Before joining Barings and its affiliates Cornerstone and Babson Capital in 2005, Henderson was a partner at a private equity real estate firm that focused on the acquisition and repositioning of distressed multifamily assets. Prior to that, he served as VP of development at Oldcastle/CRH, where he focused on the acquisition, repositioning and operation of mid-market operating companies.

“Jamie has been well known to us in the value-added real estate lending market for many years, and we are excited to be adding such a high-caliber and successful business leader to our team,” says Bill Benjamin, partner and head of the Ares Real Estate Group. “He will be instrumental in the continued expansion of our real estate debt team, where we will look to his experience and expertise in further building out our platform.” He adds that Henderson will be “a valuable partner to Rob Rosen and John Jardine for ACRE as well as the rest of the Ares Real Estate Group as we continue to build scale and seek to increase our share in a market with enormous opportunity for Ares and its investors.”

LOS ANGELES—Jamie Henderson has joined the real estate team at Ares Management LP in a variety of capacities. He's now with Ares as a partner in the Real Estate Group and as co-head of real estate debt. Additionally, he has been named president and CIO of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. (ACRE), the mortgage REIT managed by an Ares subsidiary. John Jardine, who co-heads the real estate debt platform, and Robert L. Rosen, will continue as ACRE's co-CEOs.

“Joining ACRE and the Ares Real Estate Group in these important leadership roles was attractive to me because of the strength of Ares Management, and the significant growth opportunities I envision for both ACRE and the Ares real estate debt platform,” Henderson says. His 15 years' experience in commercial and residential real estate gives Henderson an extensive background across originations, portfolio management and capital raising.

That background includes senior positions with Barings Real Estate Advisors and its predecessors, its predecessor companies Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors and Babson Capital Management. Most recently, he was head of structured real estate investments at Barings, overseeing a leading high yield real estate debt investment platform with teams in the US and Europe. Henderson also led the development, launch and/or investment of various high yield debt investment vehicles.

Additionally, Henderson was chairman of Barings' structured real estate investment committees in in the US and Europe, a member of Barings' direct equity and real estate securities investment committees, had a leading role in Barings' real estate private equity activities and had direct oversight of a 100-person specialty finance company focused on multifamily lending. Ares' commercial mortgage subsidiary, ACRE Capital Holdings LLC, was traded to Cornerstone in 2016, a deal spearheaded by Henderson.

Before joining Barings and its affiliates Cornerstone and Babson Capital in 2005, Henderson was a partner at a private equity real estate firm that focused on the acquisition and repositioning of distressed multifamily assets. Prior to that, he served as VP of development at Oldcastle/CRH, where he focused on the acquisition, repositioning and operation of mid-market operating companies.

“Jamie has been well known to us in the value-added real estate lending market for many years, and we are excited to be adding such a high-caliber and successful business leader to our team,” says Bill Benjamin, partner and head of the Ares Real Estate Group. “He will be instrumental in the continued expansion of our real estate debt team, where we will look to his experience and expertise in further building out our platform.” He adds that Henderson will be “a valuable partner to Rob Rosen and John Jardine for ACRE as well as the rest of the Ares Real Estate Group as we continue to build scale and seek to increase our share in a market with enormous opportunity for Ares and its investors.”