Four lines of work, each delivered by the founder.

Owner and board advisory

Retained strategic counsel for public REIT boards and large private owners.

• Strategic alternatives: sale, merger, going private or staying the course, tested independently.
• Activist preparedness and response: rebuild the NAV bridge asset by asset and test the activist's claims.
• Portfolio strategy: what to keep, sell, reposition or convert, timed to your balance sheet.
• Operator and management agreements: fees, performance tests, termination rights and transitions.
• Internalization and platform decisions. Public-company readiness.

Capital allocator services

For family offices, private equity and sovereign investors entering operating real estate without in-house operating depth.

• Acquisition diligence and underwriting review.
• Operator selection and oversight.
• A named operating partner on a specific acquisition or platform.
• Take-private evaluation.
• Portfolio triage: hold, fix or exit, asset by asset, with a capital plan attached.

Senior housing diligence is delivered with a clinical co-advisor.

Transaction and capital markets

Owner-side counsel, working alongside the broker or bank running the process.

• Sell-side and buy-side advisory.
• Recapitalizations and workouts.
• Debt placement and equity raises.
• Owner's representative on conversions and repositionings.

Board and executive roles

Independent REIT directorships, private company boards, and interim or fractional CEO and CIO roles. Fifteen years as a public-company director, including the compensation chair and audit committee at Chambers Street Properties through its merger and sale. Where Mark serves as a director, Elmsworth takes no advisory fee from that company. Board experience