After executing more than 50 deals over his 20-year career in mergers and acquisitions, Jan Tomaszewski was frustrated by an industry truth that most professionals accept as inevitable: complex transactions are slow, expensive, and risky. Now, he’s bringing his expertise to revolutionize how real estate deals are executed through RedlineDCS, a secure transaction platform designed ...
In late 2019, as commercial real estate valuations peaked and most investors continued aggressive capital deployment, Real Capital Solutions (RCS) made an unexpected move. The firm began systematically divesting from office and commercial products, pivoting instead to single-tenant net lease properties. This calculated strategic shift was guided by proprietary market timing technology that indicated potential ...
In a market where flashy office towers and luxury residential developments often grab headlines, Brian Abers has found success in what he calls “essential real estate” – small bay industrial properties that house the businesses forming the backbone of local economies. As founder and managing partner of Captiva Partners, Abers is expanding his firm’s footprint ...
For Ryan Porter, a 25-year technology veteran currently working with AWS, real estate investment has grown from an opportunistic side project into a calculated cross-border operation. As a Principal at Porter Legacy Group, he has developed an approach to real estate that pairs lifestyle flexibility with steady returns through mid-term furnished rentals. Based in San ...
“What gets measured gets done. You can’t evaluate what you can’t measure.” – Larry Stone, Santa Clara County Assessor In Silicon Valley, where tech innovations and billion-dollar valuations dominate headlines, one of the most impressive success stories belongs not to a startup, but to a public servant who has quietly run a county department with ...
“Even as a child, my mother would joke that my greatest interests were water and trees,” recalls Daniel Shindleman, managing director at Bridgemer. While others focused on oil reserves, he saw freshwater as the world’s most critical resource. This early insight would guide his approach to sustainable real estate investment. The Math Finally Adds Up ...
In the dynamic landscape of South Florida real estate, few stories embody the region’s transformative potential quite like that of Fabio Faerman, CEO of FA Commercial, the commercial team at Fortune Christie’s International Real Estate. From his beginnings as an architect in Argentina to becoming the number one top-producing agent at Fortune for seven consecutive ...
Naftali Credit Partners is making bold moves in the private credit space, with plans to raise a billion-dollar fund that would triple the size of its current lending platform. The ambitious expansion comes as the firm, led by veteran banker Glenn Grimaldi, positions itself at the intersection of traditional banking and alternative lending. The growth ...
When Luis Aurelio Diaz returned to Colombia in 2003 to take the helm of his father’s real estate development company, he faced a stark reality. The Colombian economy was recovering from a devastating crisis that had reduced Grupo Empresarial Oikos to just 12 employees. Two decades later, under his leadership, the company has grown to ...
When Michele Harrington completed her service maintaining C-130 engines in the United States Marine Corps, she knew two things: she had a fierce independent streak, and she wasn’t cut out for bureaucracy. What she didn’t know was that these traits would propel her to build one of Southern California’s most successful real estate enterprises. “I ...
In real estate finance, Northwind Group stands out for its strategic adaptability. Founded by Ran Eliasaf, a former Israeli Navy captain turned real estate executive, the firm has evolved from equity investments to establish itself as a significant lending platform, executing over $3.3 billion in loans. Eliasaf’s real estate career began after his military service ...
David Buttross, founder of Buttross Groups Real Estate Company and veteran Texas real estate investor, started his journey at age 15 with an eye for value creation. His latest venture – an 8,500-acre solar farm development in East Texas – might seem distant from his first real estate purchase, but it follows the same fundamental ...
In the picturesque Adirondacks of New York, a former executive from Google is applying big data principles to transform historic properties into thriving hospitality ventures. Rick Vidal, owner and CEO of NewVida Preserve, represents a new breed of real estate investor – one who combines traditional hospitality fundamentals with cutting-edge data science to achieve remarkable ...
In an industry where timing is everything, Craig Merlin knows a thing or two about reading the course. The former PGA professional turned commercial real estate broker has transitioned from analyzing golf swings to market swings, bringing a unique perspective to South Florida’s rapidly evolving real estate landscape. His path to real estate wasn’t conventional ...
“In commercial real estate development, having cash tied up in earnest money deposits can be the difference between seizing a prime opportunity and watching it slip away,” says Anna Kogan, Founder and CEO of DuckFund, a pioneering financial services firm that’s reshaping how developers approach earnest money deposits (EMDs). For commercial real estate developers and ...
