T2 Capital Management Appoints Tyler Yates to Lead Base
T2 Capital Management has named Tyler Yates as Director of Property Management to lead its new tech-enabled platform, Base Living, which manages over 850
T2 Capital Management has appointed Tyler Yates as Director of Property Management to lead Base Living, its wholly owned technology-enabled property management platform. The firm manages more than $1.6 billion in assets, and Base Living currently oversees more than 850 multifamily units across three properties and a 1 million-square-foot industrial facility.
Yates reports to Aaron Tink, Principal of T2, who oversees the firm's asset management division and leads Base Living. Yates manages a team of 24 Base Living members across Illinois, Indiana, and Florida, with support from eight T2 corporate team members. He is responsible for the operating and financial performance of T2’s properties, resident service, and property-level returns.
Base Living’s scope and technology stack
Base Living will use Entrata as its core property management system, centralizing leasing, communications, payments, maintenance, accounting, renewals, and reporting. The platform is deploying artificial-intelligence tools across the resident lifecycle. These AI platforms handle tasks like prospect engagement, tour scheduling, maintenance coordination, and lease renewals.
The company’s initial portfolio is a mix of residential and industrial assets.
| Asset Type | Scale |
|---|---|
| Multifamily Units | More than 850 across three properties |
| Industrial Facility | 1 million square feet |
Yates’ background and T2’s broader strategy
Tyler Yates brings more than a decade of residential operating experience to the role. He previously served as vice president of Central Operations and Asset Management at Kairos Living. There, he oversaw a national portfolio of more than 5,000 homes, managed 125 full-time staff, and coordinated a network of over 350 vendors.
T2 sees the internal creation of Base Living as a strategic move to connect ownership decisions with real-time property operations. The goal is to create greater accountability and integrated performance across its growing portfolio.
T2’s portfolio and market positioning
T2 Capital Management is a Wheaton, Illinois-based private equity real estate investment firm founded in 2011. Its national collection spans multiple property types, and its assets are mainly concentrated in the midwestern and southeastern regions. The firm’s balance-sheet lending business has capitalized hundreds of projects totaling over $1.5 billion nationwide.
Base Living is expected to expand systematically across T2’s broader portfolio, including into the student housing sector. This expansion is supported by recent acquisitions, such as the purchase last year of the 240-unit Village Club of Farmington Hills in Michigan from City Club Apartments.
T2 and Base Living are headquartered alongside each other at 100 N. Main St. In Wheaton, Illinois, with the firm maintaining a second office location in Nashville. Base Living will initially oversee a one-million-square-foot industrial property alongside three multifamily properties as part of its phased launch under T2’s technology-enabled management model.
