Ballast Rock Press

Key stories and press releases elevating the Ballast Rock brand.

Press History

  • Ballast Rock Announces Launch of Sunbelt Multifamily Fund III

    May 7, 2024
    The latest Sunbelt fund will continue Ballast Rock Real Estate’s focus on workforce multifamily in the U.S. Southeast.

  • Ballast Rock Is 2023 Inc. 5000 Honoree

    No.1,145 on Inc. 5000’s List of Fastest Growing Private Companies

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  • Real Estate Alts Sponsor Adds Licensed Broker/Dealer

    June 20, 2023
    Ballast Rock Group’s Simon O’Shea shares insights on the launch of the firm's new SEC registered broker/dealer and why it felt the move was necessary.

  • Ballast Rock Launches Ballast Rock Capital

    May 30, 2023
    Ballast Rock Group has announced the formation of Ballast Rock Capital (BRC), a SEC-registered broker dealer.

  • Ballast Rock Group Announces Formation of Ballast Rock Capital, its SEC Registered Broker-Dealer

    May 25, 2023
    Establishing a broker-dealer is part of Ballast Rock’s continued evolution as a diversified investment management firm, focused on private-market opportunities for investors and advisors.

  • As the Market Corrects, Startups and VCs Must Prove Their Worth

    May 18, 2023
    From mass layoffs to rising interest rates, venture capital is entering a uniquely challenging environment. Yet, with crisis and chaos comes opportunity, and this type of economy is also ripe for innovation.

  • Ballast Rock Group CEO On Why Some Real Estate Is Riskier Than Others

    May 1, 2023
    Ballast Rock Group is an integrated investment management company. CEO Tom Carroll gives an overview of the company as it operates Ballast Rock Asset Management, Ballast Rock Private Wealth, and Ballast Rock Capital.

  • It's Time To Stop Painting Private-Market Investing With An ‘Alts' Brush

    Mar. 9, 2023
    It may seem like mere semantics, but the words used to describe any investment asset class outside of publicly trade stocks or bonds matter now more than ever before. In 2022, the publicly traded stocks and bonds that make up the standard 60/40 portfolio had one of their worst performances on record.

  • Ballast Rock lands South Carolina property

    Feb. 8, 2023
    After getting a discount, the apartment owner closed on the 132-unit Bentree Apartments.

  • Finding a loan will be more difficult in 2023

    Jan. 27, 2023
    The agencies remain in the game, but questions surround other debt sources.

  • Apartment sales volume drops 17% in 2022

    Jan. 20, 2023
    “Obviously, the Fed was hiking funds,” said Thomas Carroll, founder and CEO of Charleston, South Carolina-based owner and manager Ballast Rock Group. “At the same time, that was driving what’s going on in the long end of the market, which ultimately drives our cost of borrowing.”

  • Sunbelt Multifamily Fund II Makes Final Acquisition: Bentree Apartments

    Jan. 12, 2023
    Sunbelt Multifamily Fund II (SB2) has completed its final acquisition, Bentree Apartments. With the SB2 acquisition stage now fully completed and all investor capital deployed, Ballast Rock expects to launch Sunbelt Multifamily Fund III (SB3) shortly.

  • Ballast Rock Group Announces 2022 Year-End Performance of its Sunbelt Real Estate Funds

    January 05, 2023
    Ballast Rock Group anticipates launching its third Southeast-focused workforce multifamily fund in Q1 2023.

  • Ballast Rock Group Forms Ballast Rock Private Wealth to Provide Financial Advice to High-Net Worth Individuals with a Focus on Alternative Investments

    Nov. 28, 2022
    Ballast Rock Group will internally reorganize to create distinct asset management and broker-dealer divisions to support its private equity, real estate, and venture capital offerings.

  • Webcast Recording: Workforce Housing Proves Its Value

    Dec 31, 2021
    The pandemic underscored the strength and vitality of workforce housing, which all too often has been seen as a solid but unexceptional corner of the multifamily market. During the past year, suburban workforce housing assets outperformed Class A urban properties, with rents and occupancy maintaining pre-pandemic levels.

  • South Carolina Investment Group Bolsters Multifamily Portfolio With Latest Purchase in Alabama

    March 31, 2021
    Ballast Rock Capital, a Charleston, South Carolina-based investment group, continues to grow its multifamily portfolio with its latest purchase in Alabama. The firm purchased the 95-unit Coleman Place apartments in Anniston, Alabama, located at 2320 Coleman Road and sold for $7.25 million, or about $76,000 per unit, according to CoStar data.

  • Charleston-Based Investment Firm Buys Columbia Multifamily Property

    Feb. 25, 2021
    Charleston, South Carolina-based Ballast Rock Capital acquired the Gleneagle Apartments in Columbia, South Carolina, for $17.5 million, or approximately $78,125 per unit.

  • COVID-19 Recession Reconfirms Watermark Partners’ Focus on Workforce Housing

    Managing partner Thomas Carroll shares why he thinks this multifamily sector will be one of the most resilient in commercial real estate.

What people are saying

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