Wes Wells has 20 years of experience in commercial real estate investment banking and has co-founded numerous business entities including two strategic platforms within CB Richard Ellis (“CBRE”), namely CBRE Recovery & Restructuring Services and CBRE Capital Advisors (CBRE’s investment banking and broker/dealer platform).  Both companies were created to address the needs of CBRE’s largest institutional clients by transaction volume.
 
Prior to joining ACRE Solutions, Wes founded and ran Vandever Capital which was a full-service, credit-focused capital markets firm based in Austin, TX.  From 2018 – 2025, Vandever Capital closed over $500 million in credit transactions including, but not limited to, senior, stretch senior, subordinate (mezz/pref equity), C-PACE, Energy as a Service/Infrastructure as a Service (“EaaS” and “IaaS”) and USDA Business & Industrial loans.
 
Prior to Vandever Capital, Wes served as Head of Capital Markets for Amherst Residential, the single-family rental funds managed by Amherst Holdings, LLC.  During his tenure at Amherst Residential, the firm completed ~$3.1 billion in single-family rental transactions.  Also included was Amherst’s inaugural ~$489 million securitization (AMSR 2016-SFR1) in October 2016 and a $295 million-dollar joint venture with a top-10 (by AUM) private equity firm seeking exposure to the sector.  His investment banking career also includes ~$1 billion in equity recapitalizations for financial institutions seeking a third-party capital infusion in conjunction with a sale of distressed assets.
 
Wes has secured the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation for commercial real estate professionals, sat on the Board of Economic Advisors for the International Council of Shopping Centers (“ICSC”), and co-authored a whitepaper entitled “Myths and Realities of Investing in Distressed Commercial Real Estate” with CBRE’s Global Chief Economist.  Wes resides in Austin, TX and holds a BA in Economics & Finance from Wofford College.