leigh chang

Leigh Chang focuses on acquisition, financing, development, and dispositions at Group i.  Leigh has nearly two decades of real estate and finance experience during which she has acquired, financed and managed approximately $14 billion in transaction value. 

Prior to joining Group i, Leigh specialized in areas of acquisition, financing and disposition for Veritas Investments, which managed approximately $1 billion in multifamily properties in San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to Veritas, Leigh was an Assistant Portfolio Manager at The Townsend Group for the firm’s $1 billion+ discretionary investment funds, which invested across all property types through co-investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations, and debt investments. Leigh was responsible for underwriting and managing investments across office, retail, hotel and senior living facilities in U.S., China, Brazil and Central & Eastern Europe. Prior to Townsend, Leigh worked at boutique investment bank, Houlihan Lokey, in strategic alternatives, sell-side advisory, corporate valuation, capital restructuring and management buyout.

Leigh received an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from Pomona College.