Jeffrey A. Dritley

Kearny Real Estate Company

Mr. Dritley has forty years of experience in the real estate industry. His experience has ranged from the acquisition, entitlement, development/redevelopment of over 20 million sf of properties in Southern California to creating and managing an organization with over 100 employees in the U.S., Europe and Asia focused on buying and restructuring non-performing loans. 

Mr. Dritley is Founder & Partner of Kearny Real Estate Company.  Kearny, headquartered in Los Angeles, is a partnership of experienced real estate professionals active in the acquisition, entitlement, repositioning, development, leasing, management and disposition of large, complex commercial projects in Southern California.  Since 1993, Kearny has been involved in $5.7 billion of projects including $2.3 billion of distressed real estate debt. 

Mr. Dritley was previously a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley. From 1993 to 2001, he was responsible for the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund's West Coast operations and was a member of the global investment committee. From 1986 to 1993, Mr. Dritley was with The Koll Company, a major real estate development company in the Western U.S. From 1979 to 1984, Mr. Dritley was employed by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell in Kansas City and the executive office in New York City. 

Mr. Dritley is a Certified Public Accountant and with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Harvard Business School.