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Cia Buckley Marakovits

Cia Buckley Marakovits is President and Chief Investment Officer of Dune Real Estate Partners, where she manages the firm's investment activity, operating business, and strategy. Her career spans real estate finance, fund management, acquisitions, and asset management, including senior roles at JER Partners before she joined Dune. Dune describes her as having more than 36 years of experience across real estate investment cycles.

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Known For

  • Building a career across the full institutional investment chain: financing, acquisitions, asset management, fund leadership, and firm strategy.
  • Leading Dune's investment activity and operating business as its President and CIO.
  • Serving as a director of Kilroy Realty and on the Pension Real Estate Association board, connecting private investment leadership with listed-company and industry governance.

Career

Buckley Marakovits began her career in 1988 in the real estate finance group at Bankers Trust. She joined JER Partners in 1997 and held roles there that included CFO, head of asset management, head of acquisitions, and president of its U.S. fund business. At Dune, she is responsible for investment performance and operations and helps set firm strategy. Her board and advisory work includes Kilroy Realty, the Pension Real Estate Association, the Urban Land Institute, and Columbia Business School's real estate program. Dune's profile describes her experience in institutional real estate investing across multiple market cycles, but does not disclose a personal deal attribution or a single performance record for her tenure.

Investment Context

Dune says it targets high-yield real estate investments, primarily in the United States, and focuses on opportunities created by capital-market dislocation. That strategy makes her CIO remit relevant to acquisitions as well as operating-company oversight. The investment thesis is the firm's stated approach, rather than a claim that every Dune investment was originated by Buckley Marakovits.

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  • Investor People Hub
  • National Investor Benchmarks Hub
  • Dune Real Estate Partners
  • Daniel Neidich

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