Our special guest on this episode is Michael Streicker, President of New York Headquartered, Global Investment powerhouse Sentinel Real Estate Corporation.

Founded in 1969, Sentinel is a highly-respected, independently-owned real estate investment management firm with a portfolio of assets valued in excess of $13.5bn (AUD) and managed on behalf of over a hundred domestic & international clients.For over fifty years, the firm has built an enviable reputation for delivering outstanding results to it’s investor base, drawn from the knowledge & expertise of more than seven-hundred-and-fifty industry specialists who manage some 27,500 apartment units & over 5 million square feet of commercial real estate spread across three continents including North America, Europe & Australia.The business is renowned as a global leader in the multi-family / BTR sector, establishing it’s maiden investment in 1976 and cementing it’s expertise through involvement in over six-hundred multi-family communities comprising some 154,000 units.Closer to home, Sentinel’s operations in Australia have increased substantially since it first begun laying the foundations in 2011, becoming the first group to have a fully operational BTR community known as Element 27, which was successfully launched in Perth in Spring 2019.Since then, the business has expanded rapidly, with construction underway on a 172-apartment project in Victoria & the recent acquisition of a proposed 300-apartment project in Queensland forming part of it’s broader $1.5bn BTR fund in Australia. With regard to his professional life, Michael is the President of Sentinel Real Estate Corporation and sits on the firm’s Executive Committee & Investment Committee’s - he is a Graduate of both Princeton University (AB Degree) and the Columbia Business School (MBA).Our discussion with Michael explores the origins & evolution of the Sentinel Real Estate Corporation business, it’s expansion into international markets including Australia, the fundamentals for successful multi-family / BTR development & his long-term outlook for both the Australian and US commercial property markets.