Our investment strategy is based on experience, facts and discipline.
Our approach to harnessing value is creative, collaborative and straightforward. We are contrarian in our acquisitions and opportunistic in our dispositions.
The culmination is an ability to execute on real estate ventures that yield high risk adjusted returns while spurring innovation, growth and vitality for the surrounding communities.
Andrew Eisenstein
Founding Partner Since the mid-1990s Andrew has completed more than $1.25 billion in real estate transactions. He provides vision and leadership to the company oversees the construction and development of Iron Stone’s real estate portfolio.
Education:
B.S University of Pennsylvania
Current and Former Non-Profit Affiliations:
Settlement Music School, Legacy Youth Tennis
Matthew Canno
Partner Matt joined Iron Stone in 2001 and overseas acquisitions, contract negotiation, financings, real estate, land use and corporate law. Additionally, he serves as the company’s Chief Counsel. While at Iron Stone, he has developed more than 130 commercial real estate properties with a combined value in excess of $1 billion.
Education:
B.S. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School
Current and Former Non-Profit Affiliations:
Self Inc, PAWS, The Philadelphia School
Jason Friedland
Partner Jason joined Iron Stone in 2002 and is responsible for the business strategy, finance and utilization of alternative financing sources such as Historic Rehabilitation, New Markets and Low-Income Tax Credits. While at Iron Stone, he has developed more than 130 commercial real estate properties with a combined value in excess of $1 billion.
Education:
B.S. Washington University in St. Louis
Current and Former Non-Profit Affiliations:
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, Woodmere Art Museum, Share Food Program and The Philadelphia Museum of Art Prints, Drawings and Photographs Committee
Sam Patterson
Partner Sam joined Iron Stone in 2018. He has significant entrepreneurial and executive experience with a focus on real estate, private equity, various insurance products, software and information technology.
Education:
B.S. Cheyney University
M.B.A Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Current and Former Non-Profit Affiliations:
Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, Cheyney University, Center for Literacy, Children First, African American Chamber of Commerce
Michael Pearson
Partner Mike Pearson joined Iron Stone in 2018. He is a widely respected leader with more than 25 years of social C-Suite experience, deep public company, private family and private equity expertise as a front-line P & L entrepreneurial leader. He is a specialist in for-profit and non-profit operations in diversified industries.
Education:
Commission, The United States Army Officer Candidate School
Ranger Certification, The United States Army Ranger School
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
Executive Management Program The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Executive Management Program Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Current and Former Non-Profit Affiliations:
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art