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Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management.
Property manager.

Dallas, TX · Founded 1991 · westdale.com
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Can you hire them for your building?
Yes
Manages for outside owners and its own portfolio[10][11]
How big are they?
36,593 units
#50 on NMHC's 2026 Top 50 Managers[70] · we count 5,956+ units in 126+ properties · our count
What do residents say?
3.6 on Google
3,892 reviews · 2025: 3.1 → 2026: 4.2
Legal or regulatory trouble lately?
None found since 2023
Lawsuits, settlements, fines and enforcement · details
What does management cost?
Not publicly disclosed
Ask for a fee proposal; see what others charge on their pages
Who runs DFW locally?
Evan Griffiths, Cindi Scoggins +13
Chief Operating Officer · EVP, Residential Operations · team
Growing or shrinking?
stable
48,000 units (2013) → 40,000 (2026)[27][29]
Who owns the firm?
Founder-owned
Parent: Affiliated with Westdale Properties, a Toronto-based family real estate company that counts the US portfolio as its own; the Dallas firm says it is owned and controlled with an unnamed Canadian family office partner. Exact ownership split not disclosed.[8][57][15]

Dots are a quick visual read of the facts next to them, not a grade. DFW numbers are our own count from county records, HUD and firms' own sites.

Years in business
35[8][11][15]
Employees
1,200[8][19]
old
Units nationally
36,593 (NMHC #50, 2026)[70]
Assets under management
More than $5 billion total capitalization[8][19]
old
Property typesmultifamilyofficeretailmixed-use[8]
Specialtiesopportunistic and distressed acquisitionsdistressed commercial loans and debt poolsconstruction servicesasset managementthird-party fee management[8][10][11]
MarketsDallas-Fort Worth, TXHouston, TXAustin, TXSan Antonio, TXAtlanta, GACharlotte, NCChicago, IL[8]
01Overview

Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management is a Dallas-based real estate investor, developer and property manager. Joe Beard co-founded it in 1991. It started as a subsidiary of a Canadian company also called Westdale, set up to buy distressed commercial and apartment properties. Today it describes itself as privately held and vertically integrated. That means it handles investment, property management, leasing and construction in-house.

02What sets them apart

Against the industry average.

How Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management compares with the other large DFW managers on each measure we track.

  • ▲Better than all peers on rating change, last year (+1.10 vs +0.11 average)
  • ▼Behind 90% of peers on Google rating (3.6 vs 3.9 average)
other firms average this firm, by rank: top third middle bottomThis firmRank
DFW unitsneither better nor worse5,956avg 6,306#10 of 30
Class A shareneither better nor worse24%avg 51%#24 of 30
Google rating↑ higher is betterworsebetter3.6avg 3.9#27 of 30
Rating change, last year↑ higher is betterworsebetter+1.10avg +0.11#1 of 30
Unit growth a year↑ higher is betterworsebetter+0%avg +7%#12 of 16
Legal events, 3 years↓ lower is betterbetterworse0avg 2#1 of 30
Industry awards, 3 years↑ higher is betterworsebetter4avg 3#3 of 30

Compared with the 30 largest DFW managers. Rank 1 is the best where higher or lower is better, else the largest. DFW units use a log scale.

03Portfolio

What they run. In 27 metro areas.

Size, building class, age and location of the properties we can tie to this firm. Compare with the kind of asset you own.

Properties
126+
found so farpartial
Units
5,956+
plus 103 properties with no unit count yetpartial
Building area, sq ft
5.4M
county recordspartial
Median year built
1983
county recordspartial
Different owners
22
owners across the 23 of 126 properties with a county owner recordpartial

Building class (public record class rating, 17 of 126 properties rated)partial

A · 4B · 3C · 10
Class AClass BClass CNot ratedSize = units

Units by ZIP code

752541,150 · 4 prop.
75038951 · 4 prop.
75039724 · 2 prop.
75226647 · 4 prop.
75024462 · 2 prop.
75252462 · 2 prop.
75081408 · 2 prop.
75150254 · 1 prop.

