CIM Group is a privately held real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender, and developer headquartered in Los Angeles. Founded in 1994 by Shaul Kuba, Richard Ressler, and Avi Shemesh, the firm operates across three platforms: real estate equity, infrastructure, and credit. Kuba and Shemesh, childhood friends who emigrated from Israel in the 1980s, initially operated a landscaping business before being joined by Ressler, a former investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert, to pursue real estate investments. The company employs a vertically integrated approach to asset management, owning and operating properties directly rather than through external fund managers. As of March 31, 2025, CIM owns and operates $29.9 billion in assets across the Americas and Europe. The firm's real estate portfolio spans office, multifamily, retail, industrial, and hospitality properties, with particular concentration in urban markets. In February 2018, CIM acquired Cole Capital from VEREIT, adding $7.6 billion in real estate assets and expanding its net-lease platform. The company maintains a presence in major U.S. markets including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Oakland, San Jose, Las Vegas, Alexandria, and Atlanta. CIM's credit platform provides financing for diverse real estate types, including recent hospitality and industrial lending. The firm partners with over 200 institutional investors globally, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies, while also serving more than 78,000 individual clients through a network of over 3,000 financial advisors. In February 2017, Mitsui & Co. acquired a 20% stake in CIM.
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