Mike Girard

Founder

Mike Girard is a senior housing and multifamily capital markets executive with over 20 years of transaction and advisory experience, totaling over $4B in investment sales and capitalizations for private clients, pension funds, pension fund advisors, insurance companies, public and private REITs, government organizations, special servicers/trustees, banks, foreign investors, developers, and hedge funds. Recently Mr. Girard served two years as acting CIO for a prominent senior housing owner/operator/developer that was looking to recapitalize their portfolio as well as expand via aquisitions and development. Prior to forming Framework Realty Advisors ("FRA"), Mr. Girard co-founded and launched The Seniors Group (“TSG”), a successful national seniors housing brokerage platform catering to the seniors housing industry.  Prior to founding TSG, Mr. Girard was instrumental in the growth of Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA subsequently became part of Newmark) from 7 to 19 offices, and $1.7B to $9B in annual sales volume. Mr. Girard helped expand the New England and South/Central regions from single state to multi-state platforms. Mr. Girard has represented clients in deals that include highly complex tax credit, bond and HUD-financed assets, student properties, all types of seniors housing properties, and a variety of distressed assets. Mr. Girard has coordinated sophisticated equity placement and JV partnership negotiations including structuring of large portfolio recapitalizations and dispositions. Mr. Girard has researched and valued thousands of properties and is a licensed real estate broker in Texas, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.   Mike is supportive of Sons of the Flag and affiliated nonprofit Charitable Organizations dedicated to helping Veterans, First Responders, and Civilian Burn Survivors and their families.

Education

Babson College

Bachelor of Science, 1996