What Singerman Real Estate does

Singerman Real Estate, LLC ("SRE") is a privately-held, Chicago-based opportunistic real estate investment firm founded in 2010 by Seth Singerman. The firm invests in real estate debt and equity across all major U.S. asset classes — industrial, life science, office, hospitality, retail, multifamily, and specialty — with a stated discipline that no single asset class represents more than 25% of equity committed by any fund vehicle. SRE sources investments through direct relationships with local operating partners in the top 30 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas and deploys capital across structures ranging from $20 million to $250 million per transaction, including asset-level equity, debt, mezzanine, preferred equity, and hybrid instruments.

The firm operates a series of four institutional commingled funds — SRE Opportunity Funds I through IV — with Fund IV, a 2021 vintage, currently in its active investment period. Since inception, SRE has invested in over 80 transactions representing $1.5 billion of equity and has sourced and executed over $5 billion of investments cumulatively. The team comprises six Principals drawn from major real estate sponsors including GEM Realty Capital, Colony Capital, Starwood Capital Group, General Growth Properties, and Pearlmark Real Estate Partners. The firm is registered in the U.S. with headquarters at 980 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700, Chicago, Illinois.

SRE's revenue model is traditional fund management: management fees charged on committed or invested capital of its closed-end commingled funds, plus carried interest on realized profits above a hurdle rate for institutional limited partners. Distribution is direct — capital is raised from institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, family offices, and other institutional allocators) through private fund structures with no intermediaries. SRE markets primarily through institutional investor relationships, industry conferences such as ALIS, and professional networks including LinkedIn. Revenue, pricing, and AUM are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Singerman Real Estate

Legal name

Singerman Real Estate, LLC

Website

https://singermanre.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Singerman Real Estate is a Chicago-based opportunistic real estate investment firm founded in 2010 that raises institutional commingled funds to invest in debt and equity across all major U.S. asset classes for institutional limited partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Private Equity / Opportunistic Real Estate Fund Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Funds — Opportunistic / Development (FSANAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Funds — Value-Add (FSANAEAH), Real Estate Credit / Debt Funds (FSANAEAJ), Real Estate Portfolio & Fund Management (Institutional/REIT/PE) (BPAJAMAJ)

Keywords

• Opportunistic real estate investing
• Real estate private equity
• Institutional fund management
• Real estate debt and equity
• Value-add real estate investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees: Real estate fund management generating revenue through management fees and carried interest (performance fees) on returns generated for institutional limited partners. SRE manages opportunistic investment vehicles across debt and equity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Singerman Real Estate is an opportunistic real estate investment firm that raises and manages institutional commingled private funds executing value-add and opportunistic investments in real estate debt and equity. The firm invests $20 million to $250 million per transaction across industrial, life science, office, hospitality, retail, multifamily, and specialty asset classes in the top 30 U.S. MSAs and select Canadian markets. Revenue is generated through management fees and carried interest on closed-end fund vehicles, most recently SRE Opportunity Fund IV, L.P. (2021 vintage).

Product overview

Singerman Real Estate operates as a value-driven real estate private equity firm offering a series of four institutional commingled funds (SRE Opportunity Funds I through IV) and co-investment vehicles. The firm's core products are its investment funds targeting opportunistic to value-add returns across asset classes including industrial, life science, office, hospitality, retail, multifamily, and specialty sectors. The investment strategies span asset-level equity, debt, mezzanine financing, preferred equity, and hybrid structures, with investment sizes ranging from $20 million to $250 million. The fund family is currently investing through SRE Opportunity Fund IV, L.P. (2021 vintage).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SRE Opportunity Fund IV, L.P. A fully discretionary 2021-vintage opportunistic real estate investment vehicle for institutional limited partners, executing debt and equity investments across all major real estate asset classes.
• SRE Opportunity Fund III, L.P. Prior-vintage institutional commingled fund that completed investments including life science facility conversions and multifamily portfolio repositionings.
• SRE Opportunity Fund II, L.P. Institutional commingled fund that executed industrial land development strategies, including the Charleston Trade Center project.
• Singerman Real Estate Opportunity Fund I, L.P. First institutional commingled fund that executed early investment strategies including boutique hotel acquisitions.
• Opportunistic Real Estate Investment Management Services Investment management services covering acquisitions, asset management, portfolio management, and capital markets activities across industrial, life science, office, hospitality, retail, multifamily, and specialty real estate asset classes, with equity checks of $20 million to $250 million.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved 20% average portfolio rent growth in two-year hold for Comunidad Multifamily Portfolio
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• GEM Realty Capital: Chicago-based opportunistic/value-add real estate private equity firm; directly comparable as SRE's founder Seth Singerman was previously a Managing Director and Partner at GEM, and both firms pursue similar mid-market opportunistic strategies.
• Pearlmark Real Estate Partners: Mid-market real estate private equity manager pursuing opportunistic and value-add strategies across property types. Multiple SRE principals previously led asset management and acquisitions at Pearlmark, and the firm has a comparable fund size and investment mandate.
• Crow Holdings Capital: Diversified opportunistic/value-add real estate investment manager raising institutional commingled funds. Comparable in deploying multi-cycle, multi-sector real estate capital with similar ticket-size flexibility.
• Rockpoint Group: Boston-based opportunistic real estate private equity firm raising institutional funds to invest across asset classes and geographies, with a similar cycle-resilient, value-driven investment philosophy.
• Westbrook Partners: Globally focused opportunistic real estate investment manager pursuing value-add and distressed strategies across major markets; comparable in deploying institutional capital across multiple property types and capital structures.
• Big Rock Partners: Mid-market real estate investment firm pursuing opportunistic acquisitions; directly comparable as SRE's CFO/COO and Capital Markets Principal previously held senior roles at Big Rock Partners.
• GreenOak Real Estate: Mid-sized institutional real estate investment manager pursuing opportunistic, value-add and debt strategies across the Americas, Europe and Asia; comparable in fund size, multi-sector mandate and LP base.

Broad incumbents

• Starwood Capital Group: One of the largest private real estate investment managers globally with a broad opportunistic, value-add and debt platform; relevant as SRE's Head of Portfolio Management previously led asset management for Starwood's $25B public non-traded REIT.
• Colony Capital (now DigitalBridge): Large diversified alternative asset manager with significant real estate and digital infrastructure exposure; relevant given SRE's CFO previously oversaw reporting and back-office for $5B+ of Colony's distressed debt and CRE funds.
• Ares Real Estate Group: Major institutional real estate debt and equity investment manager; directly comparable as SRE's opportunistic, value-add and real estate credit strategies overlap with Ares' debt and equity fund families.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/singerman-real-estate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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