Justin Dennett has been investing in commercial real estate since 1993. He started his career as an acquisitions analyst with L&B Realty Advisors, a pension fund advisor based in Dallas, Texas. Justin joined Seattle-based Unico Properties in 2000 as an acquisitions associate. In 2003 Justin became a member of the newly formed private equity fund manager Morrison Street Capital (f.k.a. NBS Real Estate Capital) based in Portland, Oregon, where during the next 20 years he would be involved both directly and indirectly in the deployment of over $700 million of equity capital across multiple markets and product types into more than 160 transactions, with investments structured as direct equity, j.v. equity, preferred equity and subordinated debt. Justin joined Specht Properties in 2025 as a Vice President of Investments and is responsible for the sourcing, structuring and oversight of the firm’s acquisition of existing real estate assets.

Justin graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1992 where he received a B.B.A. in Finance, and Lewis & Clark Law School in 2000 where he received a J.D. He has been an active volunteer with U.L.I. Northwest and the M.S.R.E. program at Portland State University.