Carmel Partners announces hiring of Bryan Crane as new CIO

Carmel Partners has named Bryan Crane as CIO and managing partner.

Crane is an accomplished leader with deep industry experience and an impressive track record in real estate, including more than 20 years with firms including Veritas Investments, Clarion Partners, Rockwood Capital and JPMorgan.

At Veritas, Crane launched and led its Southern California expansion, where he oversaw all aspects of building the business, including developing the investment thesis and strategy; raising debt and programmatic institutional equity; hiring and leading the team; and acquiring, renovating and managing the portfolio. In addition to managing the Southern California platform, most recently Crane served as Veritas’s CIO, overseeing the firm’s investment, portfolio management and asset management teams and spearheading the firm’s expansion into Seattle.

Crane will be based in Carmel’s San Francisco headquarters and will oversee the real estate team, including investmen