CA Ventures

CA Ventures is a global real estate investment, development, and management company based in Chicago, Illinois. After launching in 2004 as a small niche firm focused on student housing, the company has grown and diversified into a vertically integrated organization with more than $10 billion in global transactions. Known for its visionary commercial developments, CA Ventures is also the parent company of CA Residential, CA Senior Living, and CA International, and CA Industrial.
==History==
Founder and CEO Tom Scott started the company in 2004 as a niche investment firm that acquired and developed university student housing. In 2008, the firm pioneered a new industry niche when it delivered two in-fill high rise development projects. After the company began offering residential and senior living platforms in 2012, they sold a $627 million student portfolio to student housing REIT, which was one of the largest sales of its kind at that time.
Over almost two decades, CA Ventures has continued to expand its reach and recognition as an industry leader, working in diverse asset classes in several global markets.
==Services==
CA Ventures delivers comprehensive investment and real estate services across the United States and Europe. The company offers in-house investment, development, and operations services, specializing in commercial real estate asset classes that include student living, multifamily, senior living, and industrial.
==CEO Tom Scott==
CA Ventures is led by founder and CEO Tom Scott. With more than 25 years of direct commercial real estate experience in investment, development, finance, accounting and asset management, Tom is a veteran of the CRE industry and has held positions in nearly every sector of the business along with executive-level roles with the industry’s top national, international, and publicly traded real estate firms.
==Chief Investment Officer John Diedrich==
Joining the company in 2008, John Diedrich serves as Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer for CA Ventures. John provides strategic leadership and oversees all acquisitions and investments. Playing a significant part in the diversification and expansion of the company, John has helped grow its portfolio from $400 million to $20+ billion in transactions.
==Impact==
CA Ventures is dedicated to environmental, social, accountability, and sustainability outcomes, and it partners with Measurable in reporting to stakeholders on its Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). Key areas of focus include climate change and adaptation, business and human rights, supply chain management, social equality and inclusion, global wellness, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability reporting. CA Ventures has contributed to highly sustainable buildings, including the LEED Gold Certified UnCommon Student Housing Complex in Eugene, Oregon.
==Awards==
CA Student Living received a Preservation Excellence Award from the Chicago Department of Planning and Development for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of Chicago’s Steger Building, and the company’s multifamily development project The Link PHX received the 2020 Real Estate Development (RED) Award given by AZRE Magazine. In 2019, CA Ventures was named by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s Best Places to Work. In addition, leadership members have been recognized for outstanding service, including Katie Kazas, who was chosen as one of Crain’s Notable Women in Finance in 2019. CA Ventures’ Chief Development Officer and Managing Principal Sean Spellman was listed as one of ALM Global’s Best Bosses of 2020.
==References==
Category:Companies established in 2004
Category:Real estate companies
Category:Companies based in Chicago