Lan Cairns is a fund manager and real estate syndicator with approximately a decade of hands-on investment experience across residential, commercial and alternative real estate strategies.
Since entering real estate in 2016, she has built direct investment experience in long-term rentals, short-term rentals and value-add residential projects. Since 2022, she has expanded into commercial real estate funds and syndicated investments, contributing to approximately $80 million in aggregate real estate capital formation.
Retail real estate is Lan's principal area of expertise, complemented by experience across multifamily, self-storage, glamping and experiential hospitality.
Her work spans the full investor lifecycle, including:
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Capital structuring
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Investment positioning
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Fundraising strategy
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Investor engagement
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Subscription coordination
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Ongoing investor communications
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Strategic partnerships
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Post-investment relationship management
Through her work in private real estate offerings, Lan has also developed substantial practical experience with investor disclosures, transaction governance, securities compliance processes and risk-management considerations, working alongside legal, tax and transaction professionals.
At EPA, Lan leads the capital formation and investor strategy perspective.
Her role is to evaluate whether a project's capital structure, financing assumptions and investor positioning are realistic, sustainable and aligned with the underlying real estate strategy.
Her greatest strength is not simply raising capital, but understanding how to build long-term capital relationships around a credible and properly structured investment opportunity.