John Carter

John E. Carter is an industry veteran with more than 37 years of real estate experience in all aspects of acquisitions, financing, disposition, leasing and management.Mr. Carter is the Chairman of Carter Multifamily Growth & Income Fund and serves as Executive Chairman of the Fund’s sponsor. The Fund began raising equity in May of 2018 and during its first 14 months raised $85 million of equity and acquired 22 properties totaling $402 million.Mr. Carter also serves as Executive Chairman of Carter Exchange, a DST (Multi-Investor 1031) Sponsor. Carter Exchange was formed in March 2019, acquired its first $35 million property in July 2019 and is scheduled to acquire a $100 million of additional properties over the next six months.Mr. Carter is also Chairman of Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT and Carter Validus Mission Critical REITII which are public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) focused on acquiring mission critical healthcare and data center facilities. He also formed Carter Validus, the Sponsor, and currently serves as Executive Chairman. During their last eight years, the Carter Validus REITs have raised over $3.0 billion of equity and acquired properties totaling $4.1 billion consistingof 150+ properties spanning 11 million square feet across 31 states. In 2016, under Mr. Carter’s leadership as CEO, Carter Validus REIT II was recognized as the fasting growing company in Florida with over 17,000% revenue growth.Mr. Carter was a founding board member of Gulfshore Bank where he served on the board and on the loan and audit committees from August 2007 until the bank sold to Seacoast Bank in April 2017.Mr. Carter also formed Carter Investment Advisors in 1992, and has completed $9.7 billion of transactions across the U.S. for domestic and foreign investors. In 1990, Mr. Carter formed Newport Partners and grew the company into a full service real estate firm covering the major markets throughout Florida. In 2000, he merged Newport into Carter & Associates where he served as Vice Chairman and Principal for 17 years prior to retiring in 2017. In the 1980s, Mr. Carter worked at Citicorp where he focused on tax shelters, Industrial Revenue Bonds and other real estate financing transactions.Mr. Carter earned a Bachelor’s Degree in economics from St. Lawrence University and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University.