Our Mission
TCG stands as the beacon in real estate investing, development and consulting. We aim to pioneer solutions that create value in every project for our investors, tenants and clients.
Our Team
Bernard S. Clevens
Mr. Clevens began providing real estate consulting services in 2017. He rebranded in 2022 as Thematic Capital Group to formalize his consulting work and to create a holding company for his investments.
His career includes stints at some of the nation’s top real estate and private equity companies. He began his career in Denver, Colorado working in real estate development for a middle-market real estate private equity company. He led the financial modeling, entitlement process, and project execution for a Harley-Davidson sales facility build-to-suit, medical office build-to-suit, and industrial spec development and also supported the capital sourcing efforts for two new funds.
He then joined Prologis (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, focusing on acquisitions and dispositions of property, portfolios, and companies. While there, he led the financial modeling, investment committee presentations, due diligence, and closing for 50+ industrial real estate acquisitions and dispositions totaling $3.2B across 66M square feet in North America. He was a key member of the team responsible for the financial analysis that underpinned the company’s M&A activity, including the $9B acquisition of DCT, the $4B acquisition of Industrial Property, the $14B acquisition of Liberty Property Trust, and the competitive bidding for GLP, which lost to Blackstone for $18.3B. He also assisted with 1031 planning, overseeing the execution of over 80 exchanges.
Mr. Clevens is a 2015 graduate of Bowdoin College and a 2022 graduate of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. He co-founded the Emory Real Estate Conference in 2022 which featured Sam Zell in its inaugural year. He finds great joy in continuing to steward the conference planning and execution today.
He splits time between Atlanta, Georgia and Melbourne, Florida with his wife, two children and two dogs.
Benji Howard
Mr. Howard is a Real Estate Investment Associate at Thematic Capital Group (“TCG”). He is responsible for the financial analysis, due diligence and transaction support for all transaction activity. In addition, Mr. Howard plays a pivotal role in delivering tailored solutions to clients’ commercial real estate goals.
Prior to TCG, Mr. Howard was a multifamily real estate broker where he was responsible for the valuation, transaction execution and business development within his team, which focused on the Tampa market.
Mr. Howard began his career in the startup world. He built his own company focused on spreading positivity and generating donations to charities around the world. His next stride led him to eventually joining a drone company where he primarily worked on the financial feasibility of product development while serving as a direct report to the executive team.
He is an alumnus of Miami University’s Farmer School of Business, where he studied Finance.