John P. Wolf | Founder & Ceo

John has always loved real estate since walking construction sites with his dad (a local developer and investor) in Washington DC as a kid in the 1980’s. Prior to selecting real estate as his eventual path, his first job was selling bikes at the Bicycle Exchange while in middle school. This interfacing with different customers was one the best early experiences of his entire career.

Years later after graduating from Stanford, he worked for Eric Gleacher as an M&A financial analyst and learned really quick that what you put in is what you get out. Eric gave him an incredible opportunity to travel to Europe and Asia to work with clients. He put his head down and learned the ways of excel, powerpoint and financial models. This two-year stint gave him the tools to specialize and join Westbrook Partners, a real estate private-equity fund that was growing rapidly and investing endowment and pension plan funds into commercial real estate across the globe. It was entrepreneurial in spirit and you had to learn on the job as there was no formal training program at the time.

John worked out of the New York office and the company grew from 10 people to over 120 people. He is proud to say he started in the kitchen as a financial associate (smelling of Folgers by the end of the day) and worked his way up to a managing principal and a member of the investment committee. Westbrook was a hands-on investor and not just an allocator of capital. Westbrook believed in local investing and each team owning each investment from sourcing, asset management to ultimate disposition. John covered New York and Washington, DC investing across office, land, residential, hospitality, retail and distressed debt. He witnessed the post dot-com acquisition boom, the GFC downturn, distressed debt opportunity, COVID-19, interest rate shocks and now the uncertain international market uncertainty. He remained at Westbrook from August 2005 through February 2024. He is very grateful for this experience with such a talented team.

Each cycle has its unique traits and its special lessons. John at heart loves to value real estate and the strategy by which it is acquired changes across the cycles. The drivers of value, the needs of tenants, residents, customers change and one must adapt and keep their tools sharp (but always remember history and its lessons).

John created FarmViewVentures LLC in February 2023 and formally launched the firm the spring of 2024. He forms joint ventures with best-in-class partners and capital and is looking to invest through cyclical distress.  He is based in Wainscott, NY and splits his time also in New York City and Washington DC. His firm has been very active in its first year acquiring nearly $400MM in real estate.  He is a proud father of two girls and too many dogs to count.

(July 2025)