Wes McAdams

EDUCATION
• UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, MBA
• Washington & Lee, BA
• London School of Economics
• Durham Academy

EXPERIENCE
• Trinity Capital
• Carr Properties, a JPMorgan Special Situation Property Fund portfolio company
• Eastdil Secured/Wells Fargo Securities
• ASB Capital Management
• Walker & Dunlop

Title

Wes leads all aspects of Abacus Capital’s investment activities. In this capacity, his responsibilities include overall investment strategy formation, capital raising, acquisition sourcing, transaction structuring, business plan implementation, ongoing asset oversight and portfolio management.

Wes’ unique perspective on identifying compelling risk-adjusted real estate investment opportunities has been cultivated over 15+ years and >$3.0B of transactions as a large cap private equity investor, a bulge bracket real estate investment banker and most recently as a principal at one of the most active and fastest growing real estate private equity operating groups in the Southeastern US. Through these diverse yet complementary experiences, Wes has acquired/developed, administered and harvested investments as both an LP and GP in many of the 25 largest markets in the country and nearly every major product type including office, industrial, multifamily, retail, self storage and MHC assets.

Wes graduated with distinction from Washington & Lee University and earned an MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Brick Bryant

EDUCATION
• University of North Carolina, BA
• NC Licensed Broker-In-Charge
• Charlotte Latin School

EXPERIENCE
• Trinity Partners
• Lighting Energy Solutions
• Sageworth Properties
• Thomas Building Company

Title

Brick has primary leadership over all aspects of the execution of Abacus Capital’s investment activities. In this capacity, his responsibilities include overall investment strategy formation, acquisition execution, transaction structuring, business plan implementation, ongoing asset oversight and portfolio management. In addition, Brick leads the firm’s capital raising and investor relations initiatives.

Brick’s expertise in the spatial markets complements the firm’s differentiated perspective on the real estate capital markets to provide clients with a comprehensive approach to managing risk and driving outperformance in the firm’s investment activities.

Brick graduated from UNC and as a licensed Broker-in-Charge leads the brokerage efforts of Abacus’ sister company. Brick is also very active in the local community having coached for 10+ years at Myers Park Trinity Little League and as well as currently serving as the Chairman of the Parents Council at First Presbyterian Church.