Jaeho Kwon

Real Estate Investment / Capital Markets

Jaeho
Kwon

Real estate investment and finance professional with experience executing transactions across office, logistics, multifamily, and residential assets in the U.S. and South Korea. His background spans investment underwriting, development and acquisition financing, capital structuring, and cross-border execution.

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Total Transaction Experience
$1.5B+Total Transaction Experience
Real Estate Transactions
$1B+Real Estate Transactions
Years Finance Experience
8Years Finance Experience
Core Markets
U.S. + KoreaCore Markets

Real Estate Investment · Development · Capital Markets · Cross-Border Transactions · Structured Finance

Case Studies

Selected Work

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Logistics · Culver City, Los Angeles

Culver City Last-Mile Logistics Mezzanine Financing

Mezzanine financing for a last-mile logistics facility in Culver City, Los Angeles, backed by a long-term lease to a global technology leader, involving cross-border credit analysis and multi-counterparty coordination.

IBK Securities · Mezzanine Financing
Financing Size

$93.0M

Office · Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Office Acquisition

Evaluated the investment structure and execution considerations for a forward-purchase equity investment in an office development.

Korea Asset Investment · Acquisition Financing
Investment Size

$163.6M

TransactionMarket / AssetFinancing StructureOrganizationSize
420 Kent Avenue Multifamily Mezzanine FinancingNew York, United States · MultifamilyMezzanine FinancingIBK Securities$90.0M
Gimpo Logistics Complex Development FinancingGimpo, South Korea · Logistics DevelopmentDevelopment FinancingKorea Asset Investment$109.1M
Hanam Residential Interim-Payment FinancingHanam, South Korea · Residential DevelopmentInterim-Payment FinancingICBC Korea$123.0M

Career

Experience

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2023 – 2025
Seoul, Korea

Senior Manager, Investment Division

Korea Asset Investment

Real estate investment and financing mandate for the investment division, spanning origination, underwriting, capital-stack structuring, and capital raising across logistics, residential, and office assets in the Korean market.
2019 – 2023
Seoul, Korea

Associate, Investment Banking Division

IBK Securities

Cross-border U.S. real estate financing for Korean institutional investors across office, logistics, and multifamily assets, complemented by structured-finance execution and ongoing securitization portfolio management.

Research

Current Focus

Current focus areas include real estate acquisition and development underwriting, capital-stack structuring, and technology-enabled investment analysis. This is an area of research and professional development.

Real Estate Investment & Development

  • Acquisition and development underwriting
  • Capital-stack structuring
  • Asset-level investment analysis
  • Office, logistics, residential, and mixed-use markets
  • Cross-border capital

Technology & Real Estate

  • AI-assisted underwriting
  • Investment analytics
  • Data-driven market analysis
  • Scenario and sensitivity analysis
  • Technology-enabled investment workflows

Engagement

Leadership

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2027

2027 Co-Lead

Korea Inter-MBA Mixer (KIMM)

Co-leading a cross-school initiative that brings together Korean MBA students from leading U.S. business schools for professional networking and community building.
2025–Present

Cabinet Member

Private Capital Club

Club programming and student engagement focused on private capital.
2025–Present

Cabinet Member

Real Estate Club

Industry programming and student engagement across real estate investing and development.
2025–Present

Cabinet Member

Blockchain/AI Club

Programming exploring the intersection of blockchain, AI, finance, and investing.
2014–2018

Founder

Global Start-up Alliance

Founded and led a student startup club during undergraduate study, including a Chromecast-based localized advertising solution that reached the finals of the 2014 Lion Cup startup competition.

Outside the Office

Beyond Work

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Cooking

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Golf

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Travel

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Freediving / Outdoors

Get in Touch

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Open to conversations with employers, collaborators, and academic and professional contacts across real estate investment, development, capital markets, and cross-border opportunities.

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