Adams LaSalle Realty
Investment Approach

Adams LaSalle believes in aligning its interests with its investors and accordingly invests its capital alongside its investors.

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Vertically Integrated Platform

Acquisition, Financing, Legal, Asset Management, Property Management, Financial Reporting,
and Disposition


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T.J. Burns

Timothy J. Burns

Managing principal of Adams LaSalle Realty. He, along with the other principals, is responsible for all strategic direction of the firm including acquisitions, management, disposition and capital formation. Prior to Adams LaSalle, Mr. Burns was Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Heitman Capital, an institutional real estate investment advisor with over 12 billion in assets under management.

Mr. Burns' portfolio at Heitman included $2 billion of multi-family, office, industrial and retail assets. Prior to his position with Heitman, Mr. Burns was a Portfolio Manager with JMB Institutional Realty Corporation, which at the time, was the largest landlord in North America. During his tenure at Adams LaSalle, Heitman and JMB, Mr. Burns has been responsible for the acquisition, financing, renovation, asset management and disposition of over 7,500 residential units, 10 million sf of industrial/warehouse, and three million sf of retail property.

Mr. Burns graduated from Western Michigan University with a BBA in accounting, is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Urban Land Institute.