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About Us

Aequo is a vertically-integrated real estate investor and developer of inpatient healthcare assets nationwide.


Since inception in 2022, Aequo has acquired a mix of behavioral health facilities, assisted living, and memory care communities, representing approximately 1,000 beds across 10 states.

Prior to founding Aequo, its principals have developed, financed, and acquired over $1B of medical and other real estate including multifamily, student housing, hospitality and retail. Aequo was founded by its principals and BLG Capital Advisors to build upon this successful medical track record and leverage the principals’ decades of niche real estate aggregation, leasing, and transactional experience to capitalize on the explosive growth of the sector and aggregate a portfolio of inpatient medical real estate at scale.

Portfolio

The following represents Aequo's portfolio and assets under control:

Aequo and its Principals at a Glance

1,000

Inpatient Beds

4,000,000

Medical SF Owned or Developed

$500,000,000

Invested into Healthcare Real Estate

Executive Team

Ben Gray
Managing Partner

Ben is an experienced professional with over 17 years of experience in real estate, private equity and corporate transactions. Prior to forming Aequo, Ben was a Senior Partner at Quartz Lake Capital, a real estate private equity firm investing across the spectrum of real estate sectors, with a focus on co-GP and structured investments. Ben was responsible for portfolio management and capital markets and was a member of the Investment Committee. Ben started his career as a corporate/real estate attorney, making partner at Mayer Brown and subsequently holding general counsel roles at BentallGreenOak and CBRE Global Investors. Ben holds a JD from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a bachelor's degree in finance from Tulane University.

James Jago
Managing Partner

James is an experienced and versatile investment professional with over 15 years of diverse niche real estate and corporate transactional experience. Prior to forming Aequo Mr. Jago was a partner at Pebb Capital where he directed the firm’s investment activity across a variety of real estate sectors including multifamily, student housing, retail, office, and hospitality. Prior to Pebb, Mr. Jago worked at private equity fund manager, Green Courte Partners, and in the real estate group at Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and has transacted on more than $2.5 billion of investment value over the course of his career.
James holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Tulane University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Josh Levy
Managing Partner

Josh is the co-founding Principal of Waterstone Properties Group where Josh is actively involved in all facets of Waterstone’s nearly 70 commercial properties. Josh has deep experience fostering partnerships with civic organizations, government officials, brokers, and tenants all to serve the community through Waterstone’s projects, and he maintains close relationships with retail, healthcare and industrial operators, tenants and brokers throughout the U.S.