NEW YORK, NY, November 13, 2024 – Clarion Partners LLC, a leading real estate investment manager, announced today that Bill Glascott has joined the Firm as Managing Director, Head of Alternatives Housing. In this role, he will be responsible for driving the expansion of Clarion's housing sector capabilities, with a strong focus on creating, implementing and scaling strategies in sectors such as single-family rental, manufactured, and student housing.
Bill is an accomplished investor with over 24 years of experience in alternative real estate. His duties have spanned the transaction spectrum from sourcing acquisitions, valuations, and deal structuring to due diligence, financing, and M&A. He joins Clarion having served as Chief Investment Officer for Green Courte Partners (“GCP") a sponsor of real estate private equity funds focused on niche real estate sectors. A member of GCP's management and investment committees, he was responsible for guiding the firm's overall investment strategies and capital deployment activities, in sectors such as manufactured housing, senior housing, parking, and industrial outdoor storage.
Prior to his time with GCP, Bill spent twelve years with Hometown America, LLC where he helped Hometown grow into one of the nation's largest private owners of manufactured housing communities.
“We are excited to add Bill and his expertise to our expanding Alternatives Team. Bill's invaluable insights, market relationships, and unique approach to building businesses will greatly enhance Clarion's approach to scaling within the vast universe of Alts housing," said Clarion's Head of Alternatives, Kim Adams.
Bill graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business with a B.S. in Economics and is a CFA charter holder. He is active in the Urban Land Institute, Manufactured Housing Institute, and the CFA Society Chicago.