MEET OUR FOUNDERS

MANAGING PRINCIPAL (Left)

Frank is the Founder and Managing Principal of Deloache Capital and its affiliates, and chairs its investment committee. He has 20 years of experience in commercial real estate finance. He is responsible for the overall direction of Deloache Capital and its subsidiary companies including strategic planning for all growth areas of the Company. 

From 2006 until August 2022, Frank served as the Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Title & Escrow, which he founded. Thomas Title is one of the leading national commercial title insurance agencies in the U.S. Thomas Title was sold to Stewart Information Services Corporation (NYSE:STC) in 2021. Frank is also the Founder and Managing Partner of TLA, LLC, which is a leading provider of real estate escrow, corporate escrow and other financial services throughout the U.S. and Latin America. Thomas Title has closed in excess of $30 billion in transaction volume since its inception. Prior to founding Thomas Title, Frank served as Corporate Counsel of a $4 billion bank holding company. Prior to that, he worked in the corporate and securities groups of the Phoenix office of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. and the Mexico City office of Baker & McKenzie, advising public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions and capital formation. Frank attended the University of Arizona, Honors College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, magna cum laude. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He also attended Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, completing a semester of Mexican legal studies, and Universidad LaSalle in Mexico City, completing a semester of business courses. He admitted to the State Bar of Arizona and the State Bar of California, and is fluent in Spanish.  

PRINCIPAL (Right)

John Griggs is an experienced real estate investor and business leader with over 20 years of experience.  John is a co-Founder of Deloache Capital.  In addition to his duties at Deloache Capital and its affiliates, John serves as Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Presidium Group, a multifamily owner, operator and developer based in Texas with over 7,000 units in the development pipeline and 13,000 apartment units under ownership, as well as several office, retail and land holdings. Presidium started by acquiring small multifamily properties in Arizona in 2003, expanded to Texas in 2005, and ultimately Oklahoma, Florida and Maine by 2013. Presidium manages its assets with a vertically integrated operating company of over 300 employees.

Its investment partners range from ultra-high net worth investors to institutional equity investors in North America, Europe and Asia. John focuses on all operational and financial aspects of Presidium’s $2 billion portfolio, including capitalization, refinances, dispositions, as well as asset and property management. In addition to his real estate investment and management experience, from 2012-2015, John oversaw Presidium Asset Solutions, a Special Servicer he co-owned, and facilitated the workout and disposition of over $1.8 billion of distressed debt.

He also actively invests in oil and gas, solar energy and technology. Prior to cofounding Presidium, John practiced law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for 5 years, advising over 20 growth companies on equity and debt placement and the full range of corporate governance matters. Prior to Wilson Sonsini, John began his career as an associate attorney at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in Los Angeles for 3 years where he advised companies on general corporate matters, high-yield debt and public and private equity offerings. John graduated from Stanford University with Honors and Distinction in 1995 with an A.B. in Political Science. He attended the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the Michigan Law Review and earned a J.D. in 1998. John is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the Stanford Real Estate Council.