Using Data Science to Predict Migration Trends
County-level migration analysis linking demographic shifts to multifamily real estate performance across 630 U.S. counties. Introduces a novel index for data-driven submarket selection.
Principal
Donal Warde
Founder & Principal
Donal Warde is the founder and principal of Folio Strategy Partners. He brings nearly two decades of experience in institutional real estate investment, portfolio management, and operational leadership.
Prior to founding Folio Strategy Partners, Donal served as Vice President of Portfolio Management at HQ Capital Real Estate (now CP Capital), an $11 billion AUM private equity real estate platform, where he managed $2.4 billion in core-plus and opportunistic multifamily portfolios and held voting rights on an affiliate Investment Committee. Over nine years at the firm, he underwrote, closed, and asset managed 13 acquisitions and development projects across the U.S. with total capitalization of $1.7 billion.
Donal subsequently held executive operating roles across the real estate technology ecosystem — leading ventures inside a $10B owner-operator's portfolio, directing a national PropTech venture studio, and advising on asset management strategy for multifamily portfolios in the Southeast. This operational depth informs his advisory work, bringing a property-level perspective that complements institutional investment analysis.
Donal holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he was a Private Equity Fellow, and a Masters in Finance from the International University of Monaco. He has completed advanced coursework in artificial intelligence applications in real estate at Columbia Engineering and data analytics at Noble Desktop. He serves as a board member of the Real Estate Network of the Columbia Alumni Association (RENCAA).