Prior to founding Apex, Alex was a founding Partner and Head of Investments at Zenith IOS, a national industrial storage platform capitalized by two joint ventures with JP Morgan Asset Management. 

Alex led Zenith from inception to ~$700 million in GAV having acquired 60 properties in 25 markets. Prior to Zenith, Alex was Director of Acquisitions at Abingdon Square Partners, where he focused on industrial and self-storage investments in New York, Florida, and Texas.

Previously, Alex held roles in Los Angeles with IDS Real Estate Group working on acquisitions and asset management and at Ackman-Ziff in their capital advisory group.

He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College and received a MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Steve has over 14 years of experience in real estate investment, development and asset management in North America and Europe, Steve previously worked at Silver Creek Development and the Macquarie Group.

He oversaw the development, acquisition and disposition and management of over 10 MSF of commercial real estate assets and managed a portfolio of over $4B across the United States.

Steve graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Suffolk University and earned his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business where he focused on Real Estate, Corporate Finance, and Strategy.

Prior to Apex, Jonah was part of the founding team at Zenith IOS. As a key member of the team, he was deeply involved in the fundraising process, and created and maintained the financial models, decks and diligence materials.

His responsibilities included sourcing/underwriting deals and generating new investment theses. Prior to Zenith, Jonah worked at Starwood Capital, where he was responsible for overseeing ~$9B across six funds with varying strategies.

As a junior portfolio manager, his responsibilities included asset/fund-level financial engineering, recommending valuation methodologies, and optimizing the funds’ strategies to ultimately increase Net-to-LP returns. Jonah received his B.S. degree in Business with a concentration in Data Science from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

David is an Associate on the Investments team, where he focuses on sourcing new opportunities and managing the firm’s acquisition pipeline across the Southeast United States.

He brings experience across commercial real estate from roles at Franklin Street, a Tampa based brokerage, and Primer, a venture backed education platform headquartered in San Francisco.

At Franklin Street, he specialized in industrial outdoor storage, supporting investment sales and leasing transactions across Florida. At Primer, he led transactions end-to-end, from initial sourcing and underwriting through closing and delivery across multiple markets.

He began his career in The Home Depot’s Corporate Real Estate Department after earning his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Georgia.

As VP of Finance & Controller at APEX IOS, Naveed oversees financial operations, reporting, and internal controls across the firm’s real estate portfolio.

He brings 8+ years of institutional experience across industrial, commercial, and multifamily real estate. Prior to APEX IOS, he served at Clarion Partners LLC, a Franklin Templeton company, where he oversaw the fund operations across a portfolio averaging 80 industrial assets.

He also held property accounting roles at Valiant Residential and Parmenter Realty Partners, and spent time in public accounting in tax at Whitley Penn. Naveed is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.