Units by decade built

1970s1,504
1980s2,029
1990s1,186
2010s1,237

Largest properties

PropertyAddressUnitsBuiltClassCheck it
THE DAVENPORT I14500 DALLAS PKWY, 752545011979C+County recordGoogleFirm siteWebsite
JEFFERSON PLACE APTS6306 N MACARTHUR BLVD, 750394241990BCounty recordGoogleFirm siteWebsite
GREENVUE1350 N GREENVILLE AVE, 750814082014ACounty recordGoogleFirm siteWebsite
CASE BUILDING3131 MAIN ST, 752263372016ACounty recordGoogleFirm siteWebsite
HAMILTON AT THE EPIC2525 ELM ST, 752263102019A+County recordGoogleFirm siteWebsite
WOODMEADE APTS3801 BLOCK DR, 750383041983C+County recordFirm site
JEFFERSON CREEK APTS800 W ROYAL LN, 750393001990BCounty recordGoogleFirm siteWebsite
PARK ON PRESTON APARTMENTS17878 PRESTON RD, 752522861983County recordGoogleFirm siteWebsite

Our count from public property records, HUD and the firm's own site; a listing alone never counts.

Westdale's work is mainly apartments. It also owns and manages office, retail and mixed-use property. Its best-known DFW asset is The Hamilton, a high-rise in The Epic development in Deep Ellum. Westdale developed The Epic, which also includes an office tower and the Pittman Hotel. It has also moved into build-to-rent single-family homes through a joint venture.

We found no affordable, tax-credit or HUD-subsidized housing in its portfolio. HUD's records list Westdale only as manager of some Texas properties with FHA-insured loans, which are market-rate buildings without rent subsidies. The DFW buildings we have linked to Westdale are listed below.

04Resident experience

How residents rate their buildings.

Resident ratings drive leasing and renewals. Look at the trend and at which problems are rising, not only the average.

Average Google rating
3.6
weighted by review count
Google reviews
3,892
across 14 properties

Properties by Google rating

4.5+0
4-4.55
3.5-45
3-3.52
under 32

Resident reviews over time

Our read of public resident feedback on 2 of its DFW properties, 2018-07 to 2026-09. Years with little feedback are left out, and earlier years rest on fewer properties. No resident comments are shown.

123452023: average rating 3.7, sentiment +0.43 (from -1 to +1)20232024: average rating 4.6, sentiment +0.81 (from -1 to +1)20242025: average rating 3.1, sentiment +0.06 (from -1 to +1)20252026: average rating 4.2, sentiment +0.57 (from -1 to +1)2026

━ average rating · ╌ sentiment · higher is better for both

What residents complain about lower is better

How often residents raise each problem, our assessment: before the last 12 months and in the last 12 months. Fewer is better. Shown only when enough residents raise it.

ProblemBeforeLast 12 monthsChange
Poor communication7%3%↓ 4 pts fewercould be chance
Rude staff8%1%↓ 7 pts fewer

Other review sites, our read

BBBMixed

Dallas profile, not accredited, 41 closed complaints in three years plus 12 reviews; modest volume for a firm of its size[3][4]

Our assessment · Sep 2026View profile ↗
ApartmentRatingsNegative

Property pages used: Rock Creek in Dallas holds 64 resident reviews with sustained low sentiment; a smaller Dallas page reads the same[5][6]

Our assessment · Sep 2026View profile ↗
YelpNegative

Dallas headquarters page with 23 resident reviews, almost all negative, recurring communication and service complaints[7]

Our assessment · Sep 2026View profile ↗

Our assessment of each site's record, not the site's own score, which we don't reproduce. Follow the link for the profile.

Based on Glassdoor, our assessment of employee sentiment is mixed. Praise and criticism both show up in meaningful volume. We do not reproduce individual reviews or scores. Follow the linked profile to read them.

Westdale has placed on the Best Places to Work Multifamily rankings, which are based on an employee survey and a review of company policies, in each of 2024, 2025 and 2026, including a spot in the large-manager category and on the list for women. It was not on the 2023 list. U.S. News & World Report also named it one of its Best Companies to Work For in Dallas-Fort Worth for 2026-2027. These awards reflect employee views, not resident or client results.

05Risk and compliance

Lawsuits, settlements and regulators.

Newest first. These are what public records and news show; allegations are reported as allegations.

≈Matched by nameA record can concern an owner, an affiliate or a similar name. We label it when the source shows that.
§Unproven until decidedA lawsuit or complaint is an allegation unless a court or regulator decided it.
↗Check the sourceEach item links to the record it comes from. Read it before relying on it.
  • 2023-08 · lawsuitA resident of The Hamilton in Deep Ellum sued Westdale Asset Management Ltd. in Dallas County, alleging staff cleared his unit by mistake during another tenant's eviction; Westdale said maintenance staff entered the wrong unit in error.[21][22][23]
  • 2021-01 · class action settlementWestdale Brentmoor LLC, Westdale Properties America I LP and Westdale Asset Management LP agreed to a $1.5 million settlement of a federal class action in North Carolina (Medina v. Westdale Brentmoor, E.D.N.C. 5:19-cv-142) alleging tenants were unlawfully charged eviction filing, attorney and sheriff fees; no admission of liability reported.[20]
Our summary

In January 2021, Westdale entities agreed to a $1.5 million settlement of a federal class action in North Carolina. The suit alleged that tenants were unlawfully charged filing, attorney and sheriff fees in eviction cases. In August 2023, a resident of The Hamilton in Deep Ellum sued Westdale Asset Management in Dallas County. He alleged staff emptied his unit by mistake during a neighbor's eviction. Westdale said maintenance staff entered the wrong unit in error. We found no public record of how that case ended.

