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cstai@HealthcareREA.com
CA Broker License #: 01836740
NC Broker License #: 337848
Christopher Stai is the leader of HREA’s national healthcare real estate practice. He has over 20 years of real estate experience advising a broad range of clients including healthcare providers, health systems, and developers with a specialization in physician-owned hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, medical office buildings, post-acute care, as well as other types of healthcare facilities throughout the U.S.
Chris has advised on over $5 billion in healthcare real estate transactions involving Sale / Leaseback transactions, Hybrid-Sale Leaseback® transactions, single-asset and portfolio dispositions, developer selection, capital sourcing for new development and expansion, as well as tax-deferred strategies. His clients include many of the nation’s largest users and investors in healthcare, including providers, real estate investment trusts (REITs), institutional investors, and real estate developers.
Prior to forming HREA, a recognized national leading advisor in healthcare real estate, Chris was the managing director of an investment bank leading the company’s national healthcare real estate capital markets platform. Previously, he was a director for a national publicly-traded healthcare REIT, acquiring more than $2 billion in healthcare real estate assets throughout the U.S. His knowledge and expertise is a culmination of experience that includes real estate tax consulting with Ernst & Young and Deloitte.
Chris earned his B.A. in Economics & Accounting from UC Santa Barbara and went on to receive his CPA license.
Chris lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife and their twin girls.