Sightbridge Capital Launches Real Estate Platform Targeting Wealth Channel
Sightbridge Capital Partners has officially launched as a new institutional real estate investment platform focused on delivering tax-advantaged real estate strategies to financial advisors and private wealth investors.
The firm announced the appointments of Steve Rokoszewski as partner and chief operating officer and Kamil Poltorak as partner and managing director of real estate, joining founder and CEO Jay Frank in building the platform.
Sightbridge will structure, sponsor and distribute tax-advantaged real estate investment programs through the wealth management channel. The firm’s initial focus will be on 1031 Delaware statutory trust programs, with qualified opportunity zone offerings expected to follow.
The leadership team collectively brings more than 60 years of institutional real estate and private markets experience and has participated in more than $50 billion of real estate transactions. The principals have also structured, distributed and serviced more than 100 investment programs for institutional and private wealth investors.
“After 20 years in private markets, I’m convinced the wealth channel will benefit from more institutional discipline in tax-advantaged real estate,” said Frank. “Better structures, better alignment, better execution. That’s what we’re building at Sightbridge.”
Frank previously co-founded the asset management business at Cantor Fitzgerald, where he helped oversee more than $8 billion in transaction volume across real asset programs, including more than $6 billion in tax-advantaged real estate strategies. Frank also serves on the Connect Money Alternative Assets Advisory Board.
Rokoszewski, who spent nearly three decades in financial services and private markets distribution, said advisor expectations have evolved significantly. “The wealth management landscape has evolved rapidly, and today’s advisors, along with the investors they serve, expect more from sponsors than ever before,” he said. “Sightbridge was built with that evolution in mind.”
Poltorak, who brings approximately $4 billion of transaction experience, emphasized the firm’s underwriting-first approach. “The strongest tax-advantaged real estate comes from operators who already meet institutional standards,” he said. “Sightbridge starts with the asset and the operator, then builds the structure from there.”