Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Russ Allegrette is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Ocean West Capital Partners. Under Russ’ leadership, the firm has established a national footprint with investments in major markets across the US. While being national in scale, Ocean West takes a hands-on approach to investing and management through local offices in strategic markets. The firm invests with both domestic and international clients and is active in all facets of property ownership, including property management, asset management, construction management, and capital markets.
Mr. Allegrette has also led the firm into debt advisory services, with Ocean West completing complex restructuring, repositioning and recovery strategies on some of the largest and most complex real estate loans in the US. Ocean West’s unique position as a full-service operator and capital markets expert allows the firm to create holistic solutions that create value at multiple levels.
Before founding Ocean West, Mr. Allegrette was the President of Maguire Investments, where he was responsible for the oversight of a real estate portfolio consisting of office, retail, and hotel uses as well as operating companies in the aviation and natural gas industries.
Prior to joining Maguire Investments, Mr. Allegrette was a Managing Director at Eastdil Secured where he was responsible for debt placement and loan sales. In this capacity, Mr. Allegrette placed over $20 billion of commercial real estate debt, sold more than $3 billion of mortgage and mezzanine loans, and participated in a variety of M&A and recapitalization transactions.
Mr. Allegrette is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, receiving a Bachelor of Business Degree with a concentration in finance.