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Bringing you over 50 years of combined real estate and private equity experience
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Thomas Carroll

Founder & CEO

Tom lives in Charleston, South Carolina and has been an active real-estate investor for more than twelve years.  He founded Ballast Rock and built the team needed to originate and manage both Sunbelt Fund I and Sunbelt Fund II. The Ballast Rock Sunbelt funds are focused on investing and managing workforce multifamily real estate investing in the South Eastern United States.

The Ballast Rock team combines talented Wall St. professionals, experienced local real estate operators, and Tom's experience as a partner at Watermark Partners Real Estate where he led strategy and investor relations for the organization since early 2016.  Tom uses his international finance experience to support the Ballast Rock growth strategy, with a particular focus on risk mitigation, operational excellence, investor relations, and regulatory compliance.

Prior to working in real estate, Tom had a fourteen year Wall Street career.  Most recently, he concluded nine years at Goldman Sachs & Co. as a trading desk head on the GS New York Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities trading floor.  His international career at both Goldman Sachs and HSBC, has led him to live and work in New York, London, Dubai, and Sao Paulo.  He has headed multiple desks primarily focused on structured financing, complex transaction execution, and institutional investor marketing at Goldman Sachs. 

Tom received an MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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Ian Garcia

Chief Operating Officer
​& Multifamily Portfolio Manager
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Mike Schmansky

Chief Financial
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Jason Smallwood

Net Lease
​Portfolio Manager

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Nate Lewis

General
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Danielle Miner

Director of
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Kyle Fitzgerald

Investment Associate

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Phil Wynen

Director of Maintenance

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Jennifer Solar

Director of Marketing

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Our Leadership's Focus

We are dedicated to our investors and operate by these core principles
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Income
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High
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Attractive Risk Adjusted Rewards

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Communication and Transparency

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The information contained on the Ballastrock.com web site has been prepared by Ballast Rock Holdings LLC (“Ballast Rock”) without reference to any particular user’s investment requirements or financial situation. Potential investors are encouraged to consult with professional tax, legal, and financial advisors before making any investment into a private offering of securities.  An investment in private securities would be speculative and would involve a high degree of risk. Investors must be prepared to bear the economic risk of such an investment for an indefinite period of time and be able to withstand a total loss of their investment. Please consider carefully the investment objectives, risks, transaction costs, and other expenses related to an investment prior to deciding to invest.  All private placements of securities and other broker dealer activities are currently offered through a partnership with Independent Brokerage Solutions LLC MEMBER: FINRA / SIPC (“IndieBrokers”), which is located at 485 Madison Avenue 15th Floor New York, NY 10022. (212) 751-4424. Ballast Rock Holdings LLC and its affiliates are independent and unaffiliated with IndieBrokers. Any securities transactions or related activities offered by Ballast Rock associated persons are conducted in their capacities as registered representatives of IndieBrokers. To check the background of IndieBrokers and its representatives, visit FINRA’s BrokerCheck. Please see our Form CRS.
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  • Home
  • What We Do
    • Real Estate
    • Ventures
    • Capital Advisory
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Leadership
  • Fund Updates
    • Sunbelt Fund II
    • Sunbelt Fund I
  • Education
    • Corporate Deck
    • Articles
    • Brochure
    • Press >
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      • CoStar Coleman Article
      • Multifamily Executive
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