Diegelman Capital Advisors

Diegelman Capital Advisors

New York-based Diegelman Capital Advisors was founded by David Diegelman, a veteran of the structured finance and real estate capital markets. The firm positions itself as a capital advisory and placement firm, not a direct asset manager — it raises equity and debt for real estate and infrastructure sponsors rather than deploying balance sheet capital. The firm targets what it calls 'hard-asset-based' strategies, including multifamily, industrial, hospitality, and energy infrastructure. Diegelman Capital Advisors works with developers and operators to source institutional-grade deals and packages them for family offices, endowments, and pension funds. It has completed capital raises for projects in major US markets and has selectively expanded into Canada. No named portfolio companies or specific deal sizes are publicly available. The team is lean. David Diegelman leads alongside managing directors Eric Johnsen and Marc Doherty, both of whom come from capital markets and real estate advisory backgrounds. The firm maintains a single New York office. No recent operational event — such as a closed fund or a public transaction — has been reported in the last 24 months. Diegelman Capital Advisors' structural differentiator is its non-discretionary, advisory-only model. It does not co-invest or manage permanent capital, which allows it to remain flexible across asset classes and avoid conflicts inherent in proprietary placement. That structure limits public data transparency but keeps the firm nimble for institutional allocators seeking off-the-shelf hard-asset exposure.