Investment Committee
Bruce S. Brickman, Principal
bruce@brickmanre.com
Bruce S. Brickman is a Principal and co-founder of Brickman. Mr. Brickman has over 31 years of experience in a broad array of real estate investments, including the development, acquisition, and management of office towers, hotels and residential properties. In addition to his stewardship of Brickman and founding of the Firm in 1992, he has focused on the office sector - from evaluation of investment opportunities, to relationships with brokers, to the oversight of leasing. Additionally, Mr. Brickman supervises the Firm's relationships with its investment partners.
From 1987 through 1992, he was the chief operating officer of Edward J. Minskoff Equities, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Brickman was a practicing attorney and real estate developer. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Horace Mann School, Chairman of the Board of Summer on the Hill and a Board Member of Common Ground and Street Squash. He is also an original sponsor of the "Prep for Prep" program, which helps talented inner-city students attend private schools. Mr. Brickman received a B.A. from Middlebury College and a J.D. from Fordham Law School.
Kathleen Corton, Principal
kcorton@brickmanre.com
Kathleen Corton is a Principal of Brickman. Ms. Corton joined the Firm in 1999, and has over 25 years of experience in finance, acquisitions, and asset management. In addition to sharing responsibility for investment strategy, she focuses on creating debt-related investment opportunities and financing relationships.
Previously, she was executive managing director at Nomura Asset Capital Corporation, where she headed U.S. real estate loan originations, supervising six offices and over 200 people. Earlier in her tenure at Nomura, Ms. Corton served as a transaction manager. In this capacity, she closed over $2 billion in real estate-related loans. Ms. Corton began her career in mortgages as an associate at Mabon Securities, a regional broker-dealer in New York City. Ms. Corton is Chairman of the Board of the Picture House Regional Film Center. Ms. Corton received a B.A. in Economics and History from Georgetown University