Jason Kaufman

Managing Principal

Jason Kaufman is Founder and Managing Principal of Warner Capital LLC, a real estate investor, developer, and advisor to institutions and family offices. As an advisor, Warner Capital customizes real estate strategies that solve long-term objectives by executing on that plan to own and optimize generational assets that account for cash flow needs, estate structure and wealth transfer plans, family dynamics, risk tolerance and investment horizon. 

Previously Jason was Managing Director, Head of Fund Management at Silverstein Properties, LLC and member of the Investment and Management Committees.  He co-founded Silverstein Capital Partners, was former head of the Opportunity Zone Fund and led national programmatic life science investments. He was responsible for acquisitions, capital markets and real estate development activities totaling over $10 billion across product types globally.  Prior to joining Silverstein, Jason was the Director of Acquisitions & Asset Management at Jadam Equities Ltd, a family office with $3 billion under management and also worked for Newmark Knight Frank in Financial Services underwriting leasing and investment sales transactions. He started his career at Pricewaterhouse Coopers as a real estate consultant for REITs and lenders of single-asset CMBS securitizations.   

Mr. Kaufman attended the Ross School at the University of Michigan and earned a BBA with a concentration in Real Estate Finance.  He subsequently earned a Certificate in Building Construction Technology from the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate and an Advanced Certificate in Housing, Urban Policy & Planning from the Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.   

Mr. Kaufman is actively involved in the Urban Land Institute as a leadership chairperson of the national Urban Development and Mixed-Use Council (Blue Flight) and former co-chair of the New York development council. He keeps close ties with his alma matter as a Board Member of the Ross Business School Real Estate Investment Fund and the Weiser Center for Real Estate.  Jason is a member of the Class of 2022 David Rockefeller Fellows Program and a former advisor within Greater NY.