Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc. (New York)


Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc. is a related adviser based in New York. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2003 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Georgia.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor has custody of $219.13 million in cash and securities for 1 client in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc.

The company employs 114 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 53 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

John Philip Buza has been acting as President since 1 Nov 2003. David Grove Stafford joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Morgan Stanley Shareholder 1 Jun 2003 75% - 100% 36-3145972
Michael E Foster Director of asset management and vice president 1 Jun 2003 Other 1736659
Owen David Thomas Chairman and president 1 Jun 2003 Other 1748613
Jay Howard Mantz Chief investment officer and vice president 1 Jun 2003 Other 2088508
Jeffrey Kirk Gronning Chief financial officer and vice president 1 Jun 2003 Other 2333501
Michael Joseph Franco Director of acquisitions and vice president 1 Jun 2003 Other 2085246
Christopher Leroy Odell Chief legal officer, vice president and secretary 1 Jun 2003 Other 3149189
John Philip Buza Director 1 Nov 2003 Other 1920193
Edwin Davisson Hardman President and managing director, head of us real estate investing 1 Nov 2003 Other 867818
Mark Allen Albertson Executive director, head of investment strategy and research 1 Nov 2003 Other 4737118
Graham James Bond Executive director, head of real estate separate accounts 1 Nov 2003 Other 4737529
Theodore John Klinck Executive director, head of acquisitions 1 Nov 2003 Other 4737293
Joseph Charles Thomas Jr Executive director, head of prime property fund 1 Nov 2003 Other 4737305
Richard Francis Burns Executive director, head of arch street funds 1 Nov 2003 Other 2272343
Jay Howard Mantz Director and managing director 1 Nov 2003 Other 2088508
Lee Harriss Roberts Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2004 Other 2897158
Peter Clarke Harned Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2005 Other 4737119
Paula Schaefer Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2005 Other 2638037
John Brian Kessler Chief financial officer - global 1 Dec 2005 Other 1570723
John Anthony Carrafiell Global co-head of morgan stanley real estate 1 Feb 2006 Other 1748512
Jay Howard Mantz Managing director, co-head of merchant banking 1 Feb 2006 Other 2088508
John Brian Kessler Director, global chief financial officer of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Mar 2006 Other 1570723
Jay Howard Mantz Global co-head of morgan stanley real estate 1 Mar 2006 Other 2088508
Karamjit Singh Kalsi Director, global head of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Sep 2006 Other 2085405
John Anthony Carrafiell Co-head of morgan stanley real estate 1 Sep 2006 Other 1748512
Christopher Leroy Odell Chief compliance officer, chief legal officer, executive director and secretary 1 Oct 2006 Other 3149189
Michael Joseph Franco Director 1 Apr 2007 Other 2085246
Brian Robert Carr Director 1 Apr 2007 50% - 75% 3024674
Agatha Teresa Ruddy Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2007 Other 2059284
Scott Alan Brown President and head of prime property fund, llc 1 Aug 2007 Other 4738058
David F Morrison Co-head of prime property fund 1 Aug 2007 Other 3216411
Mary Caracappa Chief administrative officer 1 Oct 2007 Other 1579374
Steven Umlauf Chief risk officer of merchant banking 1 Jan 2009 Other 2343181
John Timothy Morris Chief operating officer of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Jan 2009 Other 1878841
Jay Howard Mantz Director 1 Feb 2009 Other 2088508
Owen Thomas Chairman and chief executive officer of morgan stanle real estate investing 1 Feb 2009 Other 1748613
Jennifer Murphy Cattier Chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2009 Other 4175467
Michael Paul Levy Director and chief financial officer of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Nov 2009 Other 2156468
John Klopp Director and co-chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Feb 2010 Other 5753735
Edmond N Moriarty Head of merchant banking and real estate investing 1 Feb 2010 Other 1744318
J E Hoke Slaughter Head of morgan stanley real estate investing-asia 1 Feb 2010 Other 1995974
Gregory J Fleming President of morgan stanley investment management and morgan stanley wealth management 1 Jul 2010 Other 2338986
Olivier De Poulpiquet Co-chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Aug 2010 Other 5866941
James R Jones Chief operating officer 1 Nov 2010 Other 5866937
Barbara Burns Chief legal officer 1 Mar 2011 Other 5139115
Mark A Hudspeth Head of morgan stanley real estate mezzanine partners 1 Nov 2011 Other 4737116
Jennifer Murphy Cattier Chief legal officer 1 Nov 2011 Other 4175467
Michael Henry Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2012 Other 4935884
Michael Henry Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2012 Other 4935884
Mustufa Salehbhai Chief legal officer 1 Dec 2012 Other 5066028
Peter Clarke Harned Director, chief financial officer of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Mar 2014 Other 4737119
Christie Park Chief operating officer of morgan stanley real estate investing 1 Mar 2014 Other 3276900
Matthew William Crowe Chief legal officer 1 Oct 2014 Other 4469132
Daniel Aaron Simkowitz Head of morgan stanley investment management 1 Oct 2015 Other 1719867
Mustufa Salehbhai Chief legal officer 1 Dec 2016 Other 5066028
Rebecca Peckham Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2017 Other 6778449
David Grove Stafford Chief compliance officer 1 Aug 2018 Other 6705156

Based in New York

The principal office where Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 1585 Broadway, 37 Th Floor, New York, NY 10036, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Atlanta, GA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number (212) 761-7160 or by fax (212) 507-8474. The normal business hours are 9 am - 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at morganstanley.com/what-we-do/investment-management/merchant-banking/global-real-estate/.

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