The Townsend Group was founded in 1983 by Terry Ahern and Kevin Lynch on the premise of providing uncompromised and unbiased real estate investment advice to institutional investors worldwide. We maintain our headquarters in Cleveland and are the largest specialty real estate investment consulting firm in the industry. In addition to Mr. Ahern and Mr. Lynch, the team is comprised of 52 real estate professionals, including 31 Principals, Consultants and Associates and a dedicated research initiative. Townsend provides global property investment counsel to more than 85 clients on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis, representing real estate allocations in excess of $100 billion. Our clients include public pension funds, corporations, foundations, endowments, financial institutions and Taft-Hartley plans ranging from $300 million to over $130 billion in total plan assets.