ROBERT BRUNSWICK
CHAIRMAN, BUCHANAN STREET PARTNERS
WHY: Co-founded real estate investment management firm that focuses on value investing. Has invested in more than $8B in real estate debt and equity investments.
NOTABLE: Incoming chair of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, second largest hospital in OC. Winner of Business Journal Innovator of the Year Award in 2023 for creating Hoag Innovators along with wife Kitty; featured speaker at Business Journal’s Innovator of the Year award in September.
QUOTABLE: On trend favoring investments in storage units: “Investors in general view self-storage much like multifamily as it provides for spread of risk with its diversified tenant base and a great hedge against inflation with the nature of its short-term leases.”
