Graham Chernoff

Graham’s 25-year career includes the acquisition, finance, renovation, and asset management of over 15,000 apartment units in several Western markets. At Cumberland Holdings, Graham oversees the Multi-Family Portfolio and executes its value-added renovations and asset management repositioning plans. He also manages our outside legal team and our advisors for investment entity structuring, investment-offering documentation, and the arrangement of mortgage financing. He actively participates in investor relations and equity-raising functions.

Prior to forming Cumberland Holdings, Graham held acquisition and management positions at Invesco Real Estate, Acacia Capital Corporation, and the Matteson Companies. His acquisition and asset management background includes value-add multifamily investments on the behalf of several private and institutional investors including: BlackRock, CALSTERS, Principal Global, and ING. Previous to his acquisition experience, Graham spent 5 years in the commercial real estate finance sector, working for institutional lenders such as Bank of America and Nomura Securities. His finance experience includes originating and underwriting: construction loans, bridge loans, CMBS loans, Fannie Mae DUS loans, mezzanine and preferred equity investments. Graham received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. Graham is a native of Portland, Oregon and currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

In addition to his responsibilities at Cumberland, Graham is deeply involved in the community, including his position as a Board Member for the Portland State Center for Real Estate and a Hall of Fame Committee Member for the Olympic Club. He is a past Board Member of both Belden Real Estate Club and Rebuilding Together San Francisco, and an advisor to Junior Achievement.