Baruch Horowitz

Real estate acquisition, development and property management professional with strengths in underwriting, market research, broker and tenant relations, lease negotiation and optimization, financial modeling, development feasibility and legal analysis, and financing. Possess expert-level aptitude in Excel, Argus, CoStar, PowerPoint and general finance and reporting capabilities. Excellent communication skills with a focus on collaborative achievement. CFA Charterholder.

Independent Real Estate Acquisitions & Development at Independent Real Estate Acquisitions & Development (2024-04 – Present)

• Sourced and evaluated 50+ single tenant NNN carveouts and shopping center development opportunities across US
• Proposed NNN pad 'carve-outs' from national grocer and home improvement centers and pitched to property ownership
• Created CAD drawings of proposed carveouts and detailed parking schematics before/after carveout. Diligenced jurisdictional parking requirements to demonstrate to property ownership that sufficient parking remains post carve-out

Associate – Real Estate Lending & Asset Management at METLIFE INC (2021-08 – 2024-04)

• Underwrote $2Bn+ real estate loans as part of team's real estate lending department
• Underwrote and produced investment committee memoranda for team's loan originations

Real Estate Acquisitions & Property Management Associate at GEMINI ROSEMONT (2019-09 – 2021-06)

• Underwrote $5Bn+ of core-plus and value-added Class A office acquisitions
• Process and analyzed employment data to identify developing trends in tech employment to select market focus

Real Estate Acquisitions & Property Management Associate at STARPOINT PROPERTIES (2017-05 – 2019-07)

• Underwrote $1.0Bn+ real estate acquisitions across all major asset classes
• Executed value-added acquisition of 433 N Camden Drive in Beverly Hills, CA, a ~$200M office tower acquisition
• Sourced "covered land" acquisition of 12000 Aviation Blvd, ministerially approvable for 300+ units MF

Restructuring Consultant at SHERWOOD PARTNERS (2015-03 – 2017-03)

• Wound down, restructured and/or managed bankrupt or distressed companies. Ran sales processes/managed paydown of sr creditors
• Part of a team that structured a loan against/helped underwrite the take-private acquisition of a 1000+ bed non-profit hospital system in SoCal in concert with a family office and 20bn+ AUM NY hedge fund

Investment Banking, Asset Management & FP&A Analyst/Associate at JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. (2007-06 – 2014-07)

• Modeled performance of companies providing waterfall calculations to real estate private equity funds
• Created excel models to forecast, track and load companies' performance and unit economics
• Reported on performance and forecasts for multiple embedded lines of businesses

BS in ACCOUNTING – TOURO COLLEGE (2007-06)