Entrust

 James Clark III - Managing Principal


Jim Clark specializes in the disposition and recapitalization of investment real estate through direct sales, joint ventures and structured financing. As a principal of EnTrust Realty Advisors, his hands-on approach to services provides clients with a unique combination of senior-level accountability and assignment implementation responsibility.

Jim brings a depth of more than 24 years of experience, encompassing investment banking and brokerage, asset management and real estate finance. He has extensive relationships with institutional investors, investment funds, REITs, developers, lenders, real estate service companies and transaction professionals nationwide. Over his career, Jim has completed more than $3 billion of investment transactions; managed $1 billion worth of assets and portfolio properties; and provided leadership in corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions.

Jim’s prior positions include: President, Investment Services Group, Transwestern Commercial Services, LLC; Managing Director, Institutional Services Group, Grubb & Ellis Company; Regional Vice President, MONY Real Estate, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York; and Vice President, Real Estate Investment Banking Group, Lehman Brothers, Inc.

Jim began his real estate career in 1984 and formed EnTrust Realty Advisors in 2002. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Management from the New York University College of Business; a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Marketing from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business; and a Master of Divinity degree from the Garrett Theological Seminary at NorthwesternUniversity. He is a member of the Chicago Real Estate Investment Advisory Council; the Real Estate Executive Council; and a Board Member of Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago. Additionally, Jim is an ordained minister serving St. John AME Church in Aurora, Illinois.