REPE Fund Profile Series - Part Eight: Rockpoint Group
Welcome to Part Eight of our Fund Profile Series. We’re continuing to work our way through the top 50 global real estate private equity (REPE) firms according to the 2020 PERE 100 list. Each Fund Profile briefly summarizes each fund’s history, as well as getting into the details of the funds themselves. And to help you get ready for your upcoming REPE technical interview(s), we also outline a few of each firm’s key real estate equity investment in recent years. As the next follow up from our Carlyle Group profile (in Part Seven ), the eighth part of this series will examine the Rockpoint Group in more detail. Key facts about the Rockpoint Group Bill Walton and Keith Gelb co-founded the Boston-based Rockpoint Group in 2003 after branching off from Westbrook Real Estate Partners, L.L.C., their original real estate investment management firm (founded in 1994). Keith and Bill met at Morgan Stanley, where they worked in different departments prior to forming (in Bill’s case) and jo