Blair Fernau
Principal, Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone (301) 215-8223
Property Types
Industrial, Office, Flex
Markets
Baltimore, Washington, DC, Richmond VA, Hampton Roads
Bio
Prior to co-founding Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners and Property Services Group, Mr. Fernau was Asset Capital Corporation’s Chief Investment Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board. He has been a member of its board of directors since March 30, 2005. He joined the predecessor entity as a principal in 1998. From 1996 to 1998, he was an acquisitions manager specializing in bulk real estate portfolios and single asset acquisitions for J.E. Robert Companies (JER). Mr. Fernau managed the underwriting, due-diligence and acquisition process for over $1 billion in real estate for institutional capital partners and JER’s own equity fund. Prior to his experience in acquisitions, from 1993 to 1994, he was an asset manager specializing in problem loan and property work-outs for JER. Before joining JER, from 1990 to 1993, he was active in the liquidation of a foreclosed real estate portfolio for Perpetual Savings Bank, at the time the largest savings bank in Virginia, in conjunction with the Resolution Trust Corporation. Mr. Fernau began his real estate career at the Principal Financial Group as a mortgage lender. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.S. in Finance/Math in 1988 and graduated from GeorgeWashingtonUniversity with an M.B.A. in 1993, both with honors.
