What's Behind All the Buchanan Street Changes?

NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Recent changes at Buchanan Street Partners are “just part of running a good business,” CEO Robert Brunswick tells GlobeSt.com exclusively. The firm has made six new hires in support of its equity platform, including an SVP to lead the firm’s growing acquisitions business; is expanding its equity platform and targeting opportunities to own directly and operate; purchased WorkScapes, a six-building creative campus here, as well as campuses in other markets; and has launched a new, high-yield, small-balance loan product to supplement its existing structured whole-loan and mezzanine-financing business.

In Part 1 of a two-part interview, Brunswick discusses the firm’s new focus in the new economy. In a future story, he will discuss its acquisitions strategy, including the WorkScapes purchase.