SCOTT CLOUD LEADS LONGLEAF CAPITAL PARTNERS AS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, OVERSEEING THE COMPANY’S DIRECTION AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY.

Scott has spent the last 25 years focused on the investment and operation of commercial real estate in the Southeastern United States. Prior to starting Longleaf, Scott was a Managing Partner at Albany Road Real Estate Partners leading all investment and operational activities across the Southeast US. In 2014, he launched Albany Road’s Southeast platform, leading the company into more than a dozen markets acquiring a portfolio of over forty investments, 6,500,000 square feet and an asset value of over $1 billion. Mr. Cloud led the creation and execution of an Industrial Outdoor Storage platform which aggregated over 150 acres across the U.S. with an asset value of over $100 million.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Cloud was Senior Vice President of Investments with Carter, an Atlanta-based investment and development company. Before Carter, Mr. Cloud spent seven years at Parthenon Realty, an affiliate of AREA Property Partners, as Vice President of Acquisitions.

Over his career, he has been involved with the acquisition, disposition, development and asset management of over 22 million square feet of real estate with a gross asset value of $2.5 billion.

He is an active member of the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Mr. Cloud serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business and is a Board Member of the Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee. He and his family are active members of Woodmont Christian Church. Mr. Cloud earned his BS from the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business and an MBA from The Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and three children.