Alex Samoylovich
Chief Executive Officer
Cedar Street

Alex Samoylovich is the founding partner, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Street Companies. Over the past ten years, Mr. Samoylovich has sourced, invested in and managed in excess of hundreds of transactions and has been instrumental in the acquisition and disposition of real estate with a value in excess of $500mm.

Utilizing a “fully integrated real estate developer” (IRED) approach, Mr. Samoylovich and his partners have seamlessly interwoven acquisition, construction, finance, management, and marketing under one company. In the past 5 years, Cedar Street is considered one of the most active acquirers of distressed assets in the greater Chicago area.

Under Mr. Samoylovich’s leadership, the company has carved out a niche strategy for the adaptive reuse of underperforming assets through bankruptcies, foreclosure, note purchases, and other distressed situations in the Chicago area; covering a span of product types from multifamily, office, mixed-use, and hospitality. Mr. Samoylovich has cemented a well-earned reputation as a tenacious deal maker capable of closing the most complex and demanding real estate transactions and returning superior risk adjusted returns to his investors.

Prior to entering real estate, Mr. Samoylovich was an accomplished equity and options trader. During this time, Mr. Samoylovich developed a keen understanding of market psychology and timing which he forayed into a successful “short” strategy in residential real estate just prior to the recession. Mr. Samoylovich holds a BA in Business from DePaul University and is currently a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).