About Us

Since its founding by Jay Shidler in 1972, The Shidler Group has become one of the nation’s most innovative finance and real estate investment organizations. Through its affiliates, The Shidler Group has made debt and equity investments in over 2,000 properties located nationwide. The Shidler Group has also founded and capitalized numerous real estate, financial, and monoline insurance companies, including five NYSE-listed public corporations.

Currently, The Shidler Group invests in Land underlying major multifamily communities on long-term Ground Leases. As part of Mr. Shidler’s philanthropic initiatives, the Land, referred to as Leased Fee interests, is often placed in irrevocable trusts, for the benefit of certain educational institutions.

To date, Mr. Shidler has donated $2.1 billion of Ground Lease-generated income streams to public colleges and universities, which include the University of Washington School of Law, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, and the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.