Investment Team


David Schonbraun
Mr. Schonbraun is a Managing Partner of GreenBarn Investment Group. Prior to joining GreenBarn, he was Head of US Real Estate Credit at The Carlyle Group and also served as CIO of SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE: SLG), where he worked for 19 years. At SL Green, Mr. Schonbraun was responsible for the real estate equity and debt acquisitions, dispositions, alternative investments, borrowings and structured finance. He closed on tens of billions of dollars worth of transactions in the United States, including many of SL Green’s largest office acquisitions and helped lead the formation of public company Gramercy Capital Corp—an early entrant in the specialty finance business. He also led and expanded SL Green’s structured finance platform and was directly responsible for Green Loan Services, the Company’s special servicing arm that serves by SL Green and third-party lenders. In addition, Mr. Schonbraun has built and maintained key relationships with top institutional borrowers, lenders and brokers. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Princeton University and has been named for multiple years in Commercial Observer’s 50 Most Important People in Commercial Real Estate.