Blair Koblenz

Blair Koblenz has worked as a financial officer and principal for real estate investment companies for over 30 years.  His career commenced as a Certified Public Accountant working in public accounting and then transitioned into private real estate syndication.  

His most recent leadership role was with Cole Real Estate Investments in Phoenix Arizona, where he spent approximately 16 years.  His tenure with Cole began as the Chief Financial Officer and concluded as Vice Chairman, his responsibilities spanned virtually every aspect of acquiring, financing and operating commercial real estate throughout the United States.  He served as a member of both the investment committee and the board of director and was known as a financial architect structuring investment programs and facilitating the origination of over a billion dollars of loans secured directly and indirectly by real estate. He takes pride in the relationships he has built with national banks and investment bankers, such as JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns.

He has structured investment programs which include both private placements and SEC registered public offerings, taking the form of Limited Partnerships, Collateralized Debentures, DST’s and REIT’s.  Those programs raised over a billion dollars of equity through a national network of FINRA regulated Broker Dealers and their financial advisors.

Mr. Koblenz is also a Certified Financial Planner, he holds FINRA securities licenses and an Arizona real estate license.  As an active faculty member, he teaches real estate fundamentals, real estate capital markets, and the REIT Portfolio Practicum investment course.  Lastly, he enjoys flying as an instrument rated private pilot.