Kevin Marchetti - Managing Partner
Mr. Marchetti is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bay Grove where he is active in all day-to-day activities of the firm. He is also a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of Lineage, the largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics REIT globally and one of the largest private REITs in the world. Lineage owns and operates more than 83mm sqft across 475+ warehouses in 18 countries around the world. Prior to co-founding Bay Grove, Mr. Marchetti was an investor with Ron Burkle and The Yucaipa Companies where he helped invest the Yucaipa Funds and eventually oversaw Mr. Burkle’s personal investment portfolio and sat on the board of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Mr. Marchetti started his career with Morgan Stanley in its investment banking group In San Francisco. He is a graduate of Duke University and served as head manager for the Duke Men’s basketball team under Coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Adam Forste - Managing Partner
Mr. Forste is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bay Grove where he is active in all day-to-day activities of the firm. He is also a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of Lineage, the largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics REIT globally and one of the largest private REITs in the world. Lineage owns and operates more than 83mm sqft across 475+ warehouses in 18 countries around the world. Prior to co-founding Bay Grove, Mr. Forste worked at KKR, focusing on private equity transactions in the power, energy, retail, and consumer industries. Mr. Forste began his career with Morgan Stanley in its investment banking groups, both in New York and San Francisco, where he focused on M&A and covering financial sponsors. Mr. Forste is a Fulbright Fellow and a graduate of Dartmouth College. Mr. Forste overseas Lineage Ventures and is also the Chairman of EmergentCold LatAm, a board member of the Global Cold Chain Foundation, a board member of ndustrial.io and a member of the Real Estate Forum.
David Brandes - Managing Director
As a Managing Director of Bay Grove, Mr. Brandes is active in all day‐to‐day activities of the firm. Prior to Bay Grove, Mr. Brandes spent over nine years at Shorenstein Properties LLC, a large real estate private equity firm. At Shorenstein, Mr. Brandes was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and executing capital transactions within the Western United States. During his time there, Mr. Brandes executed over 30 transactions worth in excess of $4.9 billion on behalf of the firm's closed‐end investment funds and various non‐fund accounts. Mr. Brandes started his career with Morgan Stanley in its investment banking group in San Francisco, where he focused on M&A and covering financial sponsors. Mr. Brandes graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.