Sam Hooker
Director of Acquisitions

Sam Hooker has over 17 years of equity investment, loan origination and portfolio management experience in commercial real estate. During this time he sourced and closed over $2.5 billion of property acquisitions and structured debt.

Prior to joining Embarcadero Capital Partners, Mr. Hooker was Director of Acquisitions for ATC Partners, a San Francisco based commercial real estate investor. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Hooker was Vice President of FINOVA Realty Mezzanine, Inc. and Regional Director for the Northwest Region of FINOVA Realty Capital, providing term, bridge and mezzanine financing to the commercial real estate market. His primary responsibilities encompassed nationwide origination and underwriting.

Prior to joining FINOVA, Mr. Hooker was Senior Vice President and Western Regional Manager for Prime Capital Funding, a private mortgage REIT. During his two years at Prime, Mr. Hooker sourced and closed over $300 million of preferred equity and structured finance transactions while managing a six-person origination and underwriting staff.

From 1985 through 1994, Mr. Hooker was with Norris, Beggs & Simpson, a San Francisco based brokerage, leasing and mortgage-banking company, where he was responsible for equity investments and mortgage origination on behalf of several institutional investors, including AEW Capital Management, John Hancock Real Estate and New England Mutual Life. His duties included sourcing and executing acquisitions, and ongoing portfolio management for a $1 billion real estate portfolio in northern California.

Mr. Hooker is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.