Stratford Land Names Jason Cooper Senior Investment Manager for North Texas and Colorado

DALLAS - July 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Jason Cooper was recently named the senior investment manager for North Texas and Colorado at Stratford Land (http://www.stratfordland.com/), a Dallas-based company that focuses on acquiring land in high-growth corridors and creating value by positioning the land to its highest and best use. In this role, Cooper will have responsibility for Stratford’s current diversified portfolio of properties and also will actively identify and source new investment opportunities within the core markets of Colorado and North Texas.

Cooper first joined Stratford in 2006 as president of Stratford Realty Capital, LP, the company’s first lending fund offering private land financing through a variety of loan types. In 2010, he became the director of investments for Colorado and now has the additional responsibility of managing the Stratford investments in North Texas.

"I am pleased to be given the opportunity to manage Stratford’s investments in North Texas,” Cooper said. "As a North Texas native, I’ve had a front row seat to watch the region grow over the last several decades and am excited to get a chance to be a part of Stratford’s participation in that growth in the years to come."

Cooper has been active in the real estate industry for more than 16 years with experience in brokerage, property management, lending and investments.  Prior to joining Stratford, he served as vice president with First Horizon Bank and SouthTrust Bank. Subsequent to entering the financial services industry, he served as vice president within the brokerage division of the Woodmont Company, a Texas-based commercial real estate firm specializing in retail development, asset management, tenant representation, brokerage and investment sales.  Cooper received a B.B.A. degree from the University of North Texas with an emphasis in real estate and finance.

About Stratford Land

Stratford Land has more than 28 years of successful land investment history on behalf of institutional and private investors. Based in Dallas, Texas, the fund focuses on acquiring properties in high-growth corridors in Texas, Arizona, Southern California and the eastern seaboard from North Carolina to Florida. Offices are currently located in Dallas, Atlanta and Phoenix. For more information, please visitwww.stratfordland.com