06Key personnel

Key personnel.

For an owner, the regional leaders in its own metro matter most, so leaders in DFW are listed first.

JB
Joe BeardDFW
President and Chief Executive Officer; co-founder[12][15]
CEO · joined 1991 (35 yrs)
EG
Evan GriffithsDFW
Chief Operating Officer[13]
COO · joined 1997 (29 yrs)
Before: M/PF Research, Inc.Erickson Capital GroupThe Worthing Companies[13]
CS
Cindi ScogginsDFWLinkedIn
EVP, Residential Operations[14]
Operations · joined 1993 (33 yrs)
Before: Gibraltar PropertiesTrammell Crow / Brentwood Properties[33][32]
BM
Barbara MiddlebrookDFWLinkedIn
Vice President, Regional Director[35][36][14]
Regional · Dallas
GR
Glori ReganDFWLinkedIn
VP / Regional Director[36]
Regional
LM
Letitia MaloneDFW
VP / Regional Director[36]
Regional
CO
Christina OliphantDFW
Regional Director[36]
Regional
LR
Lisa RussellDFWLinkedIn
Regional Director[36]
Regional
MM
Malia MimsDFW
Regional Director[36]
Regional
BB
Brian BartonDFWLinkedIn
EVP, Multifamily Asset Management and Construction Services[14]
Leadership · joined 2001 (25 yrs)
Before: Basic CapitalBluebonnet Savings Bank[32][34]
KC
Ken CarlsonDFW
Chief Investment Officer[14]
Leadership · joined 1992 (34 yrs)
TB
Trevor BertDFWLinkedIn
Chief Financial Officer[14]
Leadership · joined 2001 (25 yrs)
Before: KPMG[32]
JA
Jeff AllenDFWLinkedIn
EVP, Commercial (Managing Principal for retail and office)[14][32]
Leadership
Before: Trademark Property CompanyHuff, Brous, McDowell and Montesi Management, Inc.[32]
KT
Kyle TalmageDFWLinkedIn
VP, Single Family Rentals[36]
Leadership
RD
Robert DelgadoDFWLinkedIn
Director of Financial Systems and Learning[44]
Leadership
JY
Jaymz YatesDFWLinkedIn
Director of Technology[59]
Leadership

Average leadership tenure: 30 years. Highlighted past employers have their own page here. LinkedIn profiles are linked, not copied.

What employees say, our read

GlassdoorMixed

About 120 employee reviews under Westdale Asset Management; team and benefits praised, pay and growth recurring complaints[1]

Our assessment · Sep 2026View profile ↗
IndeedMixed

About 115 employee reviews under Westdale Asset Management; benefits praised, management and advancement recurring complaints[2]

Our assessment · Sep 2026View profile ↗
About the leadership

Joe Beard, co-founder, is President and CEO. Evan Griffiths is Chief Operating Officer. He joined in 1997 and oversees property operations, asset management, construction and insurance. Before Westdale, he worked at M/PF Research, Erickson Capital Group and The Worthing Companies.

The rest of the senior team is long-tenured. Ken Carlson, Chief Investment Officer, joined in 1992. Trevor Bert, Chief Financial Officer, joined in 2001 from KPMG. Cindi Scoggins, EVP of Residential Operations, joined in 1993 after roles at Gibraltar Properties and Trammell Crow / Brentwood Properties. Brian Barton, who oversees multifamily asset management and construction services, joined in 2001 after working at Basic Capital and Bluebonnet Savings Bank. Jeff Allen leads the commercial side (retail and office). He came from Trademark Property Company, and in the 1990s he was a partner and president of Huff, Brous, McDowell and Montesi Management, a Dallas firm that managed and leased office, retail and industrial property for outside owners.

On the apartment side, the Dallas apartment association's member directory lists several vice presidents and regional directors, including Barbara Middlebrook, Glori Regan and Letitia Malone, plus Kyle Talmage, vice president for single-family rentals. Robert Delgado, director of financial systems and learning, has spoken for the firm in Yardi case studies. Jaymz Yates, director of technology, spoke for the firm on an industry panel about automation in 2023. Westdale's contact page directs owners seeking third-party management to a business development director for third-party management, but it does not name that person, and we found no public source that does.

