Barry Bass has joined Willco as a managing director to lead its capital markets effort. He will focus on expanding Willco’s capital markets activities by sourcing new forms of capital for Willco and its various investment platforms, one of which is a new discretionary fund that will begin investment activities in late 2016. In addition to his other responsibilities, he will co-manage this new fund vehicle.
Bass was most recently with Carr Properties, where he was CFO and helped to grow the company’s infrastructure and business platform, including facilitating Alony-Hetz’s initial investment in the company in 2013.
Prior to Carr Properties, he was the CFO of First Potomac Realty Trust, where he helped to complete their initial public offering in 2003. Barry has also held positions at Legg Mason, the Artery Group, and Winthrop Financial in Boston.
Willco Companies is a developer, owner, investor, and manager of commercial real estate in the
Washington, D.C. area, with a current portfolio of approximately three million square feet and an additional eight million square feet of potential new development. The firm’s service offerings include acquisitions, financing, development, asset management, property management, and leasing. For more information, visit www.willco.com.