Stuart Turner
Managing Director
Stuart Turner is a member of Barings Real Estate, a global real estate platform with extensive capabilities across both debt and equity strategies. Stuart is a Managing Director, Real Estate Equity Hotel Acquisitions and is responsible for acquisitions in the hotel sector, which includes market review, due diligence underwriting, purchase contract, management agreement, and franchise agreement negotiations, as well as acquisition debt placement. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, he served as Vice President of Hotels responsible for hospitality transactions at Eastdil Secured. Stuart has additionally held roles with Hilton Hotels Corporation, Coopers & Lybrand LLC, and a national public hotel REIT. He has worked in the industry since 1997. Stuart holds a B.A. in Hospitality Business from Michigan State University and serves on the University’s Hospitality Business Real Estate & Development Advisory Council.