07Performance and fees

What they report, and what they charge.partial

Private managers rarely publish results. Figures the firm reports about itself are marked "firm claim"; ask for audited numbers before you sign.

Occupancyreported
92%
Occupancy, apartment property Westdale asset-manages for Pacific Oak SOR (BVI)
At March 31, 2026, about two months after Westdale took over as asset manager, the client portfolio it runs for Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings reported its one apartment property at 92% occupied and its four office complexes at 68% occupied. These are the client's inherited assets, not a Westdale-wide figure.[41]
as of 2026-03-31
1 older or undated claim, not compared
  • Collections (undated, firm claim): Vendor case study reports fewer delinquencies, fewer evictions and improved collections after Westdale adopted Yardi ScreeningWorks Pro resident screening; no figures given[45]

No current figure: Rent growth · NOI · Expense control · Retention and renewals · Turn times · CapEx · Collections. Ask the firm for these before you sign.

Fees paid by owners

Asset management fee (Pacific Oak SOR BVI portfolio)
2.0%
Asset management fee rate
Greater of 2.0% of each property's prior-month gross income or $10,000 per property, per month[40][41]
Asset management agreement with Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings dated January 22, 2026; covers its assets other than those held through Pacific Oak Residential Trust. Expenses Westdale incurs under the approved budget are reimbursed separately. Initial one-year term, then annual renewal.
Asset management fee for a fund investment (Pacific Oak SOR BVI)
$10,000
Monthly fund management fee
$10,000 per month[40]
For the investment in Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I, LLC, under the same January 2026 agreement.
Disposition fee (Pacific Oak SOR BVI portfolio)
0.25%
Disposition fee
0.25% of the contract sales price[40]
Paid at closing of each asset sale; stays payable for sales pending at termination or contracted within nine months after a termination without cause.
Early termination fee (Pacific Oak SOR BVI portfolio)
Asset management fee for the lesser of the remaining initial term or six months[40]
Applies if the client drops properties during the initial one-year term; based on the average monthly fee for those properties.
Case studies (6)
  • CheckSammy vendor case study: bulk junk removal and storm debris. A waste-hauling vendor's 2023 case study describes working with Westdale properties in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta on bulk junk removal, overflow waste after Texas winter storms, and Austin's waste-diversion rules. It is written by the vendor, not Westdale.[39]
  • Yardi case study: accounts payable automation (Procure to Pay). Yardi describes Westdale moving its residential and commercial invoice processing from paper, routed between offices in Florida, Atlanta and Dallas, to Yardi Procure to Pay. Written by the vendor, with a Westdale staff member quoted.[44]
  • Yardi case study: resident screening and fraud prevention. Yardi reports Westdale uses its ScreeningWorks Pro screening suite and credits it with less bad debt and staff time saved per application. A companion Yardi video says Westdale chose Yardi for integration, support and reputation. Vendor-written; figures are not independently verified.[45][46]
  • Yardi case study: online marketing campaigns. Yardi describes running search-engine and paid-search campaigns for Westdale properties on its RentCafe leasing platform, and reports higher click-through from mobile prospects. Undated and vendor-written.[47]
  • Rently testimonial: self-guided tours. Rently, a self-guided touring vendor, publishes a testimonial from Westdale's vice president of single-family rentals about its service. No metrics are given.[48]
  • RealPage testimonial: Community Rewards resident loyalty program. A Westdale regional director says in an undated RealPage testimonial that RealPage's Community Rewards loyalty product increased resident engagement and helped online reputation scores at the communities that adopted it. Vendor-published, no figures.[60]
Our notes on performance and fees

Westdale does not publish portfolio-wide occupancy, rent growth, operating income, expenses, retention, turn-time or capital spending figures, and no independent public data on them was found.

One narrow data point is public. Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings, which hired Westdale as asset manager in January 2026, reports occupancy for the properties now under Westdale's asset management in its SEC filings. Its first-quarter 2026 statements show its single apartment property well occupied and its office complexes much less so. Westdale had held the assignment for only about two months at that date, so these figures describe assets it inherited, not results it produced.

The only other performance claim we found is in a Yardi vendor case study. It says Westdale saw fewer delinquencies, fewer evictions and better collections after adopting Yardi's resident screening product. That is a vendor-published claim with no figures, so treat it as marketing rather than measured results.

