Sponsor Profile

Ares Management

Los Angeles, CA · Founded 1997 · aresmgmt.com · Reviewed July 2026

Ares Management is a roughly $596 billion global alternatives manager whose real estate ambitions in the wealth channel run through Ares Wealth Management Solutions, the distribution arm that brings DST and non-traded…

Assets Under Mgmt
$595.7B
Full-Cycle Deals
0
Year Founded
1997
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA

Overview

Ares Management is a roughly $596 billion global alternatives manager whose real estate ambitions in the wealth channel run through Ares Wealth Management Solutions, the distribution arm that brings DST and non-traded vehicles to advisors and their clients. The March 2025 acquisition of GCP International added some $45 billion in AUM and meaningfully deepened its real assets and industrial logistics footprint, complementing the Ares Industrial REIT. Credit remains the platform's dominant gravitational force, but the firm's insurance and separately-managed-account capital base gives its real estate offerings institutional ballast that few pure-play DST sponsors can match.

Key strategies & advantages

  • Manages roughly $596 billion with credit dominance, lending its real estate offerings institutional ballast.
  • Distributes DST/non-traded vehicles through Ares Wealth Management Solutions, a dedicated advisor channel.
  • Deepened logistics/real assets via the March 2025 GCP International acquisition (+~$45 billion AUM).
  • Operates the Ares Industrial REIT, giving exchangers institutional logistics exposure.
  • Draws on a large insurance and SMA capital base, supplying durable scaled capital across cycles.
These describe the sponsor’s approach and potential advantages only, and should be weighed against the risks common to DST investments — illiquidity, loss of principal, and no guaranteed distributions. Full risk factors are in each offering’s Private Placement Memorandum.

Track record

Baker 1031 does not yet have full-cycle, deal-by-deal results for Ares Management in its dataset. Aggregate figures above, where shown, are sponsor-reported and not independently verified. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Current offerings from this sponsor

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Sponsor figures are sponsor-reported and not independently verified; they may reflect selection and survivorship bias, and past performance does not guarantee future results. This profile is educational and is not investment advice or an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security. Offerings are available only to accredited investors and are made solely through the sponsor’s Private Placement Memorandum. Securities offered through Aurora Securities, member FINRA/SIPC. Real estate investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.

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