Rockpoint Group

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Rockpoint Group, L.L.C
Company type Private ownership
Industry Private equity real estate
Founded2003;21 years ago (2003) [1] [2]
FoundersBill Walton [1] [2]
Keith Gelb
Headquarters 500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. [1] [2]
Number of locations
4 offices
AUM US$15 billion (June 2023) [3]
Number of employees
90 (2022)
Website www.rockpoint.com
Footnotes /references
[4]

The Rockpoint Group (Rockpoint) is an American private equity real estate firm headquartered in Boston. [2]

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In 2022, the firm was ranked by PERE (under Private Equity International) as the twelfth largest Private Equity Real Estate firm based on total fundraising over the most recent five-year period. [5]

Background

Rockpoint was founded in 2003 by Bill Walton, Greg Hartman, Jonathan Paul, Keith Gelb and Pat Fox. [1] [2] [6] [7] The five of them were previously managing members of Westbrook Real Estate Partners who left to found the firm. [1] [2] [7] Westbrook Real Estate Partners was co-founded by Walton in 1994 and continued to be controlled by him and Gelb until 2014 where the firm closed. [2] [6] [7] Currently only Walton and Gelb remain with Rockpoint. [2] Paul left in 2007 to co-found Wheelock Street Capital, [6] [8] Hartman left in 2013 to co-found Prospect Hill [9] and Fox retired from the firm. [10]

In March 2018, Blackstone Inc. acquired a 20% stake in Rockpoint. [11] [12] [13]

In October 2020, Rockpoint formed a $1 billion joint venture with Invitation Homes to buy, renovate and rent out single-family homes across the U.S. [14] [15] In March 2022, they formed another joint venture worth $300 million to acquire higher-end single-family homes. [16]

In May 2022, Rockpoint formed a $2 billion industrial real estate platform with a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. [17] [18]

Rockpoint is headquartered in Boston with additional offices in Dallas, London and San Francisco. [19]

Rockpoint has an affiliate named Rockhill Management which is a dedicated property services management company. [20]

Funds

Fund [21] Vintage yearCommitted capital (US$m)
Rockpoint Real Estate Fund I2004904
Rockpoint Real Estate Fund II20051,700
Rockpoint Real Estate Fund III20072,500
Rockpoint Real Estate Fund IV20132,330
Rockpoint Core Plus Fund I2014950
Rockpoint Growth and Income Fund I20151,000
Rockpoint Real Estate Fund V20163,300
Rockpoint Growth and Income Fund II20171,700
Rockpoint Growth and Income Fund III20202,000
Rockpoint Real Estate Fund VI20203,800

Investments

Disputes

In November 2019, tenants of 63 Wall Street and 67 Wall Street in Manhattan filed a class-action lawsuit against Rockpoint over alleged rent-regulation violations. [1] [38] [39] Rockpoint was alleged to have failed to follow the 421-g program which allowed it to forgo property taxes but required it to offer rent-regulated leases. [1] [38] [39] Rockpoint was considered to have overcharged above the lease limits while still benefiting from tax breaks. [1] [38] [39] In September 2020, Rockpoint reached a settlement where it would pay out $5 million to 4,800 current and former tenants. [1] [38] [39]

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