Ryan Companies Hires New Senior Living Executive

Ryan Companies announced they have named Julie Ferguson their new Senior Vice President – Senior Living Sector Leader. In her new role at Ryan, Ferguson will work with national and regional development, architecture, construction, asset management and capital market teams to lead, plan and execute the strategic vision for the senior living sector.

Ferguson joins Ryan Companies with over twenty years of real estate development, acquisition and brokerage experience in senior housing, most recently serving as Director at Titan Development. In her role at Titan she was an integral member of the team that formed and launched the Titan Development Real Estate Fund, raising $112M in private equity investment for senior living, self-storage, multi-family and industrial projects. Ferguson was also responsible for deploying over $49.4M of capital from the Fund in senior housing projects as well as an additional $275.6 in other projects, creating and implementing the Investment Committee’s review process for all asset types and developing their overall senior housing strategy. Throughout her entire career, Julie has developed and acquired over $655 million of senior living communities.

“The senior living industry is at the onset of incredible growth, with over 76 million aging baby boomers in the US needing housing options. We are very excited to have Julie join our team and lead the overall strategy ensuring that our team and partners are supporting the growth the market is expecting.” – Mike McElroy, Chief Investment Officer, Ryan Companies.

Ferguson earned her bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship and finance and her MBA at the University of Arizona. She is a member of Urban Land Institute-National Seniors Housing Council.