Andrew Jacobs
Senior Vice President*
Andrew Jacobs is a Senior Vice President of the Manager and a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Jacobs is responsible for identifying, evaluating and analyzing Underlying Fund managers and investment opportunities. Mr. Jacobs will also seek and review opportunities to purchase interests in Underlying Funds on the secondary market.
Prior to joining Metropolitan, Mr. Jacobs was with Angelo, Gordon & Co. for ten years where he undertook senior level acquisition and asset management responsibilities for a diversified portfolio consisting of 50 properties located throughout the U.S. with a total capitalization of $1.7 billion. While at Angelo Gordon, Mr. Jacobs focused on the “opportunistic” and “core plus” strategies.
Prior to Angelo Gordon, Mr. Jacobs was a project manager for Hines at their corporate headquarters in Houston. There, Mr. Jacobs oversaw the development of a 473 room Westin hotel and the disposition of a large portfolio of industrial properties.
Before Hines, Mr. Jacobs worked for Campbell Soup, selling surplus industrial properties and selecting retail locations for Campbell’s subsidiary, Godiva Chocolatier.
Mr. Jacobs is active in several architecture preservation organizations in New York and has been a member of ULI since 1994. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Finance at Columbia Business School. Mr. Jacobs holds an M.B.A. in Real Estate Finance from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania.
*Indicates voting member of Investment Committee.
