Full Name
Alex Westra
Job Title
Managing Partner
Company
Lakeland Capital
Speaker Bio
Alex Westra is the Managing Partner of Lakeland Capital, a Charleston, S.C.-based private investment firm specializing in multifamily properties. The firm has acquired and repositioned more than $200mm of assets across 1,000 units through more than 30 transactions in the Southeast, New England and the mid-Atlantic.
Previously, Westra was a Managing Director and member of the Finance Committee at Hines Interests, one of the largest private real estate development and investment firms globally, where he participated in approximately $3.5bn of transactions. Prior to Hines, Mr. Westra worked in the Bloomberg Administration in New York and with Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division in London.
He holds a BA, magna cum laude, from Middlebury College where he was a Fulbright finalist, and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Mr. Westra has been a guest lecturer at the Darden School where he continues to mentor students and established an endowment to support real estate career development.
Previously, Westra was a Managing Director and member of the Finance Committee at Hines Interests, one of the largest private real estate development and investment firms globally, where he participated in approximately $3.5bn of transactions. Prior to Hines, Mr. Westra worked in the Bloomberg Administration in New York and with Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division in London.
He holds a BA, magna cum laude, from Middlebury College where he was a Fulbright finalist, and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Mr. Westra has been a guest lecturer at the Darden School where he continues to mentor students and established an endowment to support real estate career development.
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