{"id":1004174032,"date":"2017-04-25T04:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004174032"},"modified":"2022-12-08T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T00:18:10","slug":"westmount-welcomes-new-managing-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/westmount-welcomes-new-managing-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Westmount Welcomes New Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004174035\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/04\/Jim-Fant.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004174035\" data-attachment-id=\"1004174035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/westmount-welcomes-new-managing-director\/jim-fant\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/04\/Jim-Fant-e1493116413464.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"534,484\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jim Fant\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jim Fant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/04\/Jim-Fant-e1493116413464.jpg?w=534\" class=\"wp-image-1004174035 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/04\/Jim-Fant-e1493116413464.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Fant, executive managing director\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/04\/Jim-Fant-e1493116413464.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/04\/Jim-Fant-e1493116413464.jpg?resize=300,272 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004174035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Fant, executive managing director<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Westmount Realty Capital named Jim Fant as executive managing director, acquisitions. He will oversee the acquisition process and manage the acquisition team.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 34 years of experience in commercial real estate, Fant worked at MEPC American Properties, MetroAmerican or Kennedy Associates Real Estate. Most recently, he served as senior vice president at Behringer for 12 years,\u00a0overseeing the acquisition process,\u00a0sourcing potential new acquisitions and managing the acquisition team. Fant was instrumental in the acquisition of more than $5 billion in real estate\u00a0for core, value-add and opportunistic investment strategies. Prior to that, he was president of\u00a0JDFant Consulting, where he assisted small companies and individuals with business plan development and refinement, project and enterprise financing.<\/p>\n<p>A certified public accountant and a licensed real estate broker in Texas, he is a member of Urban Land Institute, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in accounting from The University of Texas at Arlington.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJim&#8217;s extensive acquisition experience with value-add and opportunistic investment strategies will be a valuable asset to our team and our investors,&#8221;<\/em> said\u00a0Clifford Booth, president &amp; CEO, in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Westmount Realty Capital<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Fant has more than 34 years of experience in commercial real estate. 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