Sunder G. Jambunathan
Mr. Jambunathan is an experienced commercial real estate investor that has been actively investing in the New York City market for over 9 years. During his career, he has closed over $600M of acquisitions and has had asset management responsibility for over $1.2B of assets across the United States. Mr. Jambunathan has played a role in the acquisition, financing and management of hospitality, multifamily, and development strategies and has most recently overseen 5 condo developments including a 273 unit ground-up project in Seattle, WA and 4 high-rise projects in Manhattan.
Mr. Jambunathan is a co-founder of Certes Partners and previously worked at Deutsche Bank, having spent 6 years with the bank’s real estate private equity division, a global investment management business with EUR 43.6B under management.
He is a frequent speaker at industry events, including IMN’s Opportunity Fund Conference, Eastern Consolidated's New York Multifamily Summit., the Anchin Design and Construction Forum and Buyouts Insider’s Emerging Manager Forum.
Mr. Jambunathan received a B.S. from Georgetown University, where he was a Deans Award recipient, and is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the New York Private Equity Network, and a founding member of the NY South Asian Real Estate Network (NYSAREN.org).
Elan Hakimian
Mr. Hakimian is experienced in underwriting and executing all types of real estate investments with a focus on property development, redevelopment and re-positioning in the hospitality and residential sectors. He has been responsible for the acquisition and/or asset management of over $1.0B of assets across North America including 5 hospitality assets and 3,000 multifamily units.
Prior to forming Certes, Mr. Hakimian spent 7 years at Deutsche Bank in its RREEF Real Estate Global Opportunity Funds Group. The group’s latest fund had over $1.9B of assets under management.
Mr. Hakimian received a B.S. from the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he was awarded the Dean’s Honor Key. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, New York Private Equity Network, and the NYU Young Alumni Leadership Circle.
Eitan Bouskila
Mr. Bouskila has a wide range of expertise in multiple facets of real estate and has transacted in over of $500M in real estate assets with a primary focus on the multifamily sector.
Prior to becoming a principal at Certes Partners, Mr. Bouskila acquired, developed and managed a combined 3,000+ residential and commercial units in the New York metro area. Previous to this post, he served as Director of the JESTA Group, a Private Real Estate company with global real estate assets in excess of 1B USD. There he focused on the acquisition and management of distressed real estate and debt in the United States.
Mr. Bouskila received a B.S. and M.S. from New York University where he received numerous academic and service awards including Dean’s Honor List, Bronfman Award for Community Service, and the Presidential Scholarship Award.
Jared Wolf
Jared has responsibility for sourcing, analyzing and performing due diligence on new equity investments. His areas of expertise include financial structuring, strategic planning and transaction management.
Prior to Certes Partners, Jaren worked at Holliswood Development, and prior to that, at Savills Studley in their New York Headquarters. During his stint at Savills, Jared successfully guided local, national and multi-national clients, such as Time Inc, Ralph Lauren and Nike, with their lease obligations, commercial real estate acquisitions and asset dispositions.
Sahil Gandhi
Sahil is an associate on the acquisition team and his responsibilities include sourcing, underwriting, and performing due diligence on investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Certes, Sahil was an associate at Pyramid Global Hospitality where he led underwriting efforts on full and select service hotels, complex resorts, large portfolios, and mixed-use developments throughout the United States. Prior to Pyramid, he was at Hildreth Real Estate Advisors where he was responsible for asset management and sourcing and underwriting potential commercial real estate opportunities in the New York Metro Area.
Sahil received his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from New York University.
Joseph Carlson
Joseph Carlson is an experienced Senior Project Manager with over 20 years experience in the NYC construction market. His work experience spans out of the ground residential developments, mixed use commercial developments, municipal developments, hotel renovations, new tennis facility development, out of the ground and renovation of retail spaces, health care facilities and industrial developments as well as complex structural renovation projects.
Previously he worked with numerous construction and development firms including Bronx Pro Group, BFC Development Partners, Lettire Construction Corp and Hollister Construction Services.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Iona College.
Alex Karp
Mr. Karp is an experienced professional with over 17 years of diverse construction and development experience. During his career, he has been responsible for over $1.2B in construction hard costs, 3.5M sqft. of work, and over 1,500 residential and hospitality units coming to market.
Prior to joining Certes, Mr. Karp held leadership roles in Construction Management firms including Turner Construction and has been leading the construction of projects for over a decade.
Mr. Karp received a B.S. in Engineering from Alfred University and has obtained several additional licenses and certifications.
Bharat Bhatia
Bharat is an analyst on the acquisitions team. Prior to joining Certes, he held roles as Belhaven Investments and was a team leader of the Bhatia Group at Compass.
James Buttigieg
James is an experienced contractor and building superintendent. He manages light remodeling projects in addition to overseeing property management within Manhattan.
Daniele Parker
Daniele is an experienced bookkeeper and also coordinates property management for assets across the portfolio