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ARES COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT LLC

C22
CRD 159050·SEC 801-72879·LOS ANGELES, CA
AUM
$32.48B
$1B+
Est. Revenue
$324.8M
@ 1% on AUM
Est. EBITDA
$97.4M
@ 30% margin
Est. Deal Value
$779.6M
@ 8× EBITDA

Identity

Registrations & legal identity

Legal name
ARES COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT LLC
CRD
159050
SEC file #
801-72879
EIN
352515548
DBA names
—

Economics

AUM
$32.48B
AUM band
$1B+
AUM trajectory
'20'26
$2.43B → $32.48B▲ +1239%
Client mix
Pooled Investment Vehicles10

Operations

Employees (total)
412
Advisory staff (per ADV)
245
Advisory staff (5-yr trend)
'20'26
25 advisors → 245 advisors▲ +880%
Primary office
LOS ANGELES CA
Branches
—

Custodian & Brokerage

Primary custodian
Shareholders Service Grouplow confidence
Services offered
Portfolio mgmt — pooled vehiclesPortfolio mgmