Benjamin Hatz

Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Hatz is a senior real estate investment executive with over 25 years of experience and more than $2 billion in career transaction value, with deep expertise in value-add multifamily acquisitions and institutional capital structuring. At Blue Lake Capital, Mr. Hatz oversees investment strategy, underwriting, and capital structuring across the firm's multifamily portfolio. He began his career in Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division before earning his MBA in Real Estate and Finance from Columbia Business School (BS, Cornell University).

Previously, Mr. Hatz closed $300 million in opportunistic transactions at Citi Property Investors (Citigroup's $3B real estate PE arm) and directed $920 million in acquisitions at American Realty Capital Healthcare Advisors. At Maxx Properties, a 10,000-unit family-owned multifamily operator, he co-led $500 million in JV negotiations with four institutional capital partners, closed $325 million in value-add acquisitions, and increased enterprise NOI by 39% in two years.