Kevin Hoover
Managing Director - Real Estate
Kevin Hoover is the Managing Director – Real Estate, for Wells REIT II, Inc. Mr. Hoover oversees the acquisitions, finance, dispositions, asset management, leasing, and property management functions for Wells REIT II. The REIT currently manages over $5.4 billion in real estate on behalf of approximately 140,000 investors. Kevin also is a member of the Investment Committee for Wells Real Estate Funds.
Prior to being named to his current post, Kevin was co-head of the Asset Management team at Wells, overseeing roughly half of the $5.7 billion in assets under management. Additionally, as Portfolio Manager for the Wells Mid-Horizon Value-Added Fund, he worked closely with the real estate team on the day-to-day operations and overall strategy of the fund.
Kevin has more than 25 years of broad-based commercial real estate experience, including portfolio and investment management, marketing, investment analysis and underwriting, and valuation. Prior to joining Wells in 2004, Kevin was a Principal, Equity Portfolio Management, for Lend Lease Real Estate Investments. During his nine-year career with Lend Lease, Kevin held numerous positions involving the management of institutional client accounts and commingled funds. Kevin is a former Manager, Real Estate Valuation/Advisor Services Practice, for Price Waterhouse, where, from 1992 to 1995, he managed appraisal and consulting assignments for a variety of institutional clients involving all major property types. His consulting efforts involved audit review, due diligence, and litigation support.
Kevin is a member of the Appraisal Institute and the CCIM Institute. Kevin is also a member of the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP), the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM). He graduated with a B.B.A. in Real Estate (summa cum laude as a First Honor Graduate) from the University of Georgia.