RW Real Estate Group

What RW Real Estate Group does

RW Real Estate Group, LLC is a privately held commercial real estate investment and management company headquartered in Queens, New York. Founded approximately fifteen years ago, the firm acquires well-located commercial retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties — typically between 5,000 and 80,000 square feet and at investment prices from $1 million to $40 million+ — concentrated in high-density urban areas with redevelopment, renovation, or re-tenanting (value-add) opportunities. The portfolio now comprises over 85 properties spread across New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Texas, with notable holdings including Walmart-anchored shopping centers such as the 250,700 SF Centre at Lovejoy in Hampton and a 52,054 SF Walmart Shadow Center in Union City.

The business operates a vertically integrated in-house team of 14 covering acquisitions, finance (CFO, senior controller, controller, two property accountants), operations (COO, property and facilities managers), leasing (Director of Leasing), and legal (General Counsel). Revenue is generated primarily through rental income from owned and operated properties, supplemented by value creation from redevelopment, renovation, and re-tenanting initiatives that drive residual value appreciation. The firm markets and distributes opportunities through its corporate website, which includes a searchable property listings and portfolio platform, and executes transactions on an all-cash basis with no financing contingencies, leveraging longstanding relationships with lenders and private investors to enable rapid due diligence and closing.

The company is founder-controlled, with Alex Weiss as Founder and Managing Partner and Oren Sauberman as President, and has operated independently for over fifteen years with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or external funding rounds. The GTM motion is sales-led and relationship-driven, targeting property owners and brokers who can supply off-market or lightly marketed urban retail assets that fit the firm's value-add investment criteria.

Name

RW Real Estate Group

Legal name

RW Real Estate Group, LLC

Website

https://rwrealestategroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RW Real Estate Group is a privately held, founder-led commercial real estate investment and management firm based in Queens, NY that owns and operates over 85 retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties across 10 U.S. states, applying a value-add acquisition strategy funded by all-cash purchases.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Investment & Management

NAICS

Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) (531120), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Lessors Of Real Property, Nec (6519)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Retail Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAF), Industrial & Logistics Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAC)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate investment
• Property management services
• Value-add acquisitions
• Retail property leasing
• Mixed-use real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

Rego Park

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, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Investment and Rental Income: RW Real Estate Group generates revenue through owning and operating commercial retail properties, collecting rental income from tenants, and realizing property appreciation through strategic value-add initiatives including redevelopment, renovation, and re-tenanting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

RW Real Estate Group acquires, owns, and operates commercial retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties in high-density urban markets, targeting value-add opportunities through redevelopment, renovation, and re-tenanting. It runs a portfolio of 85+ properties across the Northeast and several other U.S. states, collecting rental income while providing professional property and asset management.

Product overview

RW Real Estate Group is a privately owned real estate investment and management company operating a portfolio of over 85 commercial properties. The company offers three integrated service offerings: (1) Property Investment & Acquisition Services targeting commercial retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties between 5,000-80,000sf in high-density urban markets; (2) Property Management Services handling operations across their Northeast portfolio; and (3) an online Real Estate Listings Platform displaying available properties for lease, sale, and investment across nine states. The investment strategy focuses on value-add opportunities through redevelopment, renovation, and re-tenanting in urban areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Property Investment & Acquisition Services Acquisition of commercial retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties in high-density urban areas with redevelopment, renovation, or re-tenanting opportunities. Targets assets between 5,000 and 80,000 square feet at $1M–$40M+ per property, executed via all-cash purchases with no financing contingencies.
• Property Management Services Professional property and asset management for an owned portfolio of over 85 commercial properties across New York, Connecticut, New England, and several other U.S. states. Includes operations, leasing support, accounting, and facilities management delivered by an in-house team.
• Commercial Real Estate Listings Platform Searchable online portal that displays available commercial retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties for lease, sale, or investment across multiple U.S. states, with filtering by location, property type, and status (For Lease, Leased, Sale, Sold, Under Development).

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 85 properties owned and operated across New York, Connecticut, and New England

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Acadia Realty Trust: Public REIT specializing in urban and street-retail shopping centers, including a dedicated value-add fund platform — closely mirrors RW's urban retail acquisition and re-tenanting thesis.
• Urban Edge Properties: REIT focused on grocery-anchored shopping centers in dense urban markets, particularly NYC and the Northeast — directly comparable geography and tenant profile to RW's core portfolio.
• Saul Centers: Privately-aligned REIT focused on mixed-use and shopping centers in the Mid-Atlantic; comparable mixed-use orientation and DC-area urban strategy to RW's NYC-area book.
• Kite Realty Group: Public REIT owning open-air shopping centers in Sun Belt and Northeast markets; comparable to RW in asset type though RW is private and smaller-ticket.
• Phillips Edison & Company: Public REIT focused on neighborhood and community shopping centers with a value-add acquisition program — similar size band and tenant strategy to RW's urban retail focus.
• RPT Realty: Open-air shopping center REIT with a strong Northeast presence and value-add repositioning activity — directly comparable to RW's operating geography and re-tenanting playbook.

Broad incumbents

• Brixmor Property Group: Large public REIT owning open-air shopping centers nationwide; broader and more institutional than RW but overlapping tenant base and asset class.
• Kimco Realty: Major open-air shopping center REIT with national footprint; comparable in tenant mix and asset type though much larger and more diversified than RW.
• Federal Realty Investment Trust: High-quality retail REIT with mixed-use urban and suburban shopping centers; similar urban infill focus but at significantly larger scale and public-market cost of capital.
• Regency Centers: National grocery-anchored shopping center REIT; overlaps with RW's anchor-tenant strategy but operates at institutional scale RW cannot match.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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