Key Takeaways
- • Madison Capital Group has appointed Chris Best as Managing Director to lead its expansion across registered investment advisor (RIA) and family office distribution channels.
- • Best will oversee capital-raising initiatives, distribution strategy, and team development for the firm's alternative real estate investment strategies.
- • Best brings more than two decades of experience in capital formation, alternative investments, and fund distribution, and previously served as a director at Core Spaces and spent more than 16 years at Sterling Capital Management, where he ended as Executive Director and Senior Client Strategist.
- • The firm is targeting RIAs and family offices seeking portfolio diversification, tax efficiency, and long-term wealth preservation through tax-advantaged real estate structures.
Summary
Madison Capital Group has named Chris Best Managing Director to lead the firm's expansion across registered investment advisor (RIA) and family office channels, according to the firm's announcement. In the role, Best will oversee capital-raising initiatives, distribution strategy, and team development as Madison works to broaden access to its alternative real estate investment strategies for financial advisors and family offices.
Best brings more than two decades of experience in capital formation, alternative investments, and fund distribution, and has directed the placement of billions of dollars across public and private fund structures. Before joining Madison, he served as a director at Core Spaces. Earlier, he spent more than 16 years at Sterling Capital Management, where he ultimately served as Executive Director and Senior Client Strategist.
The hire is part of a broader strategy to deepen Madison's presence in the wealth management market. The firm plans to use Best's industry relationships and distribution experience to introduce more financial professionals to its real estate strategies, including tax-advantaged investment structures. Founder and CEO Ryan Hanks said expanding into RIA and family office channels is an important part of the firm's strategy as it grows its platform.
Best said RIAs and family offices are increasingly looking beyond traditional public-market investments for portfolio diversification, tax efficiency, and long-term wealth preservation, and that tax-advantaged real estate strategies can play a particularly compelling role in those discussions.
Madison Capital Group is a vertically integrated real estate investment and development firm with operations spanning multifamily housing, self-storage, retail, and marinas. Its subsidiaries include Madison Communities, Go Store It Self-Storage, Madison Commercial, and Madison Marinas.
Best brings more than two decades of experience in capital formation, alternative investments, and fund distribution, and has directed the placement of billions of dollars across public and private fund structures. Before joining Madison, he served as a director at Core Spaces. Earlier, he spent more than 16 years at Sterling Capital Management, where he ultimately served as Executive Director and Senior Client Strategist.
The hire is part of a broader strategy to deepen Madison's presence in the wealth management market. The firm plans to use Best's industry relationships and distribution experience to introduce more financial professionals to its real estate strategies, including tax-advantaged investment structures. Founder and CEO Ryan Hanks said expanding into RIA and family office channels is an important part of the firm's strategy as it grows its platform.
Best said RIAs and family offices are increasingly looking beyond traditional public-market investments for portfolio diversification, tax efficiency, and long-term wealth preservation, and that tax-advantaged real estate strategies can play a particularly compelling role in those discussions.
Madison Capital Group is a vertically integrated real estate investment and development firm with operations spanning multifamily housing, self-storage, retail, and marinas. Its subsidiaries include Madison Communities, Go Store It Self-Storage, Madison Commercial, and Madison Marinas.
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