The Amherst Group has named David Schwarz as head of commercial real estate strategies. Schwarz will lead the expansion of Amherst’s commercial real estate (CRE) business by further developing the existing credit business and leveraging Amherst’s industry-leading expertise to launch new products and business segments across both real estate debt and equity. Additionally, he will manage the company’s open-end debt fund, Commercial Real Estate Senior Transitional Loan Fund LP.
Schwarz joins Amherst from Colony Capital (now DigitalBridge Group Inc.), most recently serving as managing director and head of Colony’s expansive hospitality platform. Earlier in his career, Schwarz served as a principal at Warburg Pincus and previously worked at the Carlyle Group.
