Thomas J. Crocker

Managing Partner

Mr. Crocker is the founder of Crocker Partners LLC and Managing Partner of the firm.  Mr. Crocker is responsible for the overall management of the Fund. Prior to founding Crocker Partners LLC, Mr. Crocker was CEO of CRT Properties, Inc. and an elected member of the company’s Board of Directors from March 2000 through September 2005.  CRT Properties, Inc. was a publicly-traded, NYSE REIT that acquired and managed office assets primarily in the southeastern U.S. with a total enterprise value of approximately $1.8 billion.  CRT Properties, Inc. was sold to a private investor in September 2005. Before joining CRT Properties, Inc., Mr. Crocker was a founder and CEO of Crocker Realty Trust Inc., a private, office REIT located in Boca Raton, Florida, founded in 1996 without any legacy assets that he grew to a 6.2 million sq. ft. portfolio.  Prior to that, he founded and headed Crocker Realty Trust, Inc., then one of the largest public office REITs in the southeastern U.S., with regional offices in Atlanta, Memphis, and Charlotte. Mr. Crocker began his career in real estate in 1986 when he founded Crocker & Company, which developed nearly two million sq. ft. of office and mixed-use properties.  Mr. Crocker holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami.  He was a member of the Board of Trustees for InnKeepers USA and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for Chatham Lodging Trust.