NEW YORK--()--Island Capital Group LLC (“Island Capital”), a leading international real estate merchant bank that controls a diverse group of real estate services companies engaged in fund management, principal investment and financial advisory and consulting services, today announced that Melissa Iorio has joined the firm as an Executive Managing Director. Ms. Iorio will be responsible for institutional capital raising and will be based in the firm’s New York City office.

Ms. Iorio brings nearly two decades of investor relations and capital formation experience and expertise to Island Capital. She most recently served as Head of Investor Relations at Cohen & Steers, where she helped build the firm’s private real estate business. As part of her role, Ms. Iorio was responsible for cultivating relationships with Cohen & Steers’ existing and prospective institutional investors, including consultants, pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices and insurance companies, while serving as a product specialist for all private real estate initiatives at Cohen & Steers. Before Cohen & Steers, Ms. Iorio spent over eight years at DigitalBridge, formerly known as Colony Capital, where she was a Managing Director responsible for capital formation. Earlier in her career, she held senior investor relations, sales and distribution roles at Barington Capital, Eaton Partners, FirstMark Capital and CRT Capital.

Andrew L. Farkas, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Island Capital, said, “I am pleased to welcome Melissa to our team as we seek to further expand our outreach and engagement with the institutional investment community. She is an accomplished executive with extensive experience and expertise spanning investor relations, distribution and capital formation. I am confident that Melissa will be a great fit for our firm as we look to strategically scale our investor base.”

“Island Capital possesses a strong reputation and a long-standing track record as an industry leader in distressed and value-focused real estate investing,” said Ms. Iorio. “I am excited for the opportunity to partner with Island Capital’s committed leadership team to serve the firm’s current investors and establish new relationships across the globe.”

About Island Capital

Island Capital Group LLC is a merchant bank with synergistic investing and advisory platforms specializing in real estate transactions. The company provides turnaround, restructuring, capital raising and other advisory services, with over 30 years of expertise in creating value across more than $250 billion of transactions. Island Capital has a diverse platform of commercial real estate services, from fund management to financial advisory and consulting. The platform includes C-III Capital Partners LLC, NAI Global and Anubis Securities. The company is led by Andrew Farkas as CEO and is headquartered in New York, NY. For more information about Island Capital, please visit www.islandcapital.com.