Capital Square appoints executive vice president and REIT controller

September 7, 2021

Capital Square, a national investment sponsor specializing in tax-advantaged real estate, has promoted Shari Sears to executive vice president, controller of Capital Square, and Cozie Sawyer to controller of Capital Square Apartment REIT.

Capital Square recently launched Capital Square Apartment REIT, a REIT that invests in multifamily communities in the Southeast and Texas.

Sears joined Capital Square in 2017 as controller and has been promoted to executive vice president. She has worked in the accounting field for more than 30 years, with 15 years of experience at two large publicly traded REITs. Prior to her tenure with Capital Square, Sears served as the senior regional controller at Brandywine Realty Trust, where she directed accounting for the Mid-Atlantic, including the Richmond, Va., and Austin areas, with more than 13 million square feet of owned, joint venture and third-party office and industrial properties. Sears graduated magna cum laude from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

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