Alex Schaefer

Vice President at AXA Investment Managers US Inc.

Speaker

Alex Schaefer is a Vice President, Transactions on the real estate investment team at AXA Investment Managers, the asset management arm of the Paris-headquarter multinational insurance firm and a global leader in real estate investment management. At AXA-IM, Alex focuses on transactions across property types and across the risk spectrum in institutional markets throughout the country.

Before joining AXA in 2021, Alex served as a Vice President at TKF Real Estate Investment, specializing in value-add and core-plus investments in office and mixed-use assets across the East Coast. Prior to TKF, he was Head of Acquisitions for ALTO Real Estate Funds, a New York-based private equity firm focused on value-add investments nationwide in partnership with experienced local operating partners. Alex's earlier experience includes roles as Director of Acquisitions at VEREIT, a publicly traded REIT, where he played a key role in its management of over 4,000 properties across 49 states. His career path also included positions with American Realty Capital, where he transitioned into VEREIT following a merger of publicly traded investment vehicles.