Podcast
Jim Koman - Founder and CEO of ElmTree Funds
Published on: March 18, 2026
This week on the HPScast, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jim Koman, Founder and CEO of ElmTree Funds, a triple-net-lease real estate investment platform that recently combined with BlackRock. Jim reflects on growing up in St. Louis, studying economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and building a career in commercial real estate that led to founding ElmTree. Jim also shares his perspective on how the current interest rate environment is affecting the net-lease market.