Westdale does not publish its property management fees. One concrete example is public. In January 2026, Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings, part of a distressed non-traded REIT, hired Westdale as asset manager. A Form 8-K sets the terms. The monthly fee for each property is the greater of 2.0% of that property's prior-month gross income or $10,000. A fund investment carries a flat $10,000 a month. Westdale also earns a disposition fee of 0.25% of the sale price when an asset is sold, and its budgeted expenses are reimbursed.

The contract runs one year, then renews each year. The client can drop properties early by paying up to six months of fees. This is an asset management deal for a mostly commercial portfolio, so it may not reflect what Westdale charges to manage apartments. We found no public fee schedule for its apartment management.

08Awards

Awards and recognition.

Industry rankings and awards, newest first. Many are based on surveys the firm enters or pays for, so weigh them below results and resident ratings.

2026Best Places to Work Multifamily: No. 4, Management/Owners with 20,000+ units; No. 21, Women[52]
2026U.S. News & World Report Best Companies to Work For 2026-2027, Dallas-Fort Worth[49]
2025Best Places to Work Multifamily: No. 47 overall; No. 21, Property Management Companies/Owners for Women[51]
2024Best Places to Work Multifamily: No. 8, Management/Owners with 20,000+ units; No. 36, Women[50]
09Technology

Software and systems.

Matters for reporting to you, integration with your systems, and how leasing and rents are set.

Property management software
Yardi[25]
CRM and leasing
Yardi RentCafe CRM IQ[63]
Revenue management
RealPage YieldStar[67][68][69][10]
Resident portal
RentCafe (Yardi), Westdale Living app[25][26]

Not publicly disclosed: BI and reporting · AI and automation · API and integrations

Our notes on technology

Residents use the Westdale Living app and resident portal, built by Yardi on its RentCafe platform. That points to Yardi as the property management system, and its current job postings ask for Yardi skills. A 2026 posting for a centralized accounts-receivable and leasing support role names Yardi's CRM IQ, so Westdale appears to use Yardi's RentCafe CRM for prospects and residents. Yardi case studies add detail. Westdale uses Yardi Procure to Pay to handle invoices digitally across its residential and commercial portfolios, and Yardi's ScreeningWorks Pro suite to screen applicants and deter fraud. Yardi's REACH marketing agency named Westdale as a client in 2022 and has run search and paid-search marketing for its properties. For its single-family rentals, Westdale uses Rently for self-guided tours. A RealPage testimonial shows some Westdale communities have used RealPage's Community Rewards resident loyalty program.

Westdale's own services page says it works with both Yardi and RealPage for reporting, and that an in-house revenue manager sets new-lease and renewal prices using revenue management software. The page does not name the product, but the application forms on Westdale's own careers site for community staff in Colorado, Georgia and Florida list "RealPage - Yieldstar" as a software skill. That points to RealPage's YieldStar as its pricing tool, at least at some communities. Westdale is not among the property managers named as defendants or settling parties in the RealPage rent-pricing class action, and we found no government case naming it.

Its director of technology spoke on a 2023 industry panel about automation and centralization but named no tools. No public information was found on its business intelligence tools, AI tools, or APIs and integrations it offers owners.

10Growth

Momentum, year by year.

Growing firms win new contracts but can stretch staff; shrinking ones may be losing clients.

Signal: stable[27][29]

Units the firm reported, by year[42][29][18][61][27][62]
2014201620182020202220242026-16%+0%+0%-12%+3%+10%48k2013: 48,000 units reported by the firm40k2020: 40,167 units reported by the firm40k2021: 40,000 units reported by the firm40k2023: 40,000 units reported by the firm35k2024: 35,379 units reported by the firm36k2025: 36,313 units reported by the firm40k2026: 40,000 units reported by the firmEVENTS2020-07 · development: The Hamilton, a 26-story residential tower at The Epic mixed-use development in Deep Ellum, opened; developed by Westdale with StreetLights Residential.2020-12 · acquisition attempt: Westdale made an unsolicited all-cash takeover proposal for Aimco, which Aimco's board rejected as inadequate.2021-06 · acquisition: Bought Soleste Alameda, a newly built 306-unit apartment property in West Miami, from The Estate Companies for about $83 million.2022-04 · ranking: Dropped off the NMHC Top 50 Managers list, after ranking 50th the year before.2022-11 · investment: A 13D/A filing showed Joe Beard's Westdale holding about 5.18% of Aimco (Apartment Investment and Management Co.) shares, up from 5.08% in August 2022.2025-04 · ranking: Returned to the NMHC Top 50 Managers list at No. 47, after not appearing on the 2024 list.2024-07 · investment: A Schedule 13D/A exit filing showed Westdale Investments LP, controlled by Joseph G. Beard, had fallen below 5% ownership of Aimco, ending its reporting as a major holder.2026-01 · new assignment: Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings, the bond-issuing subsidiary of the distressed Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, hired Westdale Asset Management, Ltd. as asset manager for its portfolio other than residential homes, replacing the previous manager while the REIT pursued a plan of liquidation.2021-03 · joint venture: Formed a build-to-rent single-family venture with Canadian builder Great Gulf and an unnamed global institutional investor, with US$200 million of initial equity and a target of more than 4,000 rental homes in the US Sunbelt.

