Cohen Investment Group is a privately held commercial real estate investment firm founded in 2013 by Spencer Cohen and headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, with a strategic office in Norfolk. The company targets underperforming real estate across the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southwestern, and Intermountain regions, focusing on value-add multifamily, self-storage, office/flex, student housing, and retail properties. Adopting a disciplined three-step strategy—acquisition below replacement cost, value enhancement through physical and operational improvement, and timely asset disposition—CIG has executed over $920 million in transactions, investing over $228 million in equity with a gross internal rate of return near 34%. It remains privately held and relationship-driven, leveraging 1031 exchange expertise and third-party asset management to support institutional-level investment outcomes.
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