Bluerock Expands Distribution Team, Hires Tim Hughes, Jack Wood and Carla Martin

Bluerock Real Estate LLC, an investment management firm, has hired Tim Hughes and Jack Wood as co-heads of distribution to lead the company’s sales effort for its managing broker-dealer, Bluerock Capital Markets. Carla Martin has joined as a managing director in the company’s relationship management group.

Hughes and Wood will be responsible for accelerating sales growth and product offerings across the company’s line of private and public investment products, and will also be tasked with broadening and channelizing Bluerock’s distribution teams to support a growing base of independent broker-dealers and registered investment advisors.

Martin, as a managing director in Bluerock’s national accounts team, will share responsibility for growing the company’s broker-dealer partnership network nationwide and for raising awareness of the full scope of Bluerock’s offerings among leading institutions.

“Tim, Jack and Carla each come to us with extremely successful track records,” said Ramin Kamfar, Bluerock chief executive officer and founder. “Jack and Tim are natural mentors with a deep understanding of the financial services industry and a good pulse on regulatory changes, product innovations and the sales and marketing process. They have helped thousands of advisors achieve their investors’ financial objectives. Carla joins us with a tremendous reputation in the industry as well. For nearly 15 years she has built and maintained long-term relationships with some of the most respected broker-dealers in the industry.”

Bluerock develops products in the alternative investment space, offering a portfolio of institutional private equity real estate investments including the Total Income+ Real Estate Fund (TIPRX), and non-traded preferred offering for Bluerock Residential Growth REIT. Bluerock’s current portfolio consists of approximately 16 million square feet of multifamily, office, and retail properties with more than $2 billion of assets under management across the United States.

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