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Silverman Group
Silverman Group, the family office led by John Silverman, focuses on direct industrial real estate investments in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Silverman Group
Silverman Group functions as the single-family office and operating platform for John Silverman, with roots in the Basking Ridge, New Jersey area. While the office's founding date is not publicly documented, its investment activity has centered on acquiring and developing industrial properties, primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, for at least two decades. Silverman himself leads asset selection and strategic direction with a lean team that prioritizes direct ownership over third-party fund management. The firm's strategy concentrates on value-add and core-plus industrial real estate, spanning warehouse, distribution, and light manufacturing facilities. Its approach covers acquisition of existing income-producing assets, ground-up development of Class A logistics centers, and repositioning of older industrial stock for modern e-commerce tenants. Geographically, the portfolio extends across New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and into the Carolinas, with a particular emphasis on infill locations near major transportation corridors such as the New Jersey Turnpike and I-95. The group typically avoids office, retail, and multifamily, maintaining a pure-play focus on industrial product. Silverman Group operates with a deliberately low profile. It does not publicly disclose assets under management or total portfolio square footage, and does not maintain a marketing presence on LinkedIn or a public-facing website detailing its holdings. Its Basking Ridge headquarters reflects the founder's preference for operating outside the institutional spotlight. In September 2024, the firm expanded its footprint through the acquisition of a 500,000-square-foot distribution center in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, continuing a multi-year pattern of acquiring modern bulk logistics assets in supply-constrained Northeast submarkets (per public record, 2024). The structural differentiator of Silverman Group is its alignment structure. As a family office rather than a commingled fund, it holds assets indefinitely without fixed disposition timelines, enabling it to operate with patient capital. This allows Silverman to take on complex assemblage and entitlement risk that time-bound fund structures cannot, while competing selectively against institutional buyers who require scale premiums. Succession is managed tightly, with John Silverman remaining the central decision-maker and no publicly disclosed transition plan.
General information
Firm type
Single Family Office
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Basking Ridge
Corporate office
Basking Ridge, NJ, United States
Principals
John Silverman
President
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who makes investment decisions at Silverman Group?
John Silverman, the firm's president, directs acquisitions, development, and asset strategy. The office operates with a flat structure where Silverman personally approves all major capital allocations. This centralized model ensures rapid decision-making on off-market transactions without the committee delays typical of institutional investment firms.
How does Silverman Group source deals?
The group relies on long-standing broker relationships in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Mid-Atlantic industrial markets, combined with a reputation as a non-institutional buyer that can close quickly. Because it does not require investment committee sign-offs or equity partner approvals, sellers frequently route off-market opportunities to Silverman for speed and certainty of execution.
Is Silverman Group a fund or a family office?
Silverman Group is a single family office. It does not raise third-party capital, nor does it operate as a commingled fund. All investment capital comes from the Silverman family, which means the office can hold assets indefinitely and structure deals in ways that are not always feasible for fund managers with fixed hold periods.
What property types does Silverman Group focus on?
The firm concentrates exclusively on industrial real estate: warehouse, distribution, logistics, and light manufacturing. It explicitly avoids office, retail, and multifamily assets. The portfolio emphasizes infill locations with strong access to port, highway, and rail infrastructure in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Where is Silverman Group geographically active?
The primary footprint covers New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, with additional holdings in the Carolinas. The group favors supply-constrained markets dominated by large institutional owners, where its ability to acquire medium-sized assets — often 100,000 to 500,000 square feet — faces less direct competition from REITs and global fund managers.
Does Silverman Group develop properties or only acquire existing ones?
The office does both. It develops ground-up Class A logistics centers in select Northeast submarkets, and it acquires and repositions older industrial buildings for modern tenants. Recent activity, including the September 2024 acquisition of a 500,000-square-foot Lehigh Valley distribution center, shows a willingness to buy completed assets when they fit the portfolio.
How does Silverman Group's structure affect its investment timeline?
Because the capital is family money with no external redemption pressure, the group operates with permanent capital. It can hold properties through market cycles without being forced to sell into a down market to return capital to investors. This patient-capital posture allows Silverman to take on lease-up, redevelopment, and entitlement projects that require multi-year horizons.
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