Brad Hutensky
President, Principal & Fund Manager
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- Full Name
- Brad M. Hutensky
- Title
- Founder & CEO, Hutensky Capital Partners; President, The Hutensky Group (fund manager / general partner)
- Firm
- Hutensky Capital Partners (HCP)
- Firm Type
- Retail real estate private-equity fund manager — *not* an angel investor. (The stub's "Angel Investors" classification appears to be an aggregator error; HCP raises closed-end discretionary funds from institutions.)
- Investment Stage
- Real estate value-add / opportunistic acquisitions and loan recapitalizations — *not* venture "seed" investing. (Again, the stub's "Seed Round" label is inconsistent with HCP's actual business.)
- Check Size
- ~$15 million minimum investment per deal (per aggregator listings)
- Target Company Profile
- Underperforming/value-add retail real estate assets of 75,000+ sq ft — neighborhood, community, and specialty centers, typically with supermarket or big-box anchors; direct purchases, loan purchases/recapitalizations, and joint ventures
- Sector Focus
- Retail real estate (shopping centers, power/community centers, malls)
- Geographic Focus
- Major U.S. markets (national; ~200 retail properties across ~29 states)
- Location
- Hartford, Connecticut (100 Constitution Plaza, 7th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103)
Background
Brad M. Hutensky is the Founder and CEO of Hutensky Capital Partners (HCP) and President of its affiliate, The Hutensky Group (THG), a full-service shopping-center company based in Hartford, Connecticut. He serves as manager/general partner of all owned properties and oversees every facet of the firm's investment and asset-management activity. Prior to joining THG in 1989, he worked for a number of national real estate development and finance organizations. Since joining the family firm, he has been involved in more than 100 shopping centers across the country, handling acquisition, management, leasing, redevelopment, financing, and disposition.
HCP is a real estate fund manager that invests exclusively in major-market retail assets, with roots in the shopping-center business reaching back more than 30 years to the founding of The Hutensky Group. Hutensky serves as Fund Manager of the firm's closed-end discretionary retail investment vehicles (e.g., Hutensky Capital Partners II LP and III LP). The firm has generated risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors that include prominent U.S. foundations, endowments, pension funds, and educational institutions, and its stated edge is combining flexible capital with deep operating expertise in the shopping-center business.
Hutensky is a longtime industry leader in retail real estate. He served as the 53rd Worldwide Chairman (2012–2013) of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Board of Trustees, and has also served on its Executive Board and as Chairman of its Nominating and Governance Committee. He is a Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and frequently speaks on retail real estate topics for ICSC, ULI, and other organizations.
He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business and an A.B. from Dartmouth College.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Asset class: Retail real estate only — "invests exclusively in major-market retail assets," specializing in converting "underperforming assets into instruments of profitability."
- Deal types: Direct property acquisitions, purchase/recapitalization of loans secured by retail assets, and joint-venture investments.
- Target assets: Retail centers of 75,000+ sq ft — neighborhood, community, and specialty centers, typically with supermarket or big-box anchors.
- Check size / minimum: Roughly $15M minimum investment per deal (per aggregator listings), funded from closed-end discretionary institutional funds.
- What makes them say yes: Value-add / turnaround upside — assets where HCP's operating expertise, retailer relationships, and flexible capital can reposition a struggling center. Their pitch is "a powerful combination of capital and expertise," not passive capital.
- Investors served: Foundations, endowments, pension funds, and educational institutions seeking "attractive, predictable, risk-adjusted returns."
Notable Investments
- Streets of Woodfield (Schaumburg, IL) — ~690,000 sq ft open-air retail center; acquired via a joint venture between PCCP and Hutensky Capital Partners.
- Washington Prime Group retail portfolio (Chicago area, 2024) — HCP took on roughly $68M in debt to acquire retail assets from Washington Prime.
- Bloomingdale Court (Bloomingdale, IL) — ~486,000 sq ft; reported ~$63M purchase.
- Lake View Plaza (Orland Park, IL) — ~364,000 sq ft retail asset acquired in the Chicago suburbs.
- Broader portfolio — HCP reports ownership of roughly 200 retail properties across ~29 states; Brad has personally been involved in 100+ shopping centers since 1989.
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