Cadre exists to help people build better financial futures. Our mission is to open up access to institutional-quality real estate investments and level the playing field.  And while we leverage technology to make our platform and investments better, our team of incredibly talented and dedicated professionals is what makes Cadre special.  The professional respect and personal friendships I have with our team make it gut wrenchingly difficult to share the news that we are reducing our headcount by 25 percent.

This decision was not the result of our performance.  To the contrary, 2019 was Cadre’s best year ever, and we had an incredibly ambitious strategy to build on our success with new investment products and offerings in 2020.  But like virtually every other sector and company, we are not immune to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Never before has the world been met with the kind of double threat to both physical safety and economic livelihood that this pandemic has created.  While our current portfolio is holding up well thus far, we are navigating an environment in which real estate transactions have abruptly halted, and we can’t be certain how long this will last. We are confident that the recovery will present compelling opportunities for our investors, yet in the meantime we must reduce costs to streamline our core business, refine our future strategy, and position us to best capture these opportunities as they arise.

The decision to reduce our team was the hardest one I’ve ever had to make as CEO.  We approached cost reductions by first reducing all areas of non-personnel spend, including executive compensation. After multiple weeks working through these cuts, we had to shift our lens to our team. We chose to make reductions with a focus on retaining critical skill sets required for our future business needs and goals. We carefully considered every role to ensure that we would be positioned to continue to deliver a superior investing experience for our clients.

I’m deeply grateful for the contributions of those who are no longer part of the Cadre team, and we want to make sure that the employees that helped get us to where we are today are supported through this departure. This is why we are committed to doing right by them with what we believe is a strong exit and benefits package; for example, we are providing all employees with 24 month extensions of the post-termination exercise period for option grants, which was important to me to ensure that everyone has the best opportunity to share in our growth and success going forward.   We have also committed to covering health insurance costs for all departing team members through the end of the year, which was especially important to me given the enhanced health concerns we all share as a result of the pandemic.

I want to assure our current and future investors that these decisions will in no way compromise our service or our investment approach. In many ways, it’s the opposite. As we prepare for the opportunities ahead once the market begins to normalize, we are investing in our core business and actively working on a number of additional products that will further expand who can participate in direct commercial real estate investing. We will share more details on these opportunities soon.

Despite the extraordinary challenges the world is facing right now, we are confident that our mission of expanding access to quality real estate investments is enduring. In fact, despite the market “freeze” that is making new acquisitions challenging at the moment, we’re seeing strong interest from investors looking for access to commercial real estate as an alternative that offers a margin of safety and yield.

I want to close by thanking those who are leaving Cadre for their contributions to our mission. One of the best ways we feel that we can honor their work is to continue to build upon the foundation they established. That starts with delivering outstanding products to more investors so that they can take greater control of their financial futures. If we continue doing that, everyone in the Cadre family can be proud to know that they helped change the investing world for the better.

Ryan Williams

CEO

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