Firm - Specific Differentiating Factors
J.P.Morgan
Asset Managment Group
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Strong investment in Single Family Rental in the southern belts
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Working at the largest bank in the world gives access to a wide range of resources and networking opportunities
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Their Strategic Property Fund is one of the biggest core funds, investing in core assets all across America
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Investment teams are divided up regionally, allowing analysts to see a wide range of different asset classes in their assigned region
Berta Faktorovich '25
PJT
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The spinoff of Blackstone’s long-standing investment banking advisory division
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Has separate restructuring and M&A groups
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Industry agnostic with a “major” and “minor” industry of preference
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Focused on strategic advisory
Morgan Stanley
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One of, if not the smallest, bulge bracket banks in terms of headcount
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Leads to relatively lean groups and deal teams despite being a bulge bracket
Ares Management
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Ares Real Estate sits within the larger investment company of Ares.
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The group has massive bandwidth and invests across asset types, investment profiles, and regions across the US and Europe.
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Their fund structure allows them to evaluate every deal in the pipeline and execute it depending on the risk-return profile.
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There are offices across each region in the US, and deal teams are lean. Smaller deal teams lead to immediate contributions, even at the analyst level.
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The Ares culture is a key differentiating factor. It is a very strong, supportive environment filled with knowledgeable and hard-working people who take the time to teach and mentor junior employees to learn and acclimate quickly to the fast-paced role.
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Priscilla Wongso '24
Rialto Capital
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One of the top real estate debt platform and special servicer
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Great debt shop if you want exposure to not just direct lending but also CMBS B-piece and CLO
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Boutique firm thus chance to work closely with directors at an analyst level
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Great Cornell presence from analyst to directors (Cornell, Wharton, and Wisconsin-Madison are Rialto's target school for the NYC office)
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My junior and senior mentees were both Cornellians who made my experience truly special; directors are extremely friendly and takes time to speak with interns
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Reika Nakagawa '25
Goldman Sachs
Real Estate Investing Team
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Work in an entrepreneurial group that allows analysts to spearhead projects on unconventional asset classes.
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Flexibility in capital sourcing allows for a group to invest in all strategies.
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Analysts and Associates do not specialize across asset classes or strategies; thus, analysts can get exposure to equity, preferred equity, development, high-yield/mezzanine credit, senior loans, and structured deals.
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Rachel Perry '24
