THE STURGES COMPANY
NAPLES, FLORIDA

After earning his BA in Accounting from The Ohio State University he joined Haskins & Sells (later Deloitte & Touche) in their tax accounting practice. As a licensed C.P.A., he specialized in real estate taxation, limited partnerships, structured equity syndications for affordable multifamily housing clients, working with numerous real estate developers. While at Haskins & Sells, Mike attended Fisher School of Business at The Ohio State University to complete his MBA, specializing in real estate and finance where he wrote his thesis on “A Financial Analysis of Low Income Housing Tax Shelters”. In 1979 he helped found Cranston Securities Company as the CFO for Cranston, its FHA mortgage banking firm, its real estate development firm, and its property management firm. He later took on additional responsibility and leadership structuring and closing tax-exempt bond issues, as well as heading up the equity syndication of the real estate developments. Hank Sturges, Mike’s brother, joined Cranston in 1982 where together they closed hundreds of tax-exempt bond issues for affordable multifamily housing projects. In 1985, Mike founded his own investment banking firm, The Sturges Company (TSC), dedicated to financing affordable multifamily housing with tax-exempt bonds. As President of TSC, he has built a reputation as one of the longest running and most respected investment banks in the affordable housing industry. From Wittenberg, he worked on the audit staff at Arthur Andersen & Co as a C.P.A and then as a retail broker at Merrill Lynch prior to joining Cranston Securities Company, and then TSC. Henry has also been an Assistant Professor at Wittenberg University in Accounting and Finance for the past twenty years. Henry handles the documentation of rated tax-exempt bond transactions for TSC, extensive review of bond documents, rating agency packages, back office clearing and security confirmations, and the printing & delivery of the tax-exempt bonds underwritten by TSC. Welcome to The Sturges Company (TSC). Since 1985, we have been providing investment banking services for affordable multifamily housing projects. We offer thoughtful, high quality service at competitive costs. Since the inception of publicly marketed short-term cash-collateralized tax-exempt bond issues in 2011, TSC is one of the top two current underwriters in the country for number of issues underwritten. However, we are also very experienced in virtually every tax-exempt bond structure used in the affordable multifamily housing industry. It is the mission of The Sturges Company to deliver the best tax-exempt bond financing for every project we underwrite or advise on, ensuring satisfaction, competitive pricing, thoughtful management, and efficient product delivery. Contact The Sturges Company with questions about how we may help you provide additional affordable multifamily housing in our Country by filling the form out below: