Barrie Bloom

Biography: Ms. Bloom joined GEM in 2013 and is a member of both the asset management and acquisitions teams for GEM Realty Properties. As an asset manager, Ms. Bloom is involved in all facets of asset management of residential, industrial, and office assets, as well as credit investments, and is responsible for quarterly reporting and annual budget presentations to the members of the Investment Committee. For acquisitions, Ms. Bloom coordinates acquisition due diligence efforts, is involved in the deal negotiation process, and sources private-market real estate opportunities. Prior to joining GEM, Ms. Bloom was a vice president at PCCP, LLC, a finance and investment management firm, where she focused on workouts of mezzanine loans, acquisitions of distressed properties, and originations of senior loans from 2010 through 2013. In 2008 and 2009, she was at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Mezzanine Funds where she worked to restructure leverage facilities and distressed properties. Prior to attending business school, Ms. Bloom was a loan officer at LaSalle Bank in the for-sale residential division. Ms. Bloom received a Masters of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, in 2008 and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003.