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2026 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100
Investors/Owners of the Year
- Adam Neumann Brings Flow Concept to Multifamily
- Dan Kaplan Oversees $10 Billion in Transactions During FPA Tenure
- Daniel Lippman Oversees JRK’s National Investment Platform
- David Schwartz Leads Waterton in Value-Add Investment Strategy
- Doug Faron Launches Westlight With 1,432-Unit Multifamily Deal
- Inland Builds $5.3B Multifamily and BTR Portfolio Nationwide
- Jerome Fink Oversees Bascom’s Transactions and Financing
- Jonathan Epstein Positions BGO for the Next Cycle
- Jonathan F.P. Rose Focuses on Housing Investments and Resilient Cities
- Jordan Slone Builds HGI into $21-Billion Company
- Justin Pattner Helps Expand KKR’s Real Estate Platform
- Matt Rosenthal and Eric Silverman’s Eastham Capital Transacts a Deal Total of $5 Billion
- Mitchell Morgan Grows Company into a Multifamily Giant
- Monday Properties’ Jennifer Burns Oversees the Operating Engine Behind Multifamily Growth
- Nick Gonzalves Builds Bridge’s Opportunity Zone Platform
- Scott Rechler Expands RXR’s Residential Investment Playbook
- Steve Wylder with Safehold Relies on Ground Leases to Expand Affordable Housing Capital
- Steven DeFrancis Builds Cortland’s Multifamily Platform from the Ground Up
- Subtext’s Brandt Stiles and Tim VanMatre Oversee Growing Multifamily Pipeline
- Thomas Toomey Oversees UDR’s Holdings of Over 60,000 Apartments
Jonathan Epstein Positions BGO for the Next Cycle
Jonathan Epstein has spent more than 35 years navigating virtually every corner of commercial real estate, from principal investing and finance to investment banking. As managing partner and head of U.S. at BGO, he is responsible for the investment strategy of one of the industry’s largest global platforms.
Epstein oversees BGO’s U.S. operations, leads the firm’s global temperature-controlled logistics investments, and co-leads its U.S. Core Plus platform. Over the course of his career, he has been responsible for the acquisition, development, financing and management of more than $70 billion in commercial real estate assets and companies across the United States, Europe and Asia.
The firm’s platform is expanding as well. BGO’s parent, Sun Life, announced an agreement to acquire multifamily owner/operator Bell Partners, a transaction expected to push BGO’s assets under management above $100 billion and expand its multifamily footprint to more than 40,000 owned units and 70,000 units under management.
These are some of the reasons why Jonathan Epstein was selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s AB 100 Investor/Owner of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.