Jay Beckhorn Bio

Mr. Beckhorn joined Gladstone in January 2013. He serves as Treasurer of Gladstone Commercial and Gladstone Land and Assistant Treasurer of Gladstone Capital and Gladstone Investment; his focus is debt finance. Jay has 26 years of real estate finance experience. Prior to joining Gladstone, he was a Regional Director with Heavenrich & Co., an M&A group that serves the senior’s housing industry. He helped the firm’s clients recapitalize their companies by arranging joint ventures with private equity groups, sale lease-back transactions with REITs and loans from banks and agencies. Before Heavenrich, Mr. Beckhorn served as a Senior Vice President with Sunrise Senior Living where he secured debt financing to support the company’s development, acquisition, and joint venture activities. Additionally, he worked for the Riggs Bank in a variety of real estate related capacities including Managing Director and Senior Asset Manager for the Multi-Employer Property Trust. He started his real estate career with Kettler, a Washington, D.C. area real estate developer. Jay earned an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a BA from Colgate University.