Hover a point or an orange event dot for details. Unit counts are what the firm reported nationally.

Recent events

  • 2026-01 · new assignmentPacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings, the bond-issuing subsidiary of the distressed Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, hired Westdale Asset Management, Ltd. as asset manager for its portfolio other than residential homes, replacing the previous manager while the REIT pursued a plan of liquidation.[40][41]
  • 2025-04 · rankingReturned to the NMHC Top 50 Managers list at No. 47, after not appearing on the 2024 list.[27][28][31]
  • 2024-07 · investmentA Schedule 13D/A exit filing showed Westdale Investments LP, controlled by Joseph G. Beard, had fallen below 5% ownership of Aimco, ending its reporting as a major holder.[43]
  • 2022-11 · investmentA 13D/A filing showed Joe Beard's Westdale holding about 5.18% of Aimco (Apartment Investment and Management Co.) shares, up from 5.08% in August 2022.[38]
  • 2022-04 · rankingDropped off the NMHC Top 50 Managers list, after ranking 50th the year before.[30][29]
  • 2021-06 · acquisitionBought Soleste Alameda, a newly built 306-unit apartment property in West Miami, from The Estate Companies for about $83 million.[37]
Show 3 earlier
  • 2021-03 · joint ventureFormed a build-to-rent single-family venture with Canadian builder Great Gulf and an unnamed global institutional investor, with US$200 million of initial equity and a target of more than 4,000 rental homes in the US Sunbelt.[58]
  • 2020-12 · acquisition attemptWestdale made an unsolicited all-cash takeover proposal for Aimco, which Aimco's board rejected as inadequate.[19]
  • 2020-07 · developmentThe Hamilton, a 26-story residential tower at The Epic mixed-use development in Deep Ellum, opened; developed by Westdale with StreetLights Residential.[16][17]

Westdale ranked at the bottom of NMHC's Top 50 Managers list in 2021, after a drop in the units it reported. It fell off the list in 2022 and was not on it in 2024. It returned in 2025, with a small gain in reported units over the prior year, though still below its 2020 level. We could not confirm whether it is on the 2026 list. Our read is that its managed portfolio has been roughly stable in recent years. Over a longer span it has shrunk: in a 2013 letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Westdale said it managed more apartments than it reports today. Its current job postings describe a larger apartment portfolio than it reported to NMHC in 2025, so treat the job-posting figure with caution. Its own descriptions of headcount have also come down since 2020.

In 2020, Westdale opened The Hamilton in Deep Ellum as part of The Epic. In December 2020, it made an unsolicited all-cash offer to buy Aimco, a public apartment REIT, and Aimco's board rejected it. It held just over 5% of Aimco into late 2022 and fell below 5% in July 2024. In March 2021, it formed a build-to-rent single-family venture with Canadian builder Great Gulf and a large institutional investor, aimed at the US Sunbelt. In June 2021, it bought Soleste Alameda, a newly built apartment property in West Miami.

In January 2026, Westdale won a new asset management assignment. Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings, the bond-issuing arm of the distressed Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, hired it to run its non-residential portfolio while the REIT pursued liquidation. We found no other recent public announcements of new management contracts or office openings.

11Ownership

Who owns the firm, and why it matters.

A manager that also owns buildings, or answers to a fund, can have different priorities from yours.

