Investing in Multifamily with Richard Leibovitch, Founder & Managing Partner at Arel Capital

Richard Leibovitch is an investment professional with over 35 years of experience, managing risk and identifying investment opportunities across a wide array of asset classes. Mr.
Leibovitch, founded Arel Capital in 2013 to focus on US multifamily real estate. The firm has acquired approximately $2 billion in multifamily properties in eleven states including New York, Texas, North Carolina and Colorado. From 2003 to 2012, Mr. Leibovitch served at the Chief Investment Officer, a member of its Executive Committee and board member of Gottex Fund Management, a publicly-traded fund of hedge fund firm with over $7 billion in assets under management. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Leibovitch was the Global Head of Trading and Derivatives for Putnam Investments. He was a member of their Executive and Management Committees. From 1985 to 1998, Mr. Leibovitch was a senior executive at JP Morgan, where he held a number of senior trading positions including Head of Derivatives Trading, Head of Mortgage-Backed Securities Trading and Co-Head of Equity Derivatives. Mr. Leibovitch received a B.A (Hons.) from McGill University and an M.Phil from Cambridge University.

Zack is a Vice President with CBRE’s Capital Market’s Debt and Structured Finance team based out of New York City. Mr. Perelman works nationally originating multifamily & healthcare loans with a specialty in FHA-insured debt. Zack has nearly a decade of multifamily financing experience, covering HUD/FHA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Life Co, Debt Fund, CMBS, and Balance Sheet financing. Zack graduated from the University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business.