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REAL ESTATE MERCHANT BANKING
Dekel Capital is a Los Angeles-based Real Estate Merchant Bank with proven expertise in capital market advisory and private equity in commercial real estate.
We serve an elite group of commercial real estate operators, investors, and developers with an exclusive, boutique approach that allows us to create tailored solutions that address your unique capital challenges.
Our deep relationships within the capital markets give us an unparalleled advantage in providing our national clientele with best-in-class structured financing solutions and funding execution. Over the past 20+ years, the team at Dekel Capital has financed a combined $10+ billion of structured transactions for developers, operators, and investors.
Dekel Capital strives to build partnerships with leading commercial real estate developers and investors in every facet of the industry. This holistic approach has led to a boutique practice in which our firm typically manages the complete universe of financing and other capital markets activities for clients’ commercial real estate portfolios, from acquisition to development and stabilization.
Our clients benefit from reduced transaction times and cross-deal synergies that provide them with a unique advantage within the industry. Our firm’s core business involves identifying long-term co-investment partners, arranging innovative and efficient loan structures, making thoughtful introductions, and offering intimate local market knowledge.
At Dekel Capital, we endeavor to serve as our clients’ trusted advisor, working hand-in-hand to develop a mutually beneficial relationship over time. Our firm’s success is measured in project lifecycles as we see your project from start to finish: from acquisition, to development, and stabilization.
Shlomi Ronen Principal / Founder
Shlomi Ronen is a managing principal and founder of Dekel Capital where he oversees the Company’s investment, lending and capital advisory platforms.
Read moreHe has worked in real estate for over 25 years and has spent the last 22 years working in commercial real estate investment and finance role. In the past 22 years he has invested or sourced more than $5 billion in equity, mezzanine, and debt financing for investors and developers throughout the United States.
Prior to founding Dekel Capital he was a founding partner of Lucent Capital and opened and co-headed the Los Angeles office for the Carlton Group, a New York based real estate investment banking firm, and was a Senior Vice President at Los Angeles based George Smith Partners, where he was active in raising joint venture equity on behalf of institutional clients and executing both performing and non-performing note sales on behalf of financial institutions.
Mr. Ronen earned his MBA with a concentration in Real Estate Finance at the University of Southern California. Mr. Ronen is an adjunct professor at USC teaching a graduate level course on Real Estate Capital Markets in the Master’s of Real Estate Program.
A frequent guest presenter at industry conferences, he is also an active participant in numerous professional and charitable organizations including the Urban Land Institute SSDC Blue, ICSC, USC Lusk Center and the Los Angeles Jewish Federation’s Real Estate Cabinet. In October 2010, Mr. Ronen was named by Real Estate Forum magazine to its 40 Under 40 list.
Direct Line: (310) 570-2201 Email: sronen@dekelcapital.com DRE# 01364808
Matin Roshan Vice President
Matin Roshan has joined real estate merchant bank Dekel Capital as vice president in August 2022. focusing on originating, structuring and executing debt and equity transactions across all property types.
Read moreMatin Roshan is vice president at Dekel Capital focusing on originating, structuring and executing debt and equity transactions across all property types.
Matin has extensive experience in securing financing on a wide variety of complex real estate transactions including the acquisition, refinancing, recapitalization and the adaptive reuse of individual assets and portfolios in hospitality, industrial, multifamily, office and retail.
Matin was born and raised in Los Angeles. He earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and earned a Certificate in Real Estate from UCLA.
Direct Line: (310) 570-2210 Email: mroshan@dekelcapital.com DRE# 02065138
Avi Youshaei Vice President
Avi Youshaei is a Vice President at Dekel Capital responsible for originating and structuring debt and equity solutions throughout the capital stack on behalf of real estate investors and developers of multifamily, mixed-use, affordable housing developments, and GSA.
Read moreHe has worked in real estate for more than a decade, the last seven years specializing in commercial real estate finance. Over the course of his career, he has helped source and structure more than $500MM in construction, bridge, and permanent financing across a wide range of asset classes nationwide
Previously Avi was with a Los Angeles-based real estate advisory service company, where he led the capital placement efforts for ground-up and value-add developments, including several Opportunity Zone projects. He also has prior experience in real estate development and underwriting, giving him a strong foundation in both the technical and strategic aspects of commercial real estate.
Direct Line: +1.617.953.6394 Email: ayoushaei@dekelcapital.com DRE# 02068408