The firm's success since then has stemmed from 30 years of experience that the firm's partners have in real estate analysis, development and construction.
Pamela Day, Managing Partner
Pamela Day is a Managing Member for Crimson Fund Advisors, LLC, a real estate development and investment firm. She has managed the firm's investments and investment strategy since its inception in 2002. Crimson has successfully raised four over-subscribed, closed-end funds that allow small private investors to participate in tax-advantageous private real estate investments. Crimson now partners with joint-venture equity providers and family offices to capitalize each investment transaction.
Ms. Day built a background in real estate and finance as an investment banker with several top-tier Wall Street firms where she performed valuation and underwriting work for REITs and homebuilders during the REIT boom of the early 1990's. As a Senior Associate at BancBoston Robertson Stephens, she specialized in valuation work for private REIT portfolio acquisitions, and at UBS PaineWebber, she valued and took public some of the largest REITs in existence today. During this period, Ms. Day capitalized billions of dollars of public and private real estate transactions and underwrote over 30 new equity issues for REITs.
Ms. Day led a team within the Corporate Representation group at Jones Lang LaSalle where she analyzed and negotiated lease agreements and consulted to large organizations on their real estate requirements. Her experience at JLL included assignments dealing with business location advisory, location consolidations, evaluation of long term financing options, and real estate acquisitions and dispositions.
Previously, Ms. Day founded and served as CEO and Chairman of Blazent Corp, an enterprise software company backed by such top-tier investors as Benchmark Capital and Bain Capital. Blazent now has offices in the Bay Area, Denver, Dallas, Minneapolis, Boston and New York. During her tenure as CEO, Ms. Day was awarded the Trailblazer Award by the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs as one of the only female founders able to raise significant funds during 2001-2002. Since 1999, Ms. Day has raised over $150 MM in private equity funds for her ventures.
Ms. Day holds a BA in Economics from The University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is SEC series 7 and 63 licensed and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker. She has been a featured business commentator on NBC's Today Show, CNBC's Power Lunch, ABC's The View, and Fox News.