Investment Team

Tim Doherty currently serves as Executive Vice President, Head of Ground Lease Investments. Mr. Doherty leads the investment team of Safety, Income & Growth, Inc (NYSE: SAFE), a public REIT focused on the acquisition and creation of ground lease investments across all property types nationwide. SAFE is the first publicly traded company focused solely on ground lease investments and is externally managed by iStar. Mr. Doherty worked at iStar between 2000 and 2008 and recently rejoined iStar in 2013. Prior to becoming the Head of Ground Lease Investments, he focused on structured finance having worked on over 60 transactions totaling more than $5 billion during his tenure at iStar. The transaction structure types included first mortgage, mezzanine, B-notes, preferred equity, DIP financing, participations and corporate finance investments and included all traditional property types (office, retail, hotel and industrial) and non-traditional product types (self-storage, entertainment and land). Prior to his latest tenure at iStar, Mr. Doherty co-founded and operated Shem Creek Capital (“SCC”), a boutique real estate finance fund located in Boston, MA. Prior to joining iStar Financial in 2000, Mr. Doherty was at Archon Group, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, investing on behalf of the Whitehall funds. He received his BS in Finance from Georgetown University.

Adam Matos currently serves as a Senior Vice President in the Investment Team for iStar, SAFE’s manager. He is responsible for originating, underwriting and negotiating new investment opportunities for both iStar and SAFE, with a focus on the U.S. Midwest markets. Since joining the company in 2008, Mr. Matos has worked on over $2.0B of new investments transactions, which include all structure types including ground leases, first mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity and JV equity capital as well as a variety of real estate product types including multifamily, residential condo, office, hospitality and senior housing. Mr. Matos graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.