Warshaw Asset Management

Warshaw Asset Management

Warshaw Asset Management operates as a single-family office based in New York, with Ira Warshaw identified in public record as its principal. The entity was formed to steward private family capital through a multi-asset-class framework, though the specific industry source of the underlying wealth has not been publicly disclosed. The firm's footprint is concentrated in New York, with no additional offices recorded. The office allocates across three primary sleeves. In real estate, the firm provides senior and mezzanine debt, often originating floating-rate bridge loans collateralized by New York City multifamily and mixed-use properties — a strategy that originated $50 million in first-mortgage financing for a Queens multifamily portfolio in 2023 (per public record). On the equity side, the firm takes common and preferred positions in operating companies, with a preference for established small-capitalization businesses where it can negotiate governance rights. The third sleeve consists of allocations to external hedge fund managers, spanning long/short equity and event-driven strategies. Geographic concentration is domestic, focused on New York metro and adjacent Northeast markets. The firm has not published total AUM, headcount, or deployment figures. Public record shows no adjacent philanthropic foundation, club memberships, or operating subsidiaries operating under the Warshaw name. In 2024, the office extended a $12.9 million acquisition loan to a Brooklyn-based investor group acquiring a mixed-use property in Gowanus — typical of its real estate debt activity (per public record, 2024). What distinguishes the office structurally is its capacity to serve as a balance-sheet lender on transactions that institutional credit funds bypass for being too small, while simultaneously maintaining a dedicated hedge fund allocation program — a hybrid posture that pairs the origination discipline of a credit shop with the portfolio diversification logic of a single-family capital pool. This allows the office to earn illiquidity premiums on its loan book without committing the full pool to long-duration private assets.