Bio
Jeffrey Hornstein joined JOSS Realty Partners as Chief Investment Officer in 2018. Prior to joining JOSS, Mr. Hornstein was Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate Investments at Peter J. Solomon Company (PJSC), where he spent 25 years as a trusted advisor to companies, boards, family offices and investors on a wide range of strategic and corporate governance matters. Mr. Hornstein has advised on more than 80 transactions totaling over $65 billion. He has significant experience on all forms of M&A, financing and restructuring transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers of equals, recapitalizations, spin-offs, leveraged financings, equity and debt issuances, PIPEs, hostile defense, special committees, fairness opinions and debtor and creditor advisory.Mr. Hornstein initiated PJSC’s principal investment activities in the real estate industry in 2006 through a joint venture with JOSS in the formation of a closed-end private equity fund, PJSC-JOSS Real Estate Partners I, LLC. The fund invested in six commercial office properties totaling over $300 million in value. He has been a member of the fund’s Investment Committee since its inception.Mr. Hornstein received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1991 and B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University in 1986. Mr. Hornstein is the Director of the Yale Alumni Schools Committee in New York City and has been Treasurer of the Yale Class of 1986, Chairman of the Class’ 15th Reunion and a member of the Reunion Gift Committee. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Makor Center of the 92nd Street Y and of Global Kids.
Areas of Interest
- Deal Type
- Acquisition, Development, Ground Lease, Loan Purchase, Opportunity Zone, Partner Buyout, Pre-Development, Recapitalization, Refinance, Rehabilitation