Dune Real Estate Partners LP (New York)


Dune Real Estate Partners LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $2.57 billion of regulatory assets for 18 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California and New York.

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Dune Real Estate Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Dune Real Estate Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Dune Real Estate Partners LP is $2.57 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 89% since the beginning of its operation, and $93.68 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $2.57 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $142.54 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Dune Real Estate Partners LP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Dune Real Estate Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Dune Real Estate Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 18 clients and $2.57 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Dune Real Estate Partners has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.57 billion for 18 clients. 6% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Dune Real Estate Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, fifteen real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $100,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Dune Real Estate Partners LP

The company employs 30 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 80 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Russell Lewis Gimelstob joined the executive team most recently as the Executive Vice President, Head Of Acquisitions & Managing Director.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Dune Real Estate Manager Llc General partner 1 Jul 2009 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Jsm Investments Llc Limited partner 1 Jul 2009 75% - 100% 20-1858951
Daniel Miller Neidich Chief executive officer 1 Jan 2010 Other 1332353
Gregory Z Rush Executive vice president & managing director 1 Jan 2010 Other 2929568
Darren Michael Berk Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2010 Other 5911900
Cia Connelly Buckley Marakovits Executive vice president, chief investment officer & managing director 1 Jan 2010 Other 2332302
Darren M Berk Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2010 Other 5911900
David Lev Oliner Executive vice president & managing director 1 Jan 2010 Other 2477999
Cia Connelly Buckley Executive vice president, chief investment officer & managing director 1 Jan 2010 Other 2332302
Michael David Sherman General counsel & chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2010 Other 5911901
David Lev Oliner Executive vice president 1 Feb 2011 Other 2477999
Gregory Z Rush Executive vice president 1 Feb 2011 Other 2929568
Cia Connelly Buckley Executive vice president & chief investment officer 1 Feb 2011 Other 2332302
Russell Lewis Gimelstob Executive vice president & managing director 1 Mar 2012 Other 4568832
Jonah Alexander Sonnenborn Managing director 1 Mar 2012 Other 3084813
Tls Investments Llc Limited partner 1 Jan 2013 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Julie Ann Brenton Managing director & head of investor relations 1 Mar 2014 Other 2649330
Nitin Preetam Karnani Executive vice president & managing director 1 Aug 2015 Other 6539402
Julie Ann Brenton Executive vice president, head of investor relations & managing director 1 Jan 2016 Other 2649330
Joseph Eric Calder Executive vice president & managing director 1 Jan 2016 Other 5375130
Russell Lewis Gimelstob Executive vice president, head of acquisitions & managing director 1 Aug 2017 Other 4568832
Rlg Investments Llc Limited partner 1 Aug 2017 Other xxx-xx-xxxx

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Daniel Miller Neidich Sole member 1 Oct 2004 75% - 100% 1332353
Cia Connelly Buckley Marakovits Member/manager 1 Jan 2013 75% - 100% 2332302
Cia Connelly Buckley Member/manager 1 Jan 2013 75% - 100% 2332302

Based in New York

The principal office where Dune Real Estate Partners LP performs its advisory services is located at 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Beverly Hills, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-301-8337 or by fax 212-301-8357. The normal business hours are 8 am - 6 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at drep.com.