Starwood Real Estate Securities, LLC (Greenwich)


Starwood Real Estate Securities, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Greenwich. It manages $623 million of regulatory assets for 16 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2004 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Connecticut.

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

Starwood Real Estate Securities: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Starwood Real Estate Securities, LLC is $623 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 503% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $623 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $38.94 million each.
Starwood Real Estate Securities has custody of $238.5 million in cash and securities for 9 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Starwood Real Estate Securities, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Starwood Real Estate Securities, LLC

Michael Jay Swotes joined the executive team most recently as the Portfolio Manager.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Llc Starwood Real Estate Securities Holdings Owner of adviser 1 Oct 2004 75% - 100% 20-1767741
Ellis Francis Rinaldi Executive vice president/general counsel/chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2004 Other 4380001
Matthew Crandall Gilman Chief executive officer 1 Oct 2004 Other 4889484
Steven Neale Gottschalk Chief financial officer & chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2005 Other 4935030
Steven Gottschalk Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2005 Other 4935030
Michael Jay Swotes Portfolio manager 1 Mar 2015 Other 2722497

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Barry Stuart Sternlicht 100% owner 1 Oct 2004 75% - 100% 1224645
Matthew Crandall Gilman 25% owner 1 Jan 2006 25% - 50% 4889484

Based in Greenwich

The principal office where Starwood Real Estate Securities, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 591 West Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 203-422-7740 or by fax 203-422-7839. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at starwoodsecurities.com.