Experience
Jeff Johnson has invested, structured and managed real estate across public and private markets. Today, that experience is applied through Lakeshore Holdings, a Chicago-based private equity firm, and its solar investment platform, Lakeshore Solar Partners.
Why it matters
Jeff served as Chief Investment Officer of Equity Office Properties Trust, which was sold to Blackstone for $39 billion at the peak of the REIT market. He also co-founded Lehman Brothers' first global real estate private equity fund and served as CEO of Dividend Capital, where he helped lead the transformation of Dividend Capital Diversified Trust Fund into the country's largest Daily NAV REIT.
He has advised Strategic Value Partners, Washington Prime Group and The Irvine Company. That history is included here for one reason: it demonstrates the depth of experience behind Lakeshore's underwriting and capital stewardship. The firm's business today is sustainable energy.
Selected experience
Jeff Johnson's experience includes senior investment and executive roles with leading real estate investment organizations, with responsibility for capital allocation, acquisitions, financing and investment strategy across large-scale portfolios and transactions.
That experience informs the approach of Lakeshore Holdings, a Chicago-based private equity firm: rigorous underwriting, thoughtful capital structures, disciplined risk assessment and active ownership.
Chief Investment Officer
One of the largest institutional owners of U.S. office real estate, Equity Office built a national portfolio of major commercial properties. Jeff served as CIO with responsibility for investment strategy and transactions across the platform.
Chief Executive Officer
A real estate investment management platform serving individual and institutional investors across multiple strategies. Jeff served as CEO, applying institutional investment disciplines to a growing investment-management organization.
Real estate transaction experience
Experience evaluating, structuring and executing transactions across property types, geographies, capital structures and economic cycles.
Additional leadership and advisory experience: Lehman Brothers' first global real estate private equity fund, Strategic Value Partners, Washington Prime Group and The Irvine Company.
Why the experience transfers
Solar assets and institutional real estate share many of the same fundamental investment considerations. Lakeshore applies that real asset perspective to evaluating and managing solar investments.
The opportunity today
Lakeshore Solar Partners is focused on acquiring and managing high-quality solar assets across the Upper Midwest.
