Stirling Realty Advisors, LLC is a boutique real estate investment bank that provides financial advisory services to medium and large size developers and operators of commercial real estate projects. Stirling focuses on raising debt and equity capital for real estate developers and operators nationwide. Collectively, the principals have raised nearly $4.0 billion in equity for public REITs and real estate operators and developers, as well as an additional $3.6 billion in senior and subordinated financing.

A majority of our clients are entrepreneurial operators that have long, successful track records through their previous companies within a similar property sector or geographic expertise. These emerging managers provide an attractive investment platform for many institutional investors.

Mr. Howland was previously a Managing Director at PRC where he led the equity joint venture effort and was responsible for real estate investment banking, structuring entity and project-level equity investments. Prior to joining PRC, Mr. Howland was the Senior Vice President at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc in the Real Estate Investment Banking Department. While at FBR, Mr. Howland was involved in expanding the real estate investment banking practice to traditional property sectors by providing primary and secondary calling responsibility across the hospitality, industrial, student housing, multifamily, office and self-storage sectors. Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Howland served as Director in Investment Banking at Advest, Inc., and as Director in Investment Banking at CIBC World Markets.  Mr. Howland received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Bucknell University and his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mr. Doriwala previously served as Vice President of PRC, where he focused on executing the firm’s joint venture equity, preferred equity and mezzanine financings. He was formerly a partner with S&R Land Development, LLC, a residential and commercial land developer, based in Reston, VA. His responsibilities included managing the day-to-day development of several planned residential communities in Northern Virginia and Maryland, as well as identifying and negotiating the purchase of land for residential and commercial development. Prior to joining S&R, Mr. Doriwala was an investment banking associate with the Financial Sponsor Group of J.P. Morgan Securities. He participated extensively in all phases of deal origination and execution of M&A transactions, recapitalizations, high yield bond offerings, structured bank debt, public equity offerings and leverage lease transactions. Mr. Doriwala received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA in Finance and Management and Strategy from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.