David Sherman
Co-Founder, President, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Metropolitan Real Estate
David Sherman is a co-founder, the President, and the co-Chief Investment Officer. David Sherman has more than 25 years of real estate finance and analytical experience. In 2000, prior to co-founding Metropolitan Real Estate, David Sherman founded D. Sherman & Company, Inc., an advisory firm focused on strategic issues and transactions in the real estate securities industry.
Previously, Mr. Sherman was the Managing Director of Salomon Smith Barney’s REIT research team, which covered more than 60 stocks and supported the firm’s $15 billion of REIT offering activity. The team received recognition from Institutional Investor Magazine in 1998 and 1999. Mr. Sherman also held other positions in real estate finance, investment banking, and strategic planning at Smith Barney, The Harlan Company, First Boston, and Paine Webber, including acting as the Chief Financial Officer of Paine Webber Properties, a family of real estate funds with more than $500 million in property investments.
In addition, Mr. Sherman is the current Chairman of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Institute Committee. Previously, Mr. Sherman was an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Finance at Columbia Business School. Over the years, Mr. Sherman has published numerous articles in periodicals including American Banker, PREA Quarterly, Shopping Center Business, and National Real Estate Investor. Mr. Sherman was also a panelist for Institutional Limited Partners Association for its first member educational webcast on private equity real estate. Mr. Sherman currently serves as an independent director on the board of Brookfield Homes Corporation.
Videos
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Inside Metropolitan’s Sale to Carlyle
David Sherman, president of Metropolitan Real Estate, talks to PrivcapRE about selling to Carlyle, the benefits and the potential conflicts.
February 26, 2014More -
CRE Outlook for 2014
Metropolitan Real Estate President David Sherman discusses the risks and opportunities for 2014.
January 30, 2014More
Reports
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2014 Real Estate Game Changers
An amazing line-up of experts are featured in this 27-page special report, plus premium video interviews, covering three ‘game changers’ in 2014 real estate: interest rates, global capital flows, GP consolidation.
January 29, 2014More
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