Gavin Campbell

Founder, Managing Partner at Steelbridge Capital

Speaker

Gavin Campbell is the Founder and Managing Partner of Steelbridge Capital (www.steelbridge.com and on X @steelbridgecap) Steelbridge uses proprietary machine learning to source, curate, arb and buy public and private real estate on behalf of 1031, institutional and family office clients. Steelbridge invests in both single tenant and multi tenant office, apartments, self-storage, warehouse and retail properties and invests through both debt and equity positions. Steelbridge uses machine learning to exploit real estate information, capital and operating market inefficiencies to deliver superior risk adjusted returns on behalf of its clients.

At the core of the Steelbridge investment philosophy is a commitment to making real estate markets more transparent, more fair, and therefore more efficient through the use of big data and artificial intelligence.

Gavin Campbell founded Steelbridge in 2006 after serving as President and CEO of the Florida Office Property Company, a 2.6 million square foot office REIT that he assembled, managed and ultimately sold just prior to the GFC for gross returns in excess of 20%. Prior to this, he served as Managing Director of Acquisitions at LaSalle Investment Management where he invested over $1 billion for LaSalle’s clients in a broad range of property types and U.S. markets and consistently beat NCREIF benchmarks. Prior to joining LaSalle, Gavin worked for the federal and state governments and was the Executive Director of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, a not for profit economic development organization. Gavin is a Trustee of the Principia Corporation and has also chaired a number of non profit boards including Leadership Greater Chicago, Landmarks Illinois, and the Latino Chicago Theater Company.