Institutional capital returns to real estate, says Cottonwood Group CIO Mark Green
By Andrea Zander Institutional investors are re-entering the real estate market as denominator-effect pressures ease and portfolio allocations begin to normalize. According to Cottonwood Group CIO Mark Green, in an interview with IREI, the most meaningful capital today is gravitating toward structured and opportunistic strategies, where complexity is rewarded and underwriting is grounded in operational […]
Cottonwood Group Funds BillionToOne’s Growth with $105M Loan
Los Angeles Times Los Angeles-based Cottonwood Group, a private equity real estate investment firm, has announced the closing of a $105-million senior construction loan for a 223,500-square-foot life sciences project within EastVillage, a 425-acre mixed-use community in northeast Austin, Texas. Reger Holdings and Tarlton Properties, a leading life sciences developer and operator based in the […]
Charting a Tectonic Shift: Inside the $1B Cottonwood Group Special Situations Strategy
Alexander Shing is founder and CEO of Cottonwood Group, a private equity real estate firm with offices in Los Angeles, Boston and New York that has served as a trusted investment partner to global institutions, pension funds and family offices for 13 years. For more information, email originations@cottonwoodmgmt.com. By Alexander Shing There’s an oft-cited story […]
Cottonwood Closes $1 Billion Special Situations Fund
By John Gittelsohn Private real estate investment firm Cottonwood Group closed a $1 billion fund for special situations, including properties needing financial restructuring, new development or other potentially high-yielding opportunities. The fund has already invested about $300 million, mostly through loans that have options to acquire title to properties in the event of a default, […]
Cottonwood Group Receives $1.0 Billion In Commitments For U.S. Real Estate Special Situations Investment Strategy
Cottonwood Group PR The strategy targets credit and event-driven opportunities in commercial real estate located in high-growth markets across the U.S. LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2025)—Cottonwood Group (Cottonwood), a private equity real estateinvestment firm with offices in Los Angeles, Boston and New York, has exceeded its originalfundraising goal for the Cottonwood Real Estate Special Situations […]
2025 Midyear in Review: Rethinking Risk and Return in Today’s CRE Market
Now well into the second half of 2025, one lesson remains clear: in commercial real estate, change is the only constant. The past few years have fundamentally reshaped how we underwrite, deploy capital, and manage risk. Today’s market is defined by economic uncertainty, evolving space utilization trends, and capital markets still recalibrating from a cycle […]
Cottonwood Group Lends $240 Million to St. Regis Residences, Boston
Demonstrating a continued dedication to the thriving Boston real estate landscape, the private equity firm has committed funds to support another notable commercial property deal in the city.
Cottonwood Group, Texsun Holdings Acquire 224-Unit Multifamily Property in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, TX – Cottonwood Group (“Cottonwood”), a private equity real estate investment firm, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Taylor Commons, a 224-unit multifamily property located at 5600 Cotswold Hills Drive in Fort Worth, Texas in partnership with Dallas-based Texsun Holdings (“Texsun”). “We are excited to acquire Taylor Commons and expand our […]
Cottonwood Partners With Texsun Holdings on 2nd Acquisition
Cottonwood Group (“Cottonwood“), a private equity real estate investment firm, is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 480-unit multifamily portfolio (the “Portfolio”) in Fort Worth, Texas with Dallas-based Texsun Holdings (“Texsun”). The Portfolio consists of the Woodstone Apartments, located at 6051 Bridge Street, and Bridge Hollow Apartments, located at 5801 Bridge Street. Cottonwood acquired the Portfolio through […]
Cottonwood Lends to 8850 Sunset
Cottonwood Group (“Cottonwood”), a private equity real estate investment firm, is pleased to announce it closed a $62 million loan for 8850 Sunset Boulevard, located in West Hollywood on the iconic Sunset Strip. Cottonwood Chief Investment Officer Mark Green made the announcement. 8850 Sunset’s impressive West Hollywood location–positioned on a full city block, where the […]