Mason Asset Management

What Mason Asset Management does

Mason Asset Management is a privately held real estate investment and advisory firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Great Neck, New York. The company acquires, manages, leases, and disposes of commercial retail real estate — primarily shopping centers and regional malls — across the United States, with documented activity in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and NY Metro submarket. As of the latest data, the portfolio comprises more than 120 shopping centers, including 45 regional malls, totaling over 30 million square feet of leasable area. The firm also runs two defined acquisition programs: a national program (50,000+ SF, double-digit cap rates, deals $1M+) and an NY Metro program (10,000+ SF, minimum $500K), with criteria also extending to STNL and medical/office properties.

The business operates on two revenue streams. First, real estate investment and ownership: the firm generates rental income from in-place tenants, captures value through repositioning, and realizes gains on disposition of assets. Second, advisory services: Mason provides transactional and restructuring advisory to banks, financial institutions, and property owners looking to divest or restructure retail real estate holdings, particularly distressed or non-core assets. Customers are exclusively institutional — financial institutions facing balance-sheet pressure on real estate, and owners of retail properties seeking liquidity or repositioning. Deal flow is episodic and relationship-driven, with pricing and contract terms not publicly disclosed.

Mason runs as a lean organization with a reported headcount of 1-10 employees at the operating entity level, suggesting heavy reliance on outsourced property management, third-party leasing brokers, or related-party operating companies to oversee the 30+ million square foot portfolio. The firm has no public technology platform, no API or integrations, and no disclosed AI capabilities. Leadership is concentrated with President Elliot Nassim and Director of Leasing Igal Nassim, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent-company ownership.

Name

Mason Asset Management

Legal name

Mason Asset Management

Website

https://masonam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mason Asset Management is a privately held real estate investment and advisory firm that acquires, manages, leases, and disposes of commercial retail properties (120+ shopping centers, 45 regional malls, 30+ million sq ft) across the US, serving banks, financial institutions, and property owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Investment

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitality (Hotels & Resorts) Asset Management (BPAJAMAE)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate
• Property management
• Real estate investment
• Retail leasing
• Real estate advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Great Neck

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Investment and Ownership: The company generates revenue through acquiring, managing, and eventually disposing of commercial real estate properties. Revenue is realized through property appreciation, rental income from tenants, and gains on property sales.
2. Advisory Services: Provides transactional and advisory services to banks, financial institutions, and property owners, particularly in the real estate restructuring industry.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mason Asset Management is a privately owned real estate investment and advisory firm that acquires, manages, leases, and disposes of commercial real estate properties across the United States. The company focuses on value-add retail assets, including shopping centers and regional malls, and provides transactional and advisory services to banks, financial institutions, and property owners, with particular expertise in real estate restructuring.

Product overview

Mason Asset Management is a Long Island-based real estate investment and advisory company offering a comprehensive suite of commercial real estate services. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core services include property acquisition (nationwide and NY Metro programs), property management, property disposition, property leasing, and strategic advisory services for banks, financial institutions, and property owners. Since its founding in 2010, the company has established itself as a major player in retail real estate, managing a portfolio of more than 120 shopping centers including 45 regional malls, totaling over 30 million square feet across the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Real Estate Investment Advisory Strategic advisory services for banks, financial institutions, and property owners in the real estate sector, with a focus on the real estate restructuring industry.
• Property Acquisition Services Acquisition of commercial real estate properties throughout the United States, specializing in value-add properties, including shopping centers and regional malls.
• Property Management Management services for commercial real estate properties including shopping centers and regional malls.
• Property Disposition Services Disposition services for commercial real estate assets in the portfolio.
• Property Leasing Services Leasing services for commercial real estate properties, including tenant placement and lease management.
• Northeast/Southeast/Midwest Acquisition Program Nationwide acquisition program targeting malls, shopping centers, STNL properties, and medical/office buildings with double digit cap rates, properties 50,000+ SF, and deals of $1 million or more.
• NY Metro Acquisition Program Targeted acquisition program for the five boroughs and Long Island area focusing on retail, shopping centers, STNL, and medical/office buildings, 10,000+ SF, with minimum investment of $500,000.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Federal Realty Investment Trust: Federal Realty is a long-standing retail REIT that owns and operates shopping centers and mixed-use properties. Its integrated ownership, leasing, and redevelopment model aligns with Mason's core service offering.
• Brixmor Property Group: Brixmor is a publicly traded REIT that owns and operates a national portfolio of open-air shopping centers. It competes with Mason in acquiring and managing value-add shopping centers across similar US geographies.
• Kite Realty Group: Kite Realty is a publicly traded open-air shopping center REIT with a national portfolio. Its focus on value-add acquisitions and active leasing is highly comparable to Mason's stated approach.
• Pine Tree: Pine Tree is a private commercial real estate company specializing in retail property ownership, management, and leasing in select US markets. Its privately held, retail-focused operating model is directly comparable to Mason Asset Management.
• Phillips Edison & Company: Phillips Edison is a publicly traded REIT focused on grocery-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers. Its acquisition, leasing, and asset management activities closely mirror Mason's service model in the retail center segment.
• Simon Property Group: Simon is the largest US REIT and a dominant owner/operator of regional malls and shopping centers. Mason's 45-mall sub-portfolio is most directly comparable to Simon's mall ownership and active leasing and re-tenanting model.
• Kimco Realty: Kimco Realty is one of the largest publicly traded REITs focused on open-air shopping centers in the US. It is directly comparable to Mason Asset Management given its portfolio of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers and its active acquisition and redevelopment approach.
• PREIT: PREIT is a publicly traded REIT focused on regional malls and other retail properties, primarily in the Eastern US. Its mall-focused ownership and active leasing model is directly comparable to Mason's regional mall exposure.
• RPT Realty: RPT Realty is a publicly traded shopping center REIT focused on open-air centers in select US markets. Its active portfolio repositioning and leasing approach is comparable to Mason's value-add strategy.
• WS Development: WS Development is a private retail real estate developer and operator with a portfolio of shopping centers and mixed-use properties. As a privately held retail-focused owner/operator, it is one of the closest structural analogs to Mason.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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