Meet the Team

Eli Cohen
Managing Partner
- For more than 20 years, Mr. Cohen has been actively involved in commercial real estate acquisitions. Specializing in repositioning properties to their highest and best uses.
- Cohen has experience negotiating land entitlements for the purpose of selling at market value at completion as well as ground up developments with strategic partners.
- For the last two years Mr. Cohen has also completed more than $150,000,000 in multiple asset classed including hospitality and multifamily apartment communities.
- He is a licensed Real Estate Broker providing financing for residential and commercial properties in the state of California.

Shlomi Simantov
Managing Partner
- Simantov is a successful business operator and entrepreneur.
- He has over 18 years of investing experience including commercial and residential properties and specializes in value added projects.
- Simantov’s real estate investing background has included both property in California and Florida markets.
- Additionally, he has owned and operated assisted living facilities.
- Simantov investments have always considered strategic locations to maximize the best land use, and maximum profit potential.

Daniel Sadeh
Managing Partner
- Daniel Sadeh develops, sources, structures, and participates in conversions and direct investments since 1995.
- He has a vast international portfolio, that runs across a variety of sectors including residential, commercial, and industrial.
- Daniel founded several successful investment and real estate companies and is currently a part of several of their board of directors.
- Throughout the years, he became an investment and real estate business consultant, training many executives from all over the world.

Karin Gafter
Investment Relations Manager
- Karin Gafter is our Investment Relations Manager at Blue Ocean Equities.
- Karin leads the procedural execution of all transactions, overseeing, compliance and funding mechanisms.
- In addition to managing the accounting resources function in the company.
- With nearly 15 years of experience In executive business management, Karin is bringing a diverse established experience In strategic corporate operations, regulatory compliance and resource management.
- Prior to joining Blue Ocean Equities, Karin served in various senior management roles in the construction, accounting, and services industries.

Paul
Architect
- Paul brings 33 years of Architectural and Engineering experience.
- His academic background from California State University Fresno includes graduate studies in Urban and Regional Planning and Civil Engineering.
- Paul started his own Architectural firm with experience in designing a variety of educational, commercial, medical, municipal, industrial, and residential mixed use, and recently working with hotel conversions to multi-unit housing.
- In addition to architecture and planning Paul works with sustainability and LEED certification bringing outstanding results to our projects.

Jovani
Contractor
- Jovani has over 17 years in the construction industry.
- Early 2012 Jovani started and has grown his construction company to one of the larger companies serving Bakersfield, Kern and Los Angeles Counties.
- As a commercial contractor Jovani has performed many critical trades in house specializing in hotel renovations.
- He has extensive knowledge in HVAC, plumbing, structural, and all other components of a complete building assembly.