ABOUT

Arris Partners, LLC takes an entrepreneurial approach with an institutional mindset. Arris Partners is a privately held real estate investment firm focused on generating compelling risk-adjusted returns through the acquisition, development, and management of commercial real estate.

Founded in 2017, Arris targets opportunities that benefit from the emerging trends in e-commerce and the unique demand drivers in local markets where we have deep understanding. We bring an entrepreneurial approach to an investment process focused on small-to-mid sized projects.

OUR TEAM

John Garofalo, CFA

Manager & Co-Founder 
John Garofalo is a Manager and Co-Founder of Arris Partners, LLC with approximately 20 years of real estate advisory, financing, and investing experience. 

Most recently, Mr. Garofalo was a Co-Portfolio Manager with AEW Capital Management, LLC managing the $5.0 billion North American and U.S. Diversified strategies. Prior to AEW, he was the Chief Investment Officer for Merestone Partners; a $120 million real estate securities fund. During his tenure, Merestone outperformed the REIT index by approximately 500bps annually. Mr. Garofalo was also a senior Associate with Wachovia Securities’ Real Estate Corporate Finance group. At Wachovia, Mr. Garofalo was responsible for evaluating strategic and financial alternatives for REITs & REOCs and was involved in the execution of over $18 billion of capital markets transactions. Prior to Wachovia, he was an Associate Director and one of three original members at Fitch Ratings in the REIT group.

Mr. Garofalo received a B.A. from Tufts University, an M.B.A. from The Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia, is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society.

Tom Sibley

Manager & Co-Founder
Tom Sibley is a Manager and Co-Founder of Arris Partners, LLC with over 18 years of real estate brokerage, leasing, and investing experience. 

Most recently, Mr. Sibley was a broker with Atlantic Retail Properties where he spent 13 years developing and implementing expansion strategies for many national retailers, such as Starbucks, TJX Companies, Chick-fil-A, Chipotle and several others. In addition to his tenant representation, Mr. Sibley was involved in many ground up developments as well as site redevelopments, from an investment perspective as well as sourcing, permitting and leasing the various projects. In his career, Mr. Sibley was responsible for leasing over three million square feet of space on behalf of retailers, owners and developers. Prior to Atlantic, he was a broker with Browne Realty Advisors. At Browne, Mr. Sibley’s primary focus was the expansion of CVS retail locations inside route I-95/128, with a concentration on urban markets.

Mr. Sibley attended Hobart College, where he was a member of the Hobart Men’s Hockey Team for four years. Tom is a member of ICSC and Realty Resources.


Marc Pristawa

Director

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Marc Pristawa is a Director of Arris Partners, LLC with over 18 years of capital markets experience. Mr. Pristawa has been involved in all facets of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, portfolio/asset management, financing, and brokerage for institutional and entrepreneurial private real estate firms.

Most recently, Mr. Pristawa was the Managing Director of Portfolio Management at Albany Road Real Estate Partners where he had a range of responsibilities including valuations and benchmarking for Fund II & III, fund management, and investor relations. Prior to Albany Road, he held a senior leadership role at FoxRock Properties where he worked closely with the founding partner in supporting the growth of the company through new acquisitions, in addition to executing the investment strategy for all assets within the existing portfolio. Prior to FoxRock, Mr. Pristawa served 10 years at GID and was deeply involved in the acquisition and asset management of value-add office & industrial real estate investments across multiple markets. Before GID, Mr. Pristawa worked on the sell-side as an investment sales broker in the San Diego market specializing in office & industrial properties for Marcus & Millichap. 

Mr. Pristawa received a B.A. degree from the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Marc is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and continues to stay active in numerous community and civic engagements in Boston.
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