Mr. Blackwell is the CEO for Emerald Creek Management Services Services whose main responsibilities include developing and implementing high-level strategies, making major corporate decisions on investments, and acting as the main point of contact.
Mr. Blackwell’s prior twenty years at LaSalle Investment Management, Inc. as CEO of CalEast Global Logistics, LLC with $6.0 billion of assets under management, Mr. Blackwell was fully accountable for member relationships and investment performance. His primary responsibilities were to manage the executive-team members, serve as the resource manager to the regional teams and to develop and execute investment strategy across North America, China Europe and the United Kingdom. In addition, Mr. Blackwell served as an executive member on the boards of over $1.4 billion of joint venture relationships with public and private companies. Mr. Blackwell had overall accountability for acquisitions, dispositions, development, joint ventures and land investments.
Mr. Blackwell is a former member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
Mr. Blackwell graduated from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics with concentration in labor relations.
