NEW YORK CITY-Veteran institutional and private equity real estate executive John Rivard has joined the Rockefeller Group as SVP and managing director, acquisitions and investments, for Rockefeller Group Investment Management.
He now leads RGIM's acquisitions strategy and execution, working closely with its teams here and in Washington, DC. His primary responsibilities include sourcing, executing and financing investment opportunities on behalf of the company's U.S.-focused property fund, Rockefeller Group US Premier Office Fund LP, which closed in the summer of 2013 with $500 million in equity commitments, including $250 million of co-investment equity for joint venture acquisitions. In addition, Rivard will manage separate accounts and joint venture initiatives.
“John and I have known each other for two decades and throughout that time we've had the opportunity to work on various initiatives together,” says Dennis Irvin, preesident and CEO of RGIM. “I'm pleased to be able to continue our collaboration at RGIM, where John's experience and deep relationships will further enhance our abilities to capitalize on investment opportunities in major markets throughout the US.”
Prior to joining Rockefeller Group, Rivard was founder and president of Soundport Capital, which provided asset management services for investors in a 5.5-million-square-foot portfolio of Class A office assets located in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He was also COO of Broadway Partners, where he oversaw all operations and asset management, and prior he was a partner and the chief underwriting officer at O'Connor Capital Partners, where he oversaw the origination, management and realization of the firm's opportunistic and private equity investments. Before coming to O'Connor, Rivard was an investment officer in real estate, for the California State Teachers' Retirement System, one of the nation's largest pension funds and institutional real estate investors.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
