Jeff Tarae

Jeff Tarae brings more than 15 years of real estate experience handling over $1.8 billion in lease transaction value. He has experience in a variety of roles including marketing, asset repositioning, and capital markets adding to his transactional role as a Principal of BoundTrain. Jeff is responsible for all D.C. Metro region portfolio activities at BoundTrain. Prior to joining BoundTrain, Jeff was a Managing Director at Newmark Knight Frank, responsible for leasing an average portfolio of 7 million square feet of assets for over 12 clients across Northern Virginia. He has executed effectively on behalf of global real estate organizations such as The Blackstone Group, J.P. Morgan, ADIA, New York Life and Prudential. Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank, Jeff was the CEO of Music Matters, a state-of-the-art, Atlanta-based music center that provided education and instruments to music programs in local schools and the community. During his tenure, Mr. Tarae led the organization in all facets of strategic planning enabling the company to develop a multi-stream revenue platform, expand into other markets and execute on a merger and sale of the organization. An active member of his community, Mr. Tarae has served various charitable organizations, government commissions and member-based organizations. These include Commissioner on the Loudoun County Economic Development Advisory Commission, providing business intelligence to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and Department of Economic Development; Chairman of the Board for the Tysons Partnership, an organization engaged with state and local government, landowners, and stakeholders ensuring the goals of the Comprehensive Plan for Tysons are achieved; Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Homestretch, a non-profit charity organization empowering homeless parents with children to attain permanent housing and self-sufficiency. A New York native, he received Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Northeastern University.