David Gray
Jack Murphy
David Gray
David has completed more than a billion dollars of real estate transactions over his career and has managed portfolios in excess of $10 billion in value.
David has completed more than a billion dollars of real estate transactions over his career and has managed portfolios in excess of $10 billion in value.
David is the founder of KADE Capital Management. His expertise in real estate operations and management is a fundamental driver in the company’s ability to create efficiencies, capitalize on development opportunities, and maximize investment values.
In addition, KADE Capital has partnered with Alpine Corporation and DRAFT Capital. David leads all investment and underwriting activities for both firms and is the CFO for DRAFT Capital.
Alpine Corporation is a multifamily development company that focuses on development opportunities in high barrier to entry markets across the Mountain West.
DRAFT Capital is a private real estate investment company focused exclusively on senior living and health care throughout North America. DRAFT Capital specializes in sourcing investments, transacting through acquisitions and development, and asset management services.
David's experience includes serving as Americas’ Real Estate Executive at Rolls Royce, with responsibilities including leading real estate capital projects and operations. He previously served as global controller for its real estate group and managed the company’s $750 million operating expenditure program and oversaw more than $1 billion in capital investments. David also developed and led risk management and performance management for Rolls Royce and its various global finance and mitigation programs throughout the U.K., Germany, Singapore, and the Nordics. Prior to Rolls Royce, David was a national program manager for the Public Building Service, responsible for leading various investment programs and committees. Over the last 16 years David has successfully originated and managed multiple real estate investments that have included origination and underwriting, disposition, property, and asset management services for a variety of personal, syndications, family office, and private-equity backed investments.
David graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. with a Master of Finance (M.S.F.) and an MBA. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in real estate from Brigham Young University.
Jack Murphy
John “Jack” M. Murphy assist KADE Capital in the development of strategic debt and equity relationships.
Jack is a senior insurance executive whose career spans more than 45 years. He is currently President of Ivy Tech Foundation, the largest community college foundation in the United States. Under his leadership he has set forth a new strategic direction and significantly increased donations, including six year of record donations. Prior to Ivy Tech he was Managing Director of Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc., the fourth largest insurance broker internationally where he was a key member of the leadership team and a founder of the former company Acordia, Inc. Additionally, he co-founded the Wells Fargo Marketing Expansion Committee and was a member of the Corporate International Cross Sell Strategy Advisory Board.
Alpine Corporation
Alpine Corporation is a privately-owned real estate investment, development and management firm headquartered in Lake Tahoe, California. The company was founded in 1996, and over the last 24 years has steadily expanded through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions, while successfully navigating through some of history’s most challenging market conditions. Alpine Corporation focuses on building strong relationships with local politicians and planning commissions which enable the ability to develop in one of California’s toughest markets to development in because of the natural barriers to entry, stringent environmental considerations, and scarcity of suitable and available land. Alpine offers a vertically integrated real estate platform that includes investment, development, management, leasing and finance. They are incredibly passionate about their work and adhere to a primary investment strategy of building value through creativity, efficiency, and organization.
DRAFT Capital
Capital™ is a private real estate investment company focused exclusively on senior living and health care throughout North America. The Company specializes in sourcing investments, transacting through acquisitions or development, and asset management services. The Company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.
DRAFT Capital excels through its trusted partnerships with industry-leading operators, developers, suppliers, and data providers; and, by utilizing operating efficiencies that include repeat investment opportunities, data-driven decision making, and flexible investment structuring. Our management team operates under a philosophy of flexibility, full disclosure, and win-win outcomes.
