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Starwood Capital Group Appoints Matt Smith As Managing Director, Head of U.S. Residential Asset Management

PRIVATEMay 28, 2024about 2 years ago

Position

Managing Director

Company

Starwood Capital Group

Matt Smith
MiamiReal Estate

Description

Starwood Capital Group has announced the appointment of Matt Smith as Managing Director, Head of US Residential Asset Management. In this role, Mr Smith will oversee the Firm's existing ~107,000-unit market rate and affordable housing multi-family portfolio as well as Highmark Residential, Starwood Capital's multi-family property management affiliate.

Company Information

Company

Starwood Capital Group

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

About

Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a core focus on real assets globally. Since its inception in 1991, Starwood Capital Group has raised over $90 billion of capital and currently has $125+ billion of assets under management. Through a series of comingled opportunity funds and Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (SREIT), a non-listed REIT, the Firm has invested in virtually every category of real estate on a global basis, opportunistically shifting asset classes, geographies and positions in the capital stack as it perceives risk/reward dynamics to be evolving.

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