Treehouse REIT, a privately-held real estate investment trust that owns a net leased portfolio of cannabis-related real estate, has hired Raymond J. Lewis as its president and CEO.
In his role as president and CEO, Lewis will be tasked with, among other items, building the team and infrastructure to internalize the management at Treehouse, executing on Treehouse’s growing transaction pipeline and prepare Treehouse for an initial public offering.
Lewis has more than 23 years of real estate investing experience and 15 years in senior leadership positions with U.S. public REITs. Lewis most recently served as CEO and president of Care Capital Properties, following its spin-off from Ventas, in 2015 until its acquisition by Sabra Healthcare REIT in 2017. Prior to Care Capital Properties, Lewis served as president of Ventas from 2010 to 2015, and CIO of Ventas from 2002 to 2010. Before joining Ventas, Lewis was a managing director of business development for GE Healthcare Financial Services, and an executive vice president of Heller Financial.