Mark Scully
Managing Director
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- Full Name
- Mark Scully
- Firm
- Green Courte Partners
- Firm Type
- Private equity real estate investment firm
- Target Company Profile
- Niche real estate assets and operating platforms in fragmented, undervalued, or overlooked sectors with favorable long-term supply/demand dynamics and high barriers to entry.
- Sector Focus
- Near-airport parking, senior living, land-lease communities, industrial outdoor storage, maritime-focused industrial, managed truck storage, and small- or shared-bay industrial properties.
- Geographic Focus
- United States; land-lease community strategy also references Canada and international opportunities.
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
Background
Publicly available sources reviewed did not verify Mark Scully as a current Green Courte Partners team member, and Green Courte’s current team page does not list him. The supplied email address could not be independently verified from public sources, so it is not included above.
Green Courte Partners is a Chicago-based private equity real estate investment firm founded by Randy Rowe in 2002. The firm describes itself as a team of real estate and private equity professionals focused on acquiring and building businesses assembled from niche real estate assets. Its office is listed at 303 West Madison Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
The firm has raised multiple real estate investment funds since 2004, including Green Courte Real Estate Partners I in 2004, Fund II in 2007, Fund III in 2011, Fund IV in 2016, and Fund V in 2019. It became an SEC-registered investment adviser in 2014. Green Courte has built and monetized operating platforms including American Land Lease, The Parking Spot, True Connection Communities, Windward Communities, and GCP Truck Storage Management.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Green Courte focuses on “niche real estate sectors” and builds “fully integrated businesses” around carefully selected categories of real estate assets.
- The firm looks for emerging, undervalued, or overlooked real estate and business investment opportunities with long-term value creation potential.
- Current focus areas include near-airport parking, senior living, land-lease communities, and niche industrial assets.
- Green Courte emphasizes aggregation and scale: it targets niche assets that are often undervalued, difficult to aggregate, and available through less competitive transactions.
- The firm states that its investment horizon is typically 10 to 12 years, allowing it to build sustainable competitive advantages and preserve multiple exit options.
- It favors long-term, relationship-driven transaction processes and says sellers often engage after getting to know the firm over time.
- Green Courte highlights transaction structuring, tax structuring, capital markets, asset management, operations, due diligence, accounting, and financial reporting as internal capabilities.
Notable Investments
- The Parking Spot: Green Courte acquired the near-airport parking platform in 2011 with a 17-facility portfolio and expanded it into a major national operator.
- American Land Lease: Green Courte acquired American Land Lease, an NYSE-traded land-lease community REIT, in 2009 and later monetized a 59-community, 20,000-plus-site portfolio for $1.3 billion in 2014.
- True Connection Communities: Green Courte formed this wholly owned senior living operating platform in 2017 after entering the senior living sector in 2015.
- Windward Communities: Green Courte formed this wholly owned land-lease community operating platform in 2018.
- GCP Truck Storage Management: Green Courte created this wholly owned managed truck storage operating platform in 2023 and closed its first managed truck storage investment in 2024.
- Park n’ Jet: Green Courte announced in March 2026 that Green Courte Real Estate Partners IV and affiliates acquired Park n’ Jet, a near-airport parking business.
- Industrial Outdoor Storage, Columbus, Ohio: Green Courte announced in March 2026 that Green Courte Real Estate Partners VI and affiliates acquired a 55-acre IOS facility in Columbus.
- Industrial Outdoor Storage, Nashville MSA: Green Courte announced in April 2026 that Green Courte Real Estate Partners VI and affiliates acquired an eight-acre expansion site in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.
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