Luke Thomas

Luke Thomas is managing partner and head of real estate of Third Lake. Luke leads the firm’s real estate vertical including its growth and strategic direction. Luke serves on Third Lake’s investment, valuation and allocation committees and serves on the boards of Third Lake’s general partner entities. Luke is managing partner of Third Lake Associates, LLC (“TLA”), a FINRA registered broker-dealer, and is responsible for its real estate debt structuring and placement practice. Further, Luke is CEO of Third Lake’s affiliated entities, Third Lake Development, LLC ("TLV") and Third Lake Risk, LLC (“TLR”), Additionally, Luke serves as manager of TLV’s real estate holding companies, a member of the investment committee of TLV and as manager of Third Lake EB5 Group, LLC (“TLE”), Third Lake Southeast Regional Center, LLC (“TLO”) and Third Lake EB-5 Fund Management Group, LLC (“TLF”).

Prior to this, Luke served as a vice president at Third Lake Capital, LLC (“TLCL”), a single-family office. Luke was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing the firm’s private equity and real estate investments. Luke was part of the team that sourced, underwrote and closed over five million square feet of real estate transactions including office, multifamily, senior housing, condominium, hospitality, retail and self-storage. Luke assisted with closing ten private equity transactions across a variety of industries.

Prior to TLCL, Luke worked at Hyde Park Capital Advisors, a middle-market investment bank, supporting its mergers and acquisitions, private capital raising and corporate finance efforts. At Hyde Park, Luke worked with both public and private companies in several industries including healthcare, industrial and technology.

Luke graduated from The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics with a concentration in finance. Luke holds his FINRA SIE, Series 7, Series 24, Series 63, Series 66 and Series 79.