SP Advisers

 

PETER G. AYLWARD, PRESIDENT

STRATEGIC PROPERTY ADVISERS, INC.

Mr. Aylward received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Kansas University. Mr. Aylward then entered Georgetown University Law School. After receiving the highest grade in the Corporate Taxation course at Georgetown, Mr. Aylward was selected to serve as the tax law clerk at the Washington, D.C. office of Baker & McKenzie.

After graduating from Georgetown, Mr. Aylward associated with the Chicago law firm of Kirkland & Ellis where he became a tax partner. After moving to San Diego he was also a partner with the San Diego law firm Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye (now DLA Piper) and was the head of that firm's tax department. Mr. Aylward was then a founding co-partner in the San Diego law firm of Aylward & Kintz.

As a Certified Tax Specialist, Mr. Aylward's practice was focused primarily on the tax aspects of business and real estate transactions. Mr. Aylward was a speaker at various taxation seminars and programs and was an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law for ten years where he taught a graduate level course in Securitized Real Estate. Mr. Aylward was a licensed California real estate broker and in 1995 he successfully completed the National Association of Security Dealers General Securities Exam. Mr. Aylward is also a member of the Urban Land Institute.

From June 1984 through June 1988, Mr. Aylward was a principal in several real estate acquisition and development projects. He supervised acquisition, land use/regulatory processes, pre-construction development, and other legal aspects of these projects, all located in San Diego County.

In 1987 Mr. Aylward founded Strategic Property Advisers, Inc. ("SPA"), an independent, SEC registered investment advisory firm, that provided real estate and financial asset management services and investment advisory services to institutional clients. In 2015 SPA served as an investment adviser/consultant and as a qualified professional asset manager ("QPAM") to various institutional clients (including 12 Taft-Hartley and Union related plans) with aggregate assets under management of $3.7 billion. As of December 31, 2015, SPA resigned as an investment manager for all of its clients and withdrew its registration as an Investment Manager with the SEC. SPA now serves several clients as their Investment Consultant.