Company Overview:

Our New York / San Francisco-based client is a leading investment manager specializing in private equity real estate investing throughout the U.S. The team has systematically developed and refined their unique and disciplined approach to investing across multiple asset classes, and geographies. Through their current platform and its predecessor entities, the team has acquired over 130 investments totaling in excess of $14.5 billion of gross cost since inception. Our client is growing and constantly evolving to ensure they remain well positioned to deliver high-quality solutions and exceptional performance to their partners.

Position Overview:

The Acquisitions Associate will be responsible for underwriting real estate acquisitions across all funds, presenting investment opportunities internally, and developing relationships with brokers and operating partners. Our client’s first three equity opportunity funds are through their respective investment periods. Fund 1 is nearing liquidation, while Funds 2 and 3 are currently in the asset management phase. In 2025, the firm completed the final closing of Fund 4 ($1.3 billion of equity). With active investment underway, the firm is seeking to expand the acquisitions team to support continued capital deployment. 

The platform targets U.S. investments across all property types and regions and continues to evaluate complementary real estate investment strategies. Current lines of business include:

1. Opportunistic real estate investments through closed-end commingled funds
2. Yield-focused real estate investments via an open-ended equity-plus fund
3. Transitional real estate credit investments through commingled credit funds
4. Select single-asset investment vehicles

Key Responsibilities:

• Screening potential real estate investment opportunities across the capital stack
• Assisting acquisitions team in the evaluation of investment opportunities consistent with the fund’s investment criteria
• Underwriting / preparing detailed financial models on potential asset, portfolio, and corporate level transactions
• Drafting Screening and Investment Committee Memorandums detailing deal merits, financial metrics, risks and mitigants and market data
• Performing asset management / portfolio monitoring tasks, including putting together internal updates (memorandums, model updates, etc.), executing business plans, including working directly with Sponsors, and other third parties
• Conducting in-depth market research, preparing sale / lease comparables analyses
• Interfacing with brokers, legal counsel, market participants and third-party vendors
• Manage financial models utilizing both ARGUS and Excel to project cash flows, investment returns, asset valuations and analyze risk
• Review and evaluate investment offerings from investment sale brokers, developers, and owners
• Coordinate research in the assembly of market information, data gathering and relevant forecasts

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree with major in Finance, Economics, or Business Administration
• Candidates MUST have excellent analytical skills, be highly proficient in Excel modeling and Argus
• 2+ years of experience in finance roles in investment banking, and/or real estate private equity
• Must have excellent analytical, organizational, and writing skills
• Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, critical thinker, enthusiastic and inquisitive
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Strong attention to detail
• Fluency in Microsoft suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint