Fifteen years of direct acquisition, development, and asset management across Los Angeles and New York — combined with deep capital markets expertise, a proprietary deal network, and a track record of institutional-grade execution across every phase of the market cycle.
Aaron Torbati founded Maple Equity to institutionalize what he spent 15 years building: a disciplined, operator-first approach to real estate investment that bridges the gap between deep market knowledge and institutional financial rigor. His background is uncommon in private equity — equal parts active operator and sophisticated capital allocator — and that duality defines Maple Equity's competitive positioning.
As President of Real Estate at a Beverly Hills family office, Aaron directed the full acquisition, development, and asset management lifecycle across a diverse portfolio of multifamily, commercial, and retail assets in Los Angeles and New York. He held responsibility for both operational performance and long-term portfolio strategy, overseeing a platform that grew to over $150M in asset value under his direct management.
Aaron's command of the full investment lifecycle — proprietary deal sourcing, rigorous underwriting, capital structure optimization, regulatory navigation, and exit execution — is the product of 15 years of active market participation, not advisory work. He has executed complex value-add repositions, structured and negotiated ground lease and retail transactions, raised and administered LP syndications, and managed a portfolio through multiple market cycles, including the most restrictive regulatory environment in the country.
Maple Equity is the institutional expression of that track record — built with Aaron's own capital, structured for long-term independence, and governed by the same exacting standard of execution he has applied to every transaction in his career.
We run a concentrated, high-conviction portfolio. Every position is deliberate — sourced through relationships, stress-tested against conservative assumptions, and sized for meaningful impact. We do not pursue volume for the sake of diversification.
Most capital allocators in real estate are financiers who hire operators. We are operators who allocate capital. That distinction matters at every stage — in how we underwrite, how we manage, and how we recover when things don't go to plan. We have managed through expansion cycles, contractions, regulatory shifts, and market dislocations. The result is a platform built on genuine operating depth.
We structure every investment with a long-duration mandate. There is no pressure to transact, no fee-driven incentive to recycle capital, and no arbitrary timeline forcing a disposition before a position has matured. We acquire in markets we know deeply and intend to remain in. Holding is not a default — it is a deliberate expression of conviction in what we own.