses upon the adaptive re-use and re-purposing of complex infrastructure assets geared towards addressing the comprehensive and nuanced needs of firms throughout the life sciences ecosystem.
Says Bill D. Hunter, “I have dedicated my career to understanding the symbiotic relationship between science, the built environment, and its end users, and look forward to applying this research-driven approach to Tourmaline’s operating ethos of elevating ‘work as it could be and should be’.”
Hunter was a pre-IPO founding executive at BioMed Realty Trust (now Blackstone) and Wexford Science + Technology (acquired by BMR, and subsequently sold to Ventas). Prior to joining Tourmaline, Hunter co-founded Thor Life Sciences & Lightstone Life Sciences, both family office-backed life sciences platforms based in NYC.
About Tourmaline Capital Partners:
Tourmaline Capital Partners (Tourmaline) is a next-generation real estate investment and development firm, and leading provider of uniquely positioned workspaces across the nation. With a proven track record of success executing upon value-added opportunities, Tourmaline employs a strategic acquisition and development approach across key growth markets nationally and their most desirable, centrally located districts.
Founded on a mission to lead its clients and enterprise partners into the next chapter of modern work, the firm is responsible for nearly $3 billion of transactions closed, and manages more than 4 million square feet of premier, best-in-class, amenity-driven space. For additional information, please visit tourmalinecp.com.
