RE-VISIONING A NEW FUTURE
The REvision Group is expanding its platform with three powerful new verticals — each designed to deliver real advantages for developers, investors, and high-net-worth individuals navigating today’s complex financial landscape.
1. Large-Scale Capital for Elite Developers
Through a new partnership in Israel, The REvision Group — via Michael Friedman’s role as Executive Vice President at Silverroad Capital — now provides $150 million to $1 billion in structured bond financing for qualified, best-in-class development companies.
2. Creative Tax Strategy
We help high-net-worth individuals and companies leverage creative tax strategies that offset ordinary income and capital gains while generating meaningful net benefits.
3. Fully Liquid Alternative Investments
Through multiple proven strategies, The REvision Group helps investors access fully liquid alternative investment options that consistently deliver above-average returns compared to traditional markets.
At The REvision Group, we are laser-focused on identifying and vetting “best in class” real estate sponsors and capital partners. While utilizing our deep industry knowledge, we provide strategic guidance in the joint venture/advisory process. As a performance-based service; The REvision Group aligns our firms’ interests with both capital sources as well as sponsors. This unique dynamic helps to create world-class partnerships, where all stakeholders benefit.
With 28 years of experience in raising capital, The REvision Group acts as a guide to help connect investors to new deals as well as businesses to capital sources. We spend time with capital partners in order to understand their criteria while doing proper financial due diligence on their deal flow. Combining our unique skill-set with our broad network of investors, The REvision Group will continue to develop strong connections from both sides.
We understand what is needed for Sponsors/Developers to prepare, so they can enhance their probability to attract attention and eventually raise the capital they need:
Read The REvision Group’s 22 Point Checklist and Strategic Vetting Program that is used for vetting and decisions on Sponsor engagement.
The REvision Group’s history of successfully brokering deals speaks for itself. Our long-term, strong relationships with large PE funds and family offices, along with a database of over 300 private wealthy individuals, have allowed The REvision Group to accelerate the connection process for those seeking funding.
Our clients expect our group to provide advice that will enhance their ability to attract funding that they need to grow. Our advisory team helps with preparing offer memorandums and decks that are of institutional quality. We will guide the sponsors on what needs to be prepared in order to get the attention of the family offices.
Michael Friedman's Journey: How a Relationship-Driven Leader Built a Career on Adaptability and Long-Term Vision
Some careers follow a straight line. Michael Friedman’s follows a philosophy.
Over decades and across industries, Friedman has built a professional identity that defies easy categorization — and that’s exactly the point. What connects every chapter of his career isn’t a job title or a sector. It’s a consistent commitment to relationships, reputation, and long-term thinking.
It started on the basketball court. Friedman spent a decade coaching, developing the communication skills, emotional intelligence, and trust-building instincts that would quietly underpin everything that came after. From there, he stepped into entrepreneurship, building and expanding restaurant concepts through investor relationships and community engagement — learning firsthand how capital is raised, how credibility is earned, and how quickly it can be lost.
Real estate came next, and with it, a deeper immersion into high-net-worth capital, family office strategy, and private equity. Friedman worked across development, sales strategy, and capital formation, learning from seasoned industry veterans and taking on roles that put him closer to the decision-makers who move markets.
Those cumulative experiences became the foundation for The REvision Group, the firm Friedman founded and leads as CEO. Operating within alternative investment structures — particularly those involving LP and GP capital relationships — the firm is built around the principles Friedman has spent a career refining: transparency, alignment, and the kind of trust that only comes from doing the work over time.
DEAL PORTFOLIO
$325 M
Michael has helped raise $327 Million for the purchase of Key Tower / Key Center, by PS 127. A combination of senior and Mezz Debt with a raising of common equity.
$68 M
Michael Friedman raised $64 M from 54 individual investors and family offices. These funds were used to invest in the Private Enhancement Credit Fund and The Graduate Hotel.
$47 M
The REvision Group raised $47 million in equity and $100 million in debt in 2016 to help Millenia Housing acquire 6000 multi-family unit in 13 states.
$40 M
We helped raise equity for Montesoro/Borrego Spring Resort in 2009. This led to the expansion and total renovation of the Borrego Spring Hotel.
$34 M
We engaged Nuveen to co-invest with Millennia Housing to recap a current equity partner. Our strong relationship with their team helped navigate a complicated $34 M recapitalization.
$30 M
We are helping to raise capital for Phoenix Reality INC. They are seeking these funds to complete the improvements on a 260 +/- acre land parcel in Charlotte, NC.
$21 M
We identified Willton, a NYC capital management group, that acquired a majority membership interest in a LIHTC portfolio from a leading national owner-operator of Section 8 affordable housing.
$22 M
We partnered with developer, Significan, LLC. to acquire 6 assets in Ohio, called the Shaker 6. Pembrook Capital Partners invested $18.5 M of debt and the remaining Equity was raised by the General Partners.
$19 M
We worked with The Feinberg Companies to acquire land at Hunter’s Run and Watford City, North Dakota. The total amount invested in the project reached $12 million.
$16.5 M
With our Programmatic Sponsor, Pepper Pike Capital, in the Jan of 2021, sourced out LP equity from a NY Crowd funding company for a 2 million dollar raise for the acquisition of 94 units in Plymouth Michigan.
$15 M
We helped raise $15 million in joint venture equity in a $53 million deal, which covers both acquisition and renovation of the The Statler Arms Apartments in Cleveland, Ohio.
$12 M
The REvision Group put together a joint venture deal between the Roers Group from Minnesota and TPG/Wildcat Group Dallas/NYC for commercial land.
$12 M
The REvision Group helped secure $12 M in equity for the purchase of a The Belden Village Mall in Akron Ohio, owned by DDR.
$11 M
We raised 11 Million dollars of LP Equity for the Banyan Investment Group for the new acquisition of the Gale Hotel located in Ft. Lauderdale. It’s being converted to a Kimpton Hotel to open in 2021.
$7.8 M
The REvision Group put together a 7.8 million dollar raise for a deal in Murfreesboro, Tenn with Fairway America and Sky Deck LLC/Polsky Properties for an industrial acquisition.
$5 M
In 2005, we raised funds from 43 investors for resort residential investments in the SE United States. The investors saw 8% returns and the fund closed just two years later.
$2.6 M
We Raised 2.6 million dollars for the land acquisition for the Grand Bakken Lodge. This was a cabin style development for the influx of workers situated in Watford City, ND.
$1.5 M
In 1989, we raised $275,000 for Captain Tony’s Pizza and Pasta Emporium. We went on to raise an additional 1.5 million dollars over 8 years, resulting in an 8% preferred return, and a 26% IRR.
$4.5 M
Ansonia Properties of Chicago and Skydeck Holdings of Chicago are excited and proud to finalize this deal. The transaction involves a 137-unit value-add property located in Arlington, Texas.
THE REVISION GROUP
Michael Friedman
Stephanie Baldini
Eric Nova
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