About Fortress
Fortress Investment Group LLC is a leading, highly diversified global investment manager. Founded in 1998, Fortress manages $54 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2025, on behalf of approximately 2,000 institutional clients and private investors worldwide across a range of credit and real estate, private equity and permanent capital investment strategies.
Fortress is experienced in private wealth solutions and has invested over $29 billion of real estate transactions.
Global Scale, Middle Market View
Our institutional approach to middle market opportunities seeks to provide a competitive advantage in sourcing, structuring, financing, and executing on investments
Data-centric
Processes
We believe we are tough-minded investors that value data over sentiment and mine our experience to glean proprietary insights
Differentiated Asset Management
With a dedicated asset management team integrated from diligence to realization, we maintain a relentless focus on downside protection while unlocking potential value appreciation
Robust & Transparent Reporting
Fortress’s institutional infrastructure has in-place systems and processes needed to deliver clear, reliable, and transparent reporting
Why Fortress RealEstate Exchange?
Fortress Real Estate Exchange seeks to offer investors a tax-advantaged way to exchange out of qualifying real estate property into commercially managed, high-quality real estate.
Investors have the potential to benefit from Fortress's institutional-quality real estate platform to maximize their real estate tax-deferral strategy - we bring more than two decades of real estate investing experience across sourcing, underwriting, and acquiring high-quality assets.
By offering interests in a Delaware statutory trust (DST) structured to comply with IRC Section 1031 and applicable tax law, investors can obtain fractional ownership in real estate that offers them the potential for asset diversification and access to institutional-quality properties.
Potential Benefits
Tax Advantages
Investors can exchange out of qualifying real property and into a tax-compliant DST to potentially defer taxes on gains while still taking depreciation
Estate Planning & Wealth Transfer
Tax-compliant DSTs can help streamline estate planning through fractional ownership shares of income-producing real estate holdings
Institutional Quality
Investors can exchange small properties into fractional ownership of large, institutional-grade properties sourced and managed by Fortress
No Units-Only UPREIT
If an UPREIT right were exercised, Fortress Real Estate Exchange will provide investors with a cash buyout option and potentially UPREIT-style units, giving investors a choice for their exit
Management Relief
Fortress oversight of real estate assets remove operational obligations for investors while remaining a real estate owner
Passive Income
Institutional-grade assets managed by Fortress seek to offer monthly passive income without the burdens of active ownership
Capital Appreciation
Maintain the ability to participate in potential real estate appreciation if property values increase over time
Asset Diversification
Tax-compliant DSTs offer investors an opportunity to exchange into one or more DSTs that may offer diversification across multiple properties through factional ownership
Leadership
Tim Sloan
Global Head of Real Estate
35+ Years of Experience
Joined Fortress in 2020
Eli Edwards
Head of Real Estate Equity, US
15+ Years of Experience
Joined Fortress in 2011
David Hammerman
COO, Real Estate Equity
14+ Years of Experience
Joined Fortress in 2018
News & Announcements
Press Release | March 16, 2026
Fortress Investment Group Launches New 1031 Real Estate Exchange Investment Platform
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A well-executed IRC Section 1031 Exchange offers significant wealth-building potential, but success hinges on deliberate preparation and understanding of applicable tax rules, underscoring the importance of choosing the right platform and real estate manager for both new and seasoned investors.
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