Jay Massirman

CEO & Founder

Rivergate Companies: The family office entity of founder Jay Massirman. Our core focus is in real estate development & investment opportunities via joint ventures in targeted growth markets and product types. Our primary goal is to manage risk while creating and facilitating and creating consistent outsized returns through market cycles and in diverse geographies.

These joint ventures are concentrated in developing Build-For-Rent and traditional multifamily, developing self-storage, and acquiring small bay industrial assets, The success of our ventures is based on creating enduring partnerships with extensive experience, deep-rooted industry relationships, and keen market knowledge and experience.

Active joint ventures include:
Eden Multifamily – Multifamily Development (CEO & co-founder)
Eden Living – Build-For-Rent Multifamily Development (COO & co-founder)
Basis Industrial – Urban Infill Self Storage Development and Small Bay Investment (Co-Chairman & co-founder)
RKW Residential – Luxury Multifamily property management (Co-Founder, shareholder)

Citizenship:
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital – Chair, Hospital Board of Directors
UM School of Architecture, Masters Real Estate Urbanism Program, Chair, Advisory Board
UM Citizens Board – Member
Urban Land Institute – Member
National Multihousing Council – Board Member
LAB Miami – Fund Investor
Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass former Board Member

Jay has over 35 years’ real estate experience and has participated in over two billion in principal transactions. He was formerly a Vice Chairman with CBRE global real estate, where he participated in over 10 billion in advisory transactions over a stellar 20 year career.