Mark Macedo '86, MBA '94, Principal, Geneva Street Partners
For over 25 years, Mark Macedo has been involved in the development, acquisition and finance of commercial real estate projects nationally totaling over $5 billion in total capitalization comprising of over 10,000 multifamily units and over 2 million square feet of commercial office, retail, industrial, and hotel projects.
Mr. Macedo is currently Managing Partner of Geneva Street Development Partners (GSDP) and Geneva Street Capital Partners (GSCP), where he oversees credit decisions, underwriting, investment policy, asset management, capital relationships, accounting and investor communications. GSDP a full-service development and development services firm that focuses on the acquisition, development and repositioning of infill apartment projects located primarily in the Western U.S. with an emphasis in the greater Southern California region. GSCP is a full-service fund fiduciary manager through separate accounts originating and placing joint venture, preferred equity, and mezzanine capital to local operators to facilitate the acquisition and development of multi-family apartments, condominiums, office, retail, industrial and hotel projects throughout the Western U.S.
Prior to forming Geneva Street Partners, Mr. Macedo was Managing Director-Chief Investment Officer of Hanover Financial, LLC, a private equity fund fiduciary manager, raising nearly $500 million over seven separate funds, and was directly involved in over 110 Joint Ventures totaling nearly $3 billion in total capitalization. Prior to Hanover, Macedo was Senior Vice President – Regional Director of Asset Management for the Western United States for Heller Financial, where he oversaw a portfolio of over $1 billion. Prior to Heller Macedo was a real estate consultant with Robert Charles Lesser and Company where he performed strategic, financial, and market analyses for over 100 consulting assignments throughout the United States covering all real estate uses, including commercial office and industrial, large scale single- and multifamily residential, regional and community serving retail, and urban mixed-use projects.
Mr. Macedo is an adjunct professor and chairperson of the Real Estate Advisory Council of Loyola Marymount University, where he teaches real estate development, real estate financial analysis, and real estate negotiation, and was honored with LMU’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.
Macedo holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Loyola Marymount University. Macedo is an accomplished musician and composer, and oversees the non-profit CitySound, which performs throughout California, and has released a successful CD, Second Chance. Macedo and his wife Shannon are both Los Angeles natives, residing in the Westchester area of Los Angeles with their two children in their early twenties.