Wesley Shiau
Principal
Wesley Shiau serves as a Principal at Highland Street Capital and is responsible for the firm's strategic direction with a focus on acquisition, capital formation, and asset management activities. He has nearly 10 years of experience in real estate private equity and development and has closed over $5.0 billion of commercial real estate transactions. His experience includes investments in residential, mixed-use, office, and industrial assets across the risk spectrum and capital stack on behalf of institutional and family office investors.
Prior to Highland Street, Mr. Shiau served on the investment team at Innovo Property Group ($5.0 billion AUM), an opportunistic real estate investment and development company founded by The Carlyle Group's Head of Real Estate in New York and backed by a prominent Hong Kong-based family office. While at IPG, he had responsibility for acquisitions in New York City and asset management of a 2.7 million square foot commercial portfolio. Mr. Shiau previously worked at J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Real Estate Americas ($74.0 billion AUM), the U.S. real estate principal investment platform of J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives, and at Madison International Realty ($30.0 billion AUM), a global real estate private equity firm focused on opportunistic investments in partnership buyouts and platform growth equity. Mr. Shiau serves as Co-Head of the Cornell Real Estate Council in New York City and sits on the Young Professionals Steering Committee for the annual Cornell Real Estate Conference. He also serves on the Next Generation Board and Benefits Committee for TEAK Fellowship, where he is an active investor.
Mr. Shiau graduated from The Hotel School at Cornell University with a concentration in Finance, Accounting and Real Estate.