Investing Strategies in Real Estate: Roundtable with Justin Ehrlich, co-Founder & Partner with Michael Pizzitola, Principal at Churchill Real Estate (Young Leadership)

March 13 2024, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT TBD

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Speaker
Justin Ehrlich
Co-Founder & Partner at Churchill Real Estate

Justin Ehrlich co-founded Churchill in 2014 and is a Managing Partner of the firm. Prior to founding Churchill, Justin completed over $3 billion of debt and equity investing, and developed over 1 million square feet of luxury mixed-use projects in Manhattan and California. Justin also previously invested capital on behalf of several institutional clients and served as a development partner for several Taft-Hartley pension funds between 2008 and 2014. Before his career in development, Justin was a Vice President at Broad Street Advisors on the capital markets team. Justin received a B.S.B.A. from Boston University and a G.C. in Real Estate Finance and Investment from New York University.

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Speaker
Michael Pizzitola
Principal at Churchill Real Estate

Michael Pizzitola is a Principal responsible for many aspects of Churchill’s investments and operations, including capital markets, capital raising, joint venture sourcing and execution, originations, and asset management. Prior to joining Churchill in 2019, Mike worked in the investment banking division of Barclays and previously worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mike received an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and a B.S.B.A from Georgetown University.

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Moderator
Solomon Birnbaum
President & Founder at Fbre Capital / Towerline

Solomon Birnbaum serves as President & Co-Founder of Towerline Group (formerly Fbre Capital). He is responsible for the firm’s family office & institutional clients, banking & financing relationships, strategic vision, business standards, business advisory, structuring and execution.

The firm's focus is on all commercial real estate property types at every stage (land, construction, bridge & permanent financing).
Additionally, the firm has expanded its mandate to the private & public real estate credit markets for opportunistic preferred equity and mezzanine financing.

Mr. Birnbaum began his career at J.P. Morgan, where he worked on two teams: the balance sheet lending arm of the Corporate and Investment Bank focused on large construction loans, and separately managed several billion of commercial real estate repo facility exposure to REITs & private equity backed real estate debt funds.

After J.P. Morgan, Mr. Birnbaum joined Dwight Capital, one of the fastest-growing multifamily lenders in the United States. At Dwight Capital, Mr. Birnbaum originated ground-up construction, bridge and permanent loans for multifamily and healthcare properties nationwide.

Mr. Birnbaum earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from NYU Stern School of Business.

Charity work:
Founding Board Member of IDF Widows & Orphans - American Chapter
Board member CAMERA - Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting & Analysis
Young Leadership Board Jewish Institute for National Security of America
Young Leadership Board Shaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem
Young Leadership Board Brownstone NY
Founder of Realize Israel NYU

Date
Wednesday, March 13th
at
6:00 PM EDT
Location

TBD

About

With any questions on this event, other real estate events, or membership, please email: kate@yjp.org

This roundtable is intended for YJP's Young Leadership level members (10-20 years work experience).

Join us for an intimate In-Person real estate roundtable with Justin Ehrlich. This roundtable is for Professional-level members of YJP. This session will be an opportunity to connect with a select, intimate group of young rising stars in the industry, as we convene on March 13th.

Justin Ehrlich co-founded Churchill in 2014 and is a Managing Partner of the firm. Prior to founding Churchill, Justin completed over $3 billion of debt and equity investing, and developed over 1 million square feet of luxury mixed-use projects in Manhattan and California. Justin also previously invested capital on behalf of several institutional clients and served as a development partner for several Taft-Hartley pension funds between 2008 and 2014. Before his career in development, Justin was a Vice President at Broad Street Advisors on the capital markets team. Justin received a B.S.B.A. from Boston University and a G.C. in Real Estate Finance and Investment from New York University.

Michael Pizzitola is a Principal responsible for many aspects of Churchill’s investments and operations, including capital markets, capital raising, joint venture sourcing and execution, originations, and asset management. Prior to joining Churchill in 2019, Mike worked in the investment banking division of Barclays and previously worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mike received an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and a B.S.B.A from Georgetown University.

Churchill Real Estate is a leading provider of flexible capital solutions to the U.S. residential real estate sector. Churchill’s management team has significant experience operating and investing in residential real estate, direct originations, structured lending, and asset management. Churchill’s platform combines a proprietary technology offering that streamlines the entire lifecycle of a loan for a borrower, from origination to asset management, with a disciplined risk management approach designed to maximize returns. As of 06/30/2023, Churchill manages approximately $6.9 billion of assets on behalf of a global institutional investor base.

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