Private Equity with an Urbanist Mindset | Remy Raisner

Private Equity with an Urbanist Mindset

Remy Raisner
The Raisner Group

Remy Raisner is the Founder and CEO of The Raisner Group, a real estate investment firm headquartered in New York City.

Under his leadership, The Raisner Group has raised capital domestically and internationally since 2009 to pioneer investments in the urban renewal of Brooklyn. It has been active in non-performing notes and fee simple transactions, and focuses primarily on value-add, residential and mixed-use real estate investments. To date, it has purchased and repositioned over 30 properties with a vision to contribute to the reshaping of the local urban landscape, hand-in-hand with local stakeholders and communities.

Most of the firm’s acquisitions have taken place in the outer boroughs, with an emphasis in the emerging Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Bed Stuy and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Prior to creating The Raisner Group, he worked as an equity trader in New York and a private equity investor in Argentina. Mr. Raisner holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an MBA from Columbia Business School with Dean’s List honors. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Foreign Trade Advisor to the Government of France. He is a Founding Member of the Transatlantic Forum of the French-American Foundation and an Advisor to Concordia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering Public-Private Partnerships for social impact. He has been a Sponsor of the Real Estate Private Equity class at Columbia Business School.

Starting 2013, The Raisner Group also became involved in PropTech, through its affiliate Raisner Tech Ventures, and made early stage investments in such real estate technology startups as TheGuarantors, Enertiv, RealCrowd and LeasePilot. The Raisner Group also undertook its first co-living project in 2019 in Bushwick.

He has been a Contributor on real estate, urbanism and foreign affairs topics for publications and organization such as The Huffington Post, The World Economic Forum, Forbes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Observer and Le Monde. Prior to his career in business, he played professional basketball.

Urbanism 2.0

The Raisner Group’s mission is to raise living standards, create opportunities in the communities it invests into and contribute to the greater good of society.

The company engages in real estate investments and focuses primarily on residential and mixed-use properties where the firm’s operating experience and financial savvy enables it to unlock value.

The firm has historically been active in non-performing notes and fee simple transactions, with a focus on investments within New York City. Most its acquisitions have taken place in the ‘outer boroughs’, with an emphasis on the emerging Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Bed Stuy and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

The Raisner Group is a state-of-the-art company bringing a global mindset to local urbanism. It uses the most modern technologies available to make investment decisions and manage its portfolio.

Through its opportunistic strategy, The Raisner Group targets well-located, quality assets within desirable markets. The firm prides itself in its conservative underwriting, long-term horizon and limited use of aggressive leverage.

Finally, The Raisner Group’s local knowledge and deep industry relationships provide for optimal access to quality deal flow and management expertise.