Jay Harkrider

Jay Harkrider is the managing partner at Foxen. Jay was previously a co-founder and managing partner at Coastal Ridge Real Estate Partners from September 2013 to January 2022. There, they helped establish the company as a full-service real estate investment firm executing on a core, core plus, and light value add investment strategy in the student housing, senior housing, and conventional multifamily real estate asset classes. The firm’s vertically integrated platform included transaction services, asset management, real estate development and property management.

Prior to Coastal Ridge, Harkrider was with Peak Property Group from March 2009 to January 2022 as a commercial real estate lender. Before that, they worked at Huntington National Bank from March 2008 to March 2009.

Harkrider has over 500 professionals on their team with offices in Columbus, Ohio and Santa Monica, CA. Their team currently manages 14,000 student housing beds and 9,000 conventional apartment units across the country, with assets under management totaling over $2.5 billion.

Jay Harkrider's educational career includes a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Miami University.

Some individuals on their team include Tony Milne - VP of Engineering, Tyler Specht - Director of Client Implementation, and Sarah Creighton - Director of Business Development.