Robert Karner

As Chief Operating Officer of Stotan Industrial, Bob drives the firm’s operational strategy, overseeing capital markets and investment initiatives nationwide.

Before, Bob was a Managing Director at Kuvare Asset Management (KAM) until KAM was acquired by Blue Owl.  KAM is a boutique asset manager with over $20BN in AUM serving Kuvare’s life & reinsurance operating companies.  Bob managed KAM’s $2BN CMBS portfolio, fund investments and construction loan participations. 

Prior to joining KAM in 2021, Bob was directly involved in the IPO of CreXus, a publicly traded commercial mortgage REIT that listed on the NYSE in 2009, and where he served as head of investments.   CreXus was acquired by Annaly Capital Management, where he continued to serve as a Managing Director overseeing originations, credit, and capital markets at different times before joining KAM. 

Previously, Bob spent over 10 years at Morgan Stanley as Executive Director and co-head of the CMBS and CRE CLO syndication desk. Bob began his career originating commercial mortgages at the Principal Financial Group, worked for GE Capital in asset management, and managed a CMBS portfolio at Allstate Investments. 

Bob has a BBA in Finance and an MS in Real Estate from the University of Wisconsin, currently serves on the Board of the James A.

Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin and served as an active member of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC), where he was a board member and inaugural chair of the Portfolio Lender’s Forum.