Firm Profile

About Bluerock Real Estate

2002
R. Ramin Kamfar

Contact Info

Corporate Office
919 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Phone
212-843-1601

Bluerock is a leading institutional alternative asset manager based in New York with regional offices across the U.S. Bluerock principals have a collective 100+ years of investing experience with more than $120 billion real estate and capital markets experience and manage multiple well-recognized real estate private and public company platforms. Today, Bluerock has more than $19 billion in acquired and managed assets and offers a complementary suite of public and private investment programs, with both short and long-term goals, to individual investors seeking solutions aimed at providing predictable income, capital growth, and tax benefits.

Management Team

R. Ramin Kamfar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Julia Phillips
Chief Strategy Officer
Jordan B. Ruddy
Chief Operating Officer
Simon Adamiyatt
Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer
Jason Emala
Chief Legal Officer
Ryan S. MacDonald
Chief Investment Officer
Joshua M. Hoffman
President (Bluerock Value Exchange)
Chris Vohs
Chief Financial Officer (Bluerock Homes Trust)
Michael DiFranco
Executive Vice President, Property Operations (Bluerock Homes Trust)
Steve Baffico
Executive Vice President, Head of Listed Products

Links

Bluerock website

Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund

Bluerock Value Exchange website

Wholesaler Map

Firm Offering(s)

REITs 98u. m,
Private Placements

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Webinars that feature Bluerock Real Estate


 September 28, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

A Deeper Look at Bluerock

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Luke Schmidt
| Presenter
James Sprow
| Presenter
Alts Series
July 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Can Real Estate Performance be Sustained in a Recession?

On Wednesday, July 20, our panel of Stacy Chitty (moderator-Blue Vault) Adam Lotterman (Bluerock), Raleigh Peters (Blackstone), and James Sprow (Blue Vault) held a discussion about how real estate has traditionally reacted in a recession and what experts think might happen if we go into another recession.
Stacy Chitty
| Moderator
Adam Lotterman
| Panelist
Raleigh Peters
| Panelist
James Sprow
| Panelist
Alts Series
February 24, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Deconstructing Diversification: A Novel Approach to a Long-Standing Strategy

On Wednesday, February 24th we hosted a webinar featuring Miguel Sosa, Research Strategist & Product Specialist with Bluerock. Traditionally, “diversification” has been understood to be low correlation (think of putting eggs in baskets), and to a lesser extent low volatility (think of holding cash), but with the development of modern financial markets, the mindset of…
Miguel Sosa
| Presenter
Alts Series
December 1, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Demystifying Private Institutional Real Estate Part 2: Eight Distinct Portfolio Allocation Strategies

In part one, Mr. Schwaber took us through a master’s level overview of the institutional private real estate indexes’ complexities, history, and provided clarity of its unique long-term performance characteristics. On Tuesday, December 1st, Bluerock Capital Markets’ CEO Jeffrey Schwaber joined us again to detail a multitude of impactful and powerful practice management and portfolio…
Jeffrey Schwaber
| Presenter
Alts Series
November 5, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Bluerock Demystifies the Elite World of Institutional Private Real Estate & Shares Eight Distinct Portfolio Inclusion Strategies

Until recently, the 42-year index of institutional private real estate was only accessible by the largest institutions, endowments and pensions. On November 5th, Bluerock Capital Markets’ CEO Jeffrey Schwaber provided a detailed, Master’s level overview of this indexes’ complexities, history, and provide clarity of its unique long-term performance characteristics. Further, Mr. Schwaber detailed a multitude…
Jeffrey Schwaber
| Presenter
Product Series
August 13, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Recovery Perspectives and the Evaluation of Institutional Real Estate for Investors Today and Tomorrow

On August 13 Ramin Kamfar, Founder and CEO of Bluerock, provided perspectives on the recovery path and discussed how to appropriately evaluate Institutional Real Estate’s role for investor allocations in current and upcoming environments. This was followed by a discussion with Blue Vault's Stacy Chitty and audience Q&A.  The replay is available below.  Register &…
Ramin Kamfar
| Presenter
Performance Series
July 11, 2019 @ 12:00 am

A Deeper Look at Blackstone, Bluerock, and CION

This on-demand webinar offers a deeper dive into the three investment managers and their securities offerings. We review the data and metrics for Blackstone, Bluerock Real Estate and CION Investment Group to paint an overall picture of the performance of each of these investment managers. Our research team offers their insights and analysis of the…

Podcasts/Videos that feature Bluerock Real Estate


 August 10, 2022

Adam Lotterman: Industrial Rents

In this video clip from the panel webinar, Can Real Estate Performance be Sustained in a Recession?, Adam Lotterman (Bluerock)...
 May 18, 2021

Miguel Sosa: Equities vs. Real Estate

In this clip from Inside the V(ALT), Miguel Sosa talks about the impact of real estate on average annualized return in the three challenging environments investors face today.
 May 18, 2021

Miguel Sosa: The Risk/Reward Imbalance

In this clip from Inside the V(ALT), Miguel Sosa covers how the current interest rate environment has skewed the risk-reward potential of fixed-income securities.
 September 15, 2020

Jeff Schwaber: The Future of Real Estate

In this clip, Jeff Schwaber talks about the relationship between cap rates and treasury bonds and what that means for the future of real estate.

Articles that feature Bluerock Real Estate