GlobeSt.com: Before we discuss any deals, tell me about the genealogy of RCG Longview.
Boxer: Ramius Capital was founded in 1994 by our senior partner, Peter Cohen, the former chairman of Shearson Lehman. We're a registered investment advisor and an asset-management firm that manages money on behalf of wealthy individuals and institutions looking for slow, steady and stable returns. Peter likes to say we're in the stay-rich rather than the get-rich business. Ramius does a lot of things and Longview is a specialized piece of it. I met Peter in 1994 when he was looking for a real estate component. Today, the firm's real estate activities are threefold: With our operating partners, we own Urban American Housing, which owns and manages a portfolio of working class housing in dense urban areas. We also invest in commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities; it's more of a capital-markets component to what we do. Naturally, I spend a lot of my time on Longview, our lending business.
GlobeSt.com: What sets Longview apart?
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John Salustri
John Salustri has covered the commercial real estate industry for nearly 25 years. He was the founding editor of GlobeSt.com, and is a four-time recipient of the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
