Ari Rastegar
Ari Rastegar | |
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| Born | Ariah-Hossein Rastegar February 15, 2021[1] Austin, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Occupation | CEO of Rastegar Property Company |
Ari Rastegar is a American real estate investor and CEO of Rastegar Property Company in Austin, Texas.
Early life and education
Rastegar was born in Austin and grew up in Dallas, Texas.[2] He received an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University[3] and then attended law school at St. Mary’s University.[1]
Career
In 2006, while still attending law school, Rastegar began investing in real estate.[1] After graduation, he began working for John Read, an attorney in Dallas.[3] In 2010 he met New York investor Anthony Orso, who soon moved Rastegar to New York and funded his event hosting venture, Capital A Entertainment.[3]
Rastegar returned to Texas in 2015 and founded Rastegar Capital,[3] a private real estate investment firm headquartered in Austin. He is also the company's CEO.[1] (Rastegar Capital rebranded as Rastegar Equity Partners in 2018,[3] and later as Rastegar Property Company.[1]) By January 2017, Rastegar's firm had $500 million in assets under management,[3] with an early focus on the self storage industry.[4]
By 2020, the company had shifted to focus on multifamily properties,[5][6] often near cities important to the technology industry, like Raleigh, Nashville, Austin, and Phoenix.[7] Rastegar led planning to construct the world's tallest green wall|living wall, announced in April 2020 as part of a development at 1899 McKinney in Dallas.[8][2] In January 2021, Rastegar Property Company started a $200 million real estate investment trust, Rastegar Opportunity REIT, focused on vintage (roughly 30 years old) apartment complexes in Houston and the Sun Belt.[9][10] He invests across commercial real estate product types.[3]
Personal life
Rastegar is married to Kellie Rastegar, who is also co-founder[11] and creative director of Rastegar Property Company.[citation needed] He is passionate about personal health and identifies as a biohacker.[12] He takes up to 150 vitamins and supplements each day, sleeps on a temperature-regulated bed,[13] and routinely uses hyperbaric chambers and infrared light beds with the goal of maximizing his productivity.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Coen, Andrew (15 February 2021). "Ari Rastegar Talks Sun Belt Growth and Vintage Multifamily Potential". Commercial Observer. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vanderschoot, Kelsey (15 April 2020). "Dallas Will Soon Become Home to North America's Largest Living Wall". D Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Perez, Christine. "Why Ari Rastegar Thinks an Economic Downturn Is Looming". D Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ↑ Clark, Patrick (13 June 2017). "The Hottest Industry Right Now Is Storing All Your Stuff". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Kamin, Debra (17 November 2020). "As Occupancy Dwindles, College Dorms Go Beyond Students". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Edgemon, Erin (14 August 2019). "What to know about Ari Rastegar, who's on a real estate buying spree in Austin". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Shaver, Les (30 April 2021). "Renovation Return". National Apartment Association. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Weekes, Sue (15 April 2020). "Plans for North America's tallest living wall aim to improve local air quality in Dallas". Smart Cities World. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Feser, Katherine (26 January 2021). "Rastegar Property launches REIT targeting vintage apartments". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Coen, Andrew (20 January 2021). "New $200M Sun Belt REIT Targets Vintage Multifamily Apartments". Commercial Observer. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ "Kellie Rastegar gives back to Austin community". The Asian Age. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Shultz, Alex (27 August 2019). "The Biohacker Who Takes 150 Pills a Day". GQ. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Miles, J.D. (11 November 2019). "Texan Spending Fortune, Hours A Day Trying To Live To At Least 120 Years Old: 'I Am My Asset'". CBS 11. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ Hollern, Madeline (20 December 2019). "This Austin Man Takes Up to 150 Vitamins a Day". Austin Monthly Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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