Team
Experience.
Shaped by it. Defined by it. Succeed with it.
Bluecrest Capital is the partnership of Scott Porter and John Colucci, real estate veterans informed by their involvement in more than $7.1 billion of combined real estate assets. Significant experience in the operations and management of commercial properties has resulted in an extended track record of revenue-producing, value-add transactions.
Executive Team
Executive Team
Scott Porter
Founder & Managing Principal
Scott Porter
Founder & Managing Principal
For more than two decades, Scott has honed his commercial real estate career, refining his expertise in acquisitions, dispositions, financing, joint ventures and operations. Scott has been involved in over $6.7 billion of commercial real estate transactions throughout the United States.
Prior to Bluecrest Capital, Scott launched an acquisition and investment platform for GBT Realty, Inc. While there, he oversaw all transactional and capital structure duties to acquire underperforming, value-add and core-plus assets and served as head of operations the firm’s diverse portfolio.
Prior, Scott served at Regency Centers (NYSE:REG) where he oversaw single-property, portfolio and joint-venture transactions across the country. Scott also held positions at Rockpoint Group, LLC, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm and started his career at Legg Mason as a commercial real estate analyst. Porter, who once played professional baseball in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Land Institute.
John Colucci
Principal
John Colucci
Principal
For nearly three decades, John has focused on the construction, development and operations of commercial and residential assets throughout the Southeast. Armed with experience in the multi-family, industrial and office sectors, John has built a lucrative portfolio of personal real estate holdings through development and investment in small bay light industrial, office and multi- and single-family properties.
Most successful was his acquisition of an unfinished luxury housing development at auction. John transformed the abandoned project into 11 single-family, build-to-rent units and installed 30+ acres of required horizontal infrastructure to release the bond and transfer the community to the homeowner’s association. John attended Cal Poly Pomona and was a member of the crew team.
Kelly Porter
Controller
Kelly Porter
Controller
Kelly is a veteran accounting professional with more than with more than two decades of experience in commercial real estate, retail and financial service industries.
To the team, she brings a proven track record in financial reporting, SEC compliance, GAAP accounting, budgeting and forecasting. She also provides first-hand knowledge of managing month-end and year-end financial processes, joint-venture reporting and audit support. Kelly is skilled in implementing financial systems, streamlining reporting processes and integrating operational software platforms.
Kelly previously served as a financial expert for industry leaders such as Regency Centers, Parkway Properties, Unify Health Services, Body Central Corporate and Merrill Lynch where she was recognized for her strong analytical abilities, operational efficiency and collaborative leadership.
Diane Devore
Director of Investments and Asset Management
Diane Devore
Director of Investments and Asset Management
Diane brings more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience with expertise in underwriting, due diligence, acquisitions, dispositions, and financing. Throughout her career, she has been involved in more than $5 billion in commercial real estate transactions, including corporate mergers and large multi-property portfolios.
Diane began her real estate career with Midland Development Group in St. Louis, Mo., where she managed the Development Accounting Department. She continued with Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE: REG) following its acquisition of Midland. During her 15-year tenure, Diane specialized in underwriting and due diligence across the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast portfolios, ultimately serving as Vice President of Investment Services. While there, she played a key role in two significant transactions totaling more than $3.5 billion. From Regency, Diane joined GBT Realty Corporation in 2017 where she supported acquisition and investment initiatives.
An Illinois native, Diane currently resides in the Prairie State and is a graduate of Illinois State University.