Rockwood Capital (“Rockwood”), the private real estateinvestment firm, today announced that it has hired Jimmy Yung as Senior Managing Director,Global Head of Originations. In this role, he will be responsible forleading the firm's originationand capital deployment strategy, overseeing the sourcing, structuring, and execution ofcommercial real estate (CRE) credit investments, and helping with the continued expansion of thefirm's credit platform.Mr. Yung will be based in Rockwood's Los Angeles office and will report toNiraj Shah, Partner and Global Head of Credit.
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Mr. Shah said, “We are excited to have Jimmy join Rockwood.We believe that his investmentacumen, familiarity with a wide variety of CRE credit products across all asset types, strong globalrelationships, and deep understanding of industry dynamics will help us find and structurecompelling investment opportunities for our clients.”
Mr. Yung is a seasoned real estate executive with over 27 years of experience in origination andinvestment management in the U.S. and Asia. Most recently, he spent seven years at BlackstoneReal Estate Debt Strategies, where he served as Managing Director and oversaw the WestCoast for their commercial real estate lending platform. Prior to that, he was Head of Origination and Member of the Investment Committee at TPGReal Estate Finance Trust and led the Real Estate Special Situations business at Deutsche Bank.He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science from Georgetown Universityand studied international economics and languages at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
“I am thrilled to become a part of Rockwood and help the firm take advantage of the manyopportunities available in today's market,” said Mr. Yung. “I look forward to working with theexperienced Rockwood team to target attractive investments up and down the capital stack.”
About Rockwood Capital
Rockwood Capital is a real estate investment firm founded in 1995 that provides debt and equitycapital combined with real estate operating expertise for the repositioning, development,redevelopment and recapitalization of live-space, mixed-use, workspace, retail, industrial andhotel properties in key markets throughout the United States.
Rockwood is an 80-person organization with offices in New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; and LosAngeles, CA.Since inception, Rockwood and its principals have invested in approximately $40.1billion of real estate and real estate-related assets (gross asset value). As of Q1 2025, Rockwoodmanages a portfolio of approximately $13.2 billion (gross asset value).Rockwood's internationalinvestor base includes sovereign wealth funds, public and private pension funds, endowments,foundations, insurance companies, funds of funds, high net worth individuals and familyoffices. For more information, visitwww.rockwoodcap.com.
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