Milo Spector

Brief Profile

Managing Partner at Essential CRE and Founder of the Education Properties Group, with $700M+ in net lease sales focused on education and childcare.

Full Profile

Milo Spector | Managing Partner, Essential CRE | Founder, Education Properties Group
Net lease and education/childcare investment specialist advising operators, investors, and developers on single-tenant and multi-tenant assets nationwide.

Net Lease Investment Specialist

Milo Spector is a Managing Partner at Essential CRE and the Founder of the firm’s Education Properties Group. He has been active in the net-leased investment space since 2013 and has participated in approximately $700–750 million in total sales volume nationwide, with roughly $470 million in education and childcare properties alone. His practice is 100% focused on single-tenant and multi-tenant net lease assets across the United States, with a particular emphasis on “essential” uses such as education, healthcare, and daily-needs retail.

Education & Childcare Focus

Milo has built one of the most active practices in the early education and childcare net lease sector. By concentrating on this niche, he provides highly specialized insight into operator credit, enrollment trends, lease structures, corporate guarantees, and sale-leaseback strategies that generalist brokers often overlook. He actively tracks industry data, publishes reports, and contributes thought leadership through podcasts, articles, and conference appearances focused on education and childcare real estate.

• National experience with portfolios of branded schools and childcare centers.
• Deep relationships with operators, franchisees, institutional buyers, and private capital.
• Regularly engaged on portfolio dispositions, recapitalizations, and sale-leasebacks for education and childcare platforms.

Significant Transactions

• $57 million portfolio of 21 Cadence Education properties across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Colorado.
• $30 million portfolio of nine Cadence Education and Busy Bees assets in multiple states.
• $15 million Big Blue Marble portfolio in Georgia.
• $15 million Little Sunshine’s Playhouse portfolio in Georgia.
• $12 million Kids & Company portfolio in Missouri.
• Multiple KinderCare, Childcare Network, and other branded portfolios in the Southeast and Midwest.

Clients & Services

Milo advises a wide range of clients including corporate and mom-and-pop operators, franchisees, REITs, private equity groups, developers, private family offices, equity providers, and high- and ultra-high-net-worth investors. He is known for building long-term, strategy-driven relationships rather than one-off transactions.

• Corporate portfolio advisory and portfolio sales.
• Standard and M&A sale-leaseback structures.
• Business and real estate dispositions.
• Developer and equity partnerships.
• Acquisition and disposition advisory for 1031 and private capital.
• Collaboration with lenders and loan brokers on construction and permanent financing.

Background & Recognition

Before co-leading Essential CRE, Milo was with Northmarq (previously Stan Johnson Company), where he co-founded the Walnut Creek, California office and earned multiple production and performance awards. Over his career, he has been recognized as a GlobeSt. Top 50 Under 40, a GlobeSt. Net Lease Influencer, a Connect CRE Next Generation honoree, and a CoStar Power Broker and Crexi Platinum Broker. He holds a BS in Business Administration from San Francisco State University and is licensed in California and other markets as required.

Ready to Explore Net Lease Education & Essential Assets?

To discuss a portfolio sale, sale-leaseback, or single-asset disposition or acquisition, contact Milo Spector:
Milo Spector
Managing Partner | Founder, Education Properties Group
Phone: (510) 461-4505
Email: milo@ecadvs.com
Team Page: essentialcre.com/team/milo-spector
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/milospector