About Us
Since its founding by Jay Shidler in 1972, The Shidler Group has become one of the nation’s most innovative commercial real estate investment organizations. Through its affiliates, The Shidler Group has made debt and/or equity investments in over 2,000 properties located across the country. The Shidler Group has also founded five NYSE-listed public corporations, which collectively have issued in excess of $20 billion of debt and equity securities.
In 2019, The Shidler Group built a platform to invest in multifamily communities with a focus on cost-burdened markets experiencing a shortage of affordable units. This entrance into the affordable housing sector is related to Mr. Shidler's philanthropic activities and a focus on social impact investing. As part of this philanthropic initiative, the land underlying these multifamily communities is often placed in irrevocable trusts, for the benefit of certain educational and social institutions.
To date Mr. Shidler has donated $2.1 billion of ground lease-generated income streams to institutions, which include the University of Washington School of Law, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the University of Hawaii Foundation, and the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii.
In 2019, The Shidler Group built a platform to invest in multifamily communities with a focus on cost-burdened markets experiencing a shortage of affordable units. This entrance into the affordable housing sector is related to Mr. Shidler's philanthropic activities and a focus on social impact investing. As part of this philanthropic initiative, the land underlying these multifamily communities is often placed in irrevocable trusts, for the benefit of certain educational and social institutions.
To date Mr. Shidler has donated $2.1 billion of ground lease-generated income streams to institutions, which include the University of Washington School of Law, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the University of Hawaii Foundation, and the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii.