Formed in 2014, Birdsey Capital Partners (“BCP”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Birdsey Group, LLC.
To meet the industry’s growing demand for capital, BCP created a lending platform which provides Borrowers with a “hands-on” connection to strategic capital solutions.
Borrowers will forward loan opportunities to BCP. BCP will then prescreen, submit and manage the qualified opportunities through the application, underwriting, and closing process with one of BCP’s affiliated capital partners.
Sandford Birdsey
CEO
Sandford Birdsey has over 25 years of experience in commercial mortgage real estate. Mr. Birdsey is the founder, President and CEO of The Birdsey Group, which includes Birdsey Residential Group, Birdsey Commercial Group, Birdsey Property Solutions and Birdsey Construction Management. Prior to establishing Birdsey Group, Mr. Birdsey held executive roles at GMACCM/MortgageRamp and Univest Financial Services. Mr. Birdsey’s specific work history includes directing the real estate consulting effort for loan portfolio securitizations totaling over 4,000 properties with over $25 billion in loan value. He has been responsible for all real estate analysis for many seasoned portfolio CMBS transactions and B piece acquisitions for clients such as Blackrock Capital/UBS, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Protective Life Insurance, Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Midland, and many others. Mr. Birdsey is a past associate member and former President of the Associate Leadership Committee of the Appraisal Institute. He is also a member of the CRE Finance Council, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and REGA.
Stephen Harris | LinkedIn
Managing Director
Stephen Harris has ten years of experience in the commercial real estate and lending industry. His expertise includes agency/bridge/CMBS/balance sheet underwriting, FNMA/FRE inspections, and bridge to agency mortgage originations.
Prior to joining Birdsey Group, he served seven years at Arbor, six of which he was an agency underwriter and underwrote over $1.8 Billion in agency and bridge transactions. Most recently, he oversaw the underwriting and production of one of the largest production teams in the country, closing over 1.4B in agency business in 2023. Harris is also a certified inspector for the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mr. Harris was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, but has settled in the Atlanta area for the last 10+ years. He is a graduate of Auburn University.
Owen Bouton | LinkedIn
Director
Birdsey Capital
Owen Bouton has twenty years of experience in the commercial real estate and lending industry. His expertise includes Bridge/CMBS/Balance Sheet originations and underwriting.
Prior to joining Birdsey Group, he has worked at numerous financial institutions (JPMorgan, CIBC, Lone Star Funds, Sabal Capital, and Regions Bank) and originated over $2.8 Billion in CMBS and Balance Sheet transactions. Most recently, he led CMBS origination efforts in the Southeast for Regions Bank. Mr. Bouton was born and raised in Greenville, SC and has lived in the Atlanta area for the last 25+ years. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University and MBA from Georgia State University.
Tammy Martin
Executive Assistant
Birdsey Capital
Corey Cavanaugh
Controller
Birdsey Capital
With over a decade of experience in real estate financing and accounting, Corey R. Cavanaugh leads Birdsey Group’s accounting function. He is responsible for the company’s financial and tax reporting, treasury management, tax strategy and external party relations. Prior to joining Birdsey Group, Mr. Cavanaugh was at Frazier & Deeter in Atlanta, where he provided tax services for clients in the real estate industry. He also served as an Accounting Manager at Seefried Industrial Properties and Novare Group. Mr. Cavanaugh is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A.in Accounting and Finance from Auburn University.