OwnershipFounder-owned[8][11][15]
Parent companyAffiliated with Westdale Properties, a Toronto-based family real estate company that counts the US portfolio as its own; the Dallas firm says it is owned and controlled with an unnamed Canadian family office partner. Exact ownership split not disclosed.[8][57][15]
Business modelManages for outside owners and its own portfolio[10][11]
Affordable housingNo affordable, tax-credit or HUD-subsidized management found. HUD lists Westdale Asset Management Ltd as management agent only for FHA-insured, unsubsidized Section 221(d)(4) properties in Texas.[55][56]
Employee growthFirm's own descriptions fell from about 1,200 employees (2020) to about 1,000 (2026 job posting)[8][19][54]

Not publicly disclosed: Sister companies

Ownership changes

  • 1991 · foundedCo-founded in Dallas by Joe Beard as a start-up and subsidiary of Canada-based Westdale to invest in distressed commercial and multifamily properties.[8][15]

Westdale is privately held and led by its co-founder. It began in 1991 as a subsidiary of a Canadian company also called Westdale. Its own site says it is owned and controlled together with a large Canadian family office co-investment partner, which it does not name. Toronto-based Westdale Properties, a family real estate company, describes the US portfolio as part of its own. So the two are closely tied, but the exact ownership split is not public.

Westdale buys and manages property for its own investment vehicles, alongside institutional and family-office partners. It also offers third-party fee management to outside owners. So some buildings it manages are ones it co-owns, and others belong to clients. The legal entities named in court records include Westdale Asset Management LP and Ltd., and Westdale Properties America I LP.

12Sources

Where every fact comes from.

Each [n] above links here. Property numbers, ratings and the map come from our database; each property links to its county record, its own website and its Google page.

