Bentley Team

J. Edward Foley, III

Managing Director

J. EDWARD FOLEY, III joined Bentley in 1998 as a Managing Director and established the firm's real estate and lodging industry practice. He began his career with JONES LANG LASALLE in 1977, where he was elected a partner of the firm in 1979. Mr. Foley was responsible for cross-border transactions between Europe and the United States and later directed JLL's real estate investment banking operations in the western U.S. In 1986, Mr. Foley joined LEND LEASE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, as head of Boston Financial Real Estate Advisors, an institutional real estate investment management firm. Joining J.P. MORGAN FLEMING INC. in 1987, Mr. Foley led a team of real estate professionals that invested in real estate equity, mortgages and the securities of private and public real estate companies on behalf of Morgan's commingled funds and pension fund separate accounts. Mr. Foley completed Morgan's Organizational Management program. He founded J.E. FOLEY & COMPANY LLC, a real estate private equity firm based in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1995. Over the course of his career, Mr. Foley has been responsible for over $2 billion in real estate-related transactions. Mr. Foley has served actively with several organizations including The Urban Land Institute and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He is a former director of Security Capital Realty, Inc., Whitestone Mortgage Capital and USLand LLC. Mr. Foley attended the UNIVERSITY OF MAINE and completed additional studies at HARVARD COLLEGE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.

Representative Real Estate Assignments by Mr. Foley

Phone: (415) 845-5783
Private Fax: (415) 680-1572
Email: jefoley3@bentleylp.com