Key Takeaways
- • Sightbridge Capital Partners, LLC, an institutional real estate investment platform headquartered in Santa Monica, California, announced its public launch with a focus on structuring, sponsoring, and distributing tax-advantaged real estate programs for the U.S. private wealth management channel.
- • The firm's initial focus is 1031 Delaware statutory trust (DST) programs, with qualified opportunity zone strategies expected to follow.
- • Founder and CEO Jay Frank, who co-founded Cantor Fitzgerald's asset management business in 2015, is joined by partner and COO Steve Rokoszewski and partner and managing director of real estate Kamil Poltorak.
- • The founding team cites more than 60 years of combined institutional experience, more than $50 billion in real estate transaction involvement, and more than 100 investment programs structured, distributed, or serviced.
Summary
Sightbridge Capital Partners, LLC ("Sightbridge") announced its public launch on June 3, 2026, positioning itself as an institutional real estate investment platform for the U.S. private wealth management channel. According to the company's Business Wire release, the firm structures, sponsors, and distributes tax-advantaged real estate programs in partnership with established real estate operators. The platform's stated objective is to bring institutional standards of structuring rigor, alignment of interests, transparency, and tech-enabled operations to wealth channel investors.
The firm's initial product focus is 1031 Delaware statutory trust (DST) programs, with qualified opportunity zone strategies expected to follow. Sightbridge's principals collectively report more than 60 years of institutional experience, involvement in more than $50 billion of real estate transactions, and the structuring, distribution, and servicing of more than 100 investment programs for institutional and private wealth clients.
Jay Frank, the founder and CEO, has more than 20 years in private markets spanning DST, REIT, opportunity zone, infrastructure, energy, credit, and digital asset programs. He co-founded the asset management business at Cantor Fitzgerald in 2015, where he served as president, COO, and head of distribution. The release states that real asset programs under his leadership grew organically to over $8 billion in transaction volume, including more than $6 billion across tax-advantaged real estate strategies.
Steve Rokoszewski, partner and COO, brings 28 years in financial services, private markets distribution, and operations. He founded Anchor Advisory Services in 2015, which Praxis Solutions acquired in 2024; he then served as president of Praxis Distribution Partners, a tech-enabled distribution platform serving asset managers in the wealth channel.
Kamil Poltorak, partner and managing director of real estate, has 13 years in institutional financial services with approximately $4 billion in transaction experience. Previously a vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management, he helped structure and launch more than 40 offerings across DST 1031 and 721 programs, opportunity zone funds, REITs, and institutional real estate strategies. He also held finance and risk roles at Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan.
The release notes that it is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security, and that it is not tax, legal, accounting, or investment advice.
The firm's initial product focus is 1031 Delaware statutory trust (DST) programs, with qualified opportunity zone strategies expected to follow. Sightbridge's principals collectively report more than 60 years of institutional experience, involvement in more than $50 billion of real estate transactions, and the structuring, distribution, and servicing of more than 100 investment programs for institutional and private wealth clients.
Jay Frank, the founder and CEO, has more than 20 years in private markets spanning DST, REIT, opportunity zone, infrastructure, energy, credit, and digital asset programs. He co-founded the asset management business at Cantor Fitzgerald in 2015, where he served as president, COO, and head of distribution. The release states that real asset programs under his leadership grew organically to over $8 billion in transaction volume, including more than $6 billion across tax-advantaged real estate strategies.
Steve Rokoszewski, partner and COO, brings 28 years in financial services, private markets distribution, and operations. He founded Anchor Advisory Services in 2015, which Praxis Solutions acquired in 2024; he then served as president of Praxis Distribution Partners, a tech-enabled distribution platform serving asset managers in the wealth channel.
Kamil Poltorak, partner and managing director of real estate, has 13 years in institutional financial services with approximately $4 billion in transaction experience. Previously a vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management, he helped structure and launch more than 40 offerings across DST 1031 and 721 programs, opportunity zone funds, REITs, and institutional real estate strategies. He also held finance and risk roles at Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan.
The release notes that it is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security, and that it is not tax, legal, accounting, or investment advice.
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