Ackman-Ziff

Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group LLC is a boutique real estate capital advisory firm that structures and places debt and equity for institutions, owners, and developers. It is privately held and headquartered in New York City, with offices in Miami, Los Angeles, and Boston.

The debt practice builds acquisition, permanent, interim, construction, renovation, forward take-out, lender, and note financings, and recapitalizations, drawing on relationships with domestic and foreign banks, insurance companies, CMBS lenders, CDO providers, credit companies, pension funds, BDCs, family offices, Agencies, REITs, private lenders, and hedge funds. A structured finance practice blends senior and subordinate debt at various leverage levels, using vertical structuring and horizontal syndication to tranche facilities by risk profile. The equity practice places preferred, joint venture, and sponsor equity. Separate groups handle loan and REO sales, debt and equity restructuring on under-performing and non-performing assets, special situations, and equity and credit for infrastructure and alternative assets.

The firm traces its history to 1926, when it was founded as Ackman Brothers, and says it has been a trusted advisor for 100 years. Posted transactions include financings of $375 million, $326 million, and $300 million, along with construction and mezzanine or preferred equity structures. Principals have worked together for more than 20 years and the average tenure of team members is more than 10 years.

Fees and minimum deal sizes are not published.