Show all 70 sources
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  9. Company Overview | Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management westdale.com · seen 2026-09-28
  10. Services | Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management westdale.com · seen 2026-09-28
  11. Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management | Revere platform.reverecre.com · seen 2026-09-28
  12. Joe Beard - President and Chief Executive Officer - Westdale | Revere platform.reverecre.com · seen 2026-09-28
  13. Evan Griffiths - Chief Operating Officer - Westdale | Revere platform.reverecre.com · seen 2026-09-28
  14. Westdale Asset Management, LLC - Leadership Team | The Org theorg.com · seen 2026-09-28
  15. Why You Need to Know Joe Beard - D Magazine (2017) dmagazine.com · seen 2026-09-28
  16. First Look: The Hamilton in Deep Ellum - D Magazine (2020) dmagazine.com · seen 2026-09-28
  17. Amenities at Epic new Deep Ellum residential high-rise - CultureMap Dallas dallas.culturemap.com · seen 2026-09-28
  18. Westdale CEO sells Miami Beach condo for $16M - The Real Deal (2021) therealdeal.com · seen 2026-09-28
  19. Westdale Makes Takeover Approach to Real Estate Firm Aimco - WealthManagement.com wealthmanagement.com · seen 2026-09-28
  20. Westdale Brentmoor Eviction Fees $1.5M Class Action Settlement - Top Class Actions topclassactions.com · seen 2026-09-28
  21. Man alleges Deep Ellum landlord threw away his things by mistake - Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com · seen 2026-09-28
  22. Dallas apartment evicts tenant, throws belongings in dumpster. But it was the wrong unit. - FOX 4 fox4news.com · seen 2026-09-28
  23. Westdale Asset Management Cleared out Wrong Unit in Eviction - The Real Deal therealdeal.com · seen 2026-09-28
  24. Westdale Asset Management Reviews | Glassdoor glassdoor.com · seen 2026-09-28
  25. Westdale Living - Apps on Google Play (Yardi Systems) play.google.com · seen 2026-09-28
  26. Westdale Living App - App Store apps.apple.com · seen 2026-09-28
  27. 2025 NMHC Top 50 Managers | Multifamily Executive multifamilyexecutive.com · seen 2026-09-28
  28. 2024 NMHC Top 50 Managers | Multifamily Executive multifamilyexecutive.com · seen 2026-09-28
  29. 2021 NMHC Top 50 Managers | Multifamily Executive multifamilyexecutive.com · seen 2026-09-28
  30. Greystar tops NMHC Manager list again, approaches 700,000 units - Multifamily Dive (2022) multifamilydive.com · seen 2026-09-28
  31. Greystar approaches 1M apartments under management - Multifamily Dive (2025) multifamilydive.com · seen 2026-09-28
  32. Executive Team | Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management westdale.com · seen 2026-09-28
  33. Cindi Scoggins - Executive Vice President-Residential Operations - Westdale | Revere platform.reverecre.com · seen 2026-09-28
  34. Brian Barton - Vice President, Asset Management & Construction Services - Westdale | Revere platform.reverecre.com · seen 2026-09-28
  35. Barbara Middlebrook - VP RD at Westdale Asset Management, LLC | The Org theorg.com · seen 2026-09-28
  36. Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management - Apartment Association of Greater Dallas member directory aagdallas.com · seen 2026-09-28
  37. Estate Cos. Sells Soleste Alameda Apartments in West Miami for $83M - REBusinessOnline (2021) rebusinessonline.com · seen 2026-09-28
  38. Joseph Beard's Westdale Real Estate Raises Apartment Investment & Management Stake - 24/7 Wall St. (2022) 247wallst.com · seen 2026-09-28
  39. Westdale Investment & Management | CheckSammy Case Study (2023) checksammy.com · seen 2026-09-28
  40. Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. Form 8-K (Jan 2026): asset management agreement with Westdale Asset Management, Ltd. sec.gov · seen 2026-09-28
  41. Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings Q1 2026 financial statements (Form 8-K exhibit 99.1) sec.gov · seen 2026-09-28
  42. Westdale comment letter to FHFA on the 2014 Multifamily Scorecard (Oct 2013) fhfa.gov · seen 2026-09-28
  43. Schedule 13D/A Amendment No. 2 on Aimco by Westdale Investments LP and Joseph G. Beard (July 2024) sec.gov · seen 2026-09-28
  44. AP automation: How multifamily properties can boost efficiency - Yardi blog yardi.com · seen 2026-09-28
  45. Advanced Resident Screening | ScreeningWorks Pro - Yardi yardi.com · seen 2026-09-28
  46. Westdale Asset Management | Integration, support and reputation - Yardi video (Facebook) facebook.com · seen 2026-09-28
  47. Case Study: Yardi / Westdale - Yardi's Online Campaigns Boost Leads (PDF) resources.yardi.com · seen 2026-09-28
  48. Westdale Asset Management: Rently's Customer-Centric Approach | Rently use.rently.com · seen 2026-09-28
  49. 24 Dallas companies named best places to work by U.S. News - CultureMap Dallas (June 2026) dallas.culturemap.com · seen 2026-09-28
  50. 2024 Best Places to Work Multifamily rankings bestplacestoworkmultifamily.com · seen 2026-09-28
  51. 2025 Best Places to Work Multifamily rankings bestplacestoworkmultifamily.com · seen 2026-09-28
  52. Multifamily Innovation Council Celebrates Workplace Excellence with Release of 2026 Best Places to Work Multifamily Rankings - MultifamilyBiz (Dec 2025) multifamilybiz.com · seen 2026-09-28
  53. Administrative Assistant (Technology/Marketing) - Westdale Asset Management job posting, Built In (Sep 2026) builtin.com · seen 2026-09-28
  54. Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) - Westdale Asset Management job posting, Built In (reposted Aug 2026) builtin.com · seen 2026-09-28
  55. HUD Insured Multifamily Properties dataset, filtered to management agent Westdale services.arcgis.com · seen 2026-09-28
  56. HUD Multifamily Properties Assisted dataset, filtered to management agent Westdale services.arcgis.com · seen 2026-09-28
  57. About Us - Westdale Properties (Toronto) westdaleproperties.com · seen 2026-09-28
  58. Great Gulf, Westdale and a Global Institutional Investor Team up to Form US$200M Venture on Build-to-Rent Single Family Housing Strategy in U.S. Sunbelt - Newswire (Mar 2021) newswire.ca · seen 2026-09-28
  59. Automate Routines, Humanize Exceptions: Get Tips for Centralization and Automation - National Apartment Association (Jul 2023) naahq.org · seen 2026-09-28
  60. Community Rewards by RealPage Skyrockets Number of Qualified Leads - RealPage testimonial realpage.com · seen 2026-09-28
  61. Firm homepage, archived 2023 web.archive.org · seen 2026-09-28
  62. Firm homepage, archived 2026 web.archive.org · seen 2026-09-28
  63. Centralized AR & Property Support Specialist (Houston) - Westdale Asset Management job posting, ZipRecruiter ziprecruiter.com · seen 2026-09-29
  64. REACH by RentCafe Is a 2022 Google Premier Partner - PR Newswire (Feb 14, 2022) prnewswire.com · seen 2026-09-29
  65. Contact | Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management westdale.com · seen 2026-09-29
  66. Google reviews of the firm's DFW properties (our analysis) google.com · seen 2026-09-30
  67. Assistant Community Manager (Aurora, CO) - Westdale Asset Management career page westdaleassetmanagement.applytojob.com · seen 2026-09-30
  68. Assistant Community Manager (Smyrna, GA, Oakley Run) - Westdale Asset Management career page westdaleassetmanagement.applytojob.com · seen 2026-09-30
  69. Assistant Community Manager (Pensacola, FL) - Westdale Asset Management career page westdaleassetmanagement.applytojob.com · seen 2026-09-30
  70. NMHC 2026 Top 50 Managers nmhc.org · seen 2026-10-01