Active Investment Offering
Cadence
Project Type | Multi-Family Acquisition |
Location | Johnston, IA |
Units | 195 |
Purchase Price | $26,000,000 |
Total Equity | $6,260,000 |
Preferred Return | 8.00% |
Hold Period | 10 Years |
Projected IRR | 17.13% |

Ryan Tobias, Partner
Ryan is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 14 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more
Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.
Active Fund Offering
Solace at Cimarron Hills
Project Type | Multi-Family Development |
Location | Colorado Springs, CO |
Units | 234 |
Project Cost | $61,027,050 |
Total Equity | $18,300,000 |
Preferred Return | 8.00% |
Hold Period | 10 Years |
Projected IRR | 19.13% |

Ryan Tobias, Partner
Ryan is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 14 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more
Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.
Closed Fund
Solace at Ballpark Village
Project Type | Multi-Family Development |
Location | Goodyear, AZ |
Units | 211 |
Project Cost | $45,000,000 |
Total Equity | $12,600,000 |
Preferred Return | 8.00% |
Hold Period | 10 Years |
Projected IRR | 18.72% |

Ryan Tobias, Partner
Ryan is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 14 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more
Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.
Closed Project
ICON
Project Type | Student Housing Development |
Location | Champaign, IL |
Beds | 276 |
Project Cost | $28,100,000 |
Total Equity | $8,500,000 |
Preferred Return | 8.00% |
Hold Period | 10 Years |
Projected IRR | 16.00% |

Ryan Tobias, Partner
Ryan is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 14 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more
Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.
Closed Fund
AVASA Fund I
Project Type | Multi-Family/Student Housing Development |
Location | Mahomet/Urbana, IL |
Units | 270 |
Project Cost | $40,500,000 |
Total Equity | $12,200,000 |
Preferred Return | 8.00% |
Hold Period | 5-10 Years |
Projected IRR | 16.00% |

Ryan Tobias, Partner
Ryan is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 14 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more
Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.
Closed Project
NOVA
Project Type | Multi-Family Development |
Location | Lafayette, IN |
Units | 76 |
Project Cost | $16,800,000 |
Total Equity | $2,700,000 |
Preferred Return | 8.00% |
Hold Period | 5-10 Years |
Projected IRR | 17.00% |

Ryan Tobias, Partner
Ryan is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 14 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more
Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.
Closed Fund
Campustown Opportunity Zone Fund I
Project Type | Student Housing Development |
Location | Champaign, IL |
Beds | 333 |
Project Cost | $35,000,000 |
Total Equity | $10,000,000 |
Preferred Return | 8.00% |
Hold Period | 10 Years |
Projected IRR | 16.00% |

Ryan Tobias, Partner
Ryan is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. He oversees all elements of the JDP business including acquisitions, site selection, fundraising, and investor relations. With 14 years experience, Ryan has worked on over $1 billion in transactional real estate and has developed or acquired over $200 million in student housing and multi-family real estate. Read more
Prior to founding Jackson Dearborn Partners, Ryan worked at brokerage firms Marcus and Millichap and Newmark Knight Frank before starting Triad Real Estate Partners in 2010. Triad is a leading broker of student housing and multi-family in the Midwest completing nearly $1.6 billion in sales since inception. Following the success of Triad, he launched JDP with Shaun Buss and Sean Lyons in 2014 with the goal of building out a vertically integrated real estate investment portfolio.
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after a decade in Chicago, moved back to Ann Arbor where he now resides with his wife Brittany and their two children.