Kirk A. Sykes is Managing Director of Accordia Partners, LLC, a Boston-based real estate investment and development company. Accordia executes large-scale public-private real estate projects with a focus on financial success and community transformation. He previously served as head of Urban Strategy America Fund, L.P., an urban investment, development, and redevelopment commercial real estate private equity fund focused on investment returns, economic development, and environmental sustainability.
Mr. Sykes combines his professional training and hands-on experience in finance, investment, development, design, and construction to develop customized responses to the complex issues associated with urban real estate development. His approach is grounded in the bottom-line-driven perspective gained during his tenure as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and through other roles, including service on Fleet Bank and BankBoston’s Community Bank Advisory Boards. He currently serves on the Eastern Bank Board of Advisors and on the Board of Directors of Apartment Investment and Management Company (NYSE: AIV). He formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE: ACRE).
Mr. Sykes has attended the Harvard Business School Owners & Presidents Management Program, the MIT Center for Real Estate Development Commercial Development Executive Program, and L’Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University.