#50 Matt Bronfman | CEO, Jamestown

Matt Bronfman is a Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of Jamestown. Matt joined the company as General Counsel in 1998 before becoming Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer in 2002. He became CEO in 2012 and is responsible for managing Jamestown’s global operations and overseeing corporate strategy and execution. During his tenure, Jamestown has executed more than $40 billion in transactions, grown its portfolio of assets in the U.S., and expanded into Latin America and Europe. As of December 31, 2024, Jamestown has assets under management of $14.2 billion.

Matt has more than 30 years of experience in real estate and has led the acquisition and repositioning of many large scale-mixed use projects, including Chelsea Market and Industry City in New York City, Ponce City Market and Buckhead Village in Atlanta, Raleigh Iron Works in Raleigh, the Innovation and Design Building in Boston, and Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco.

- This episode of The Deal Ranch Podcast is presented by https://huckscurryadvisors.com/

Episode Topics

• The origin story of Ponce City Market and how Jamestown turned an abandoned Sears warehouse into Atlanta’s cultural hub.

• Jamestown repositioning of One Times Square with an observation deck and a new publicly accessible interior.
• Matt’s early career as a lawyer and his shift from the legal world into real estate.
• Selling 70% of their portfolio prior to the 2008 Financial Crisis
• Jamestown's longterm investment philosophy and interest in complex heavily operational assets

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https://www.jamestownlp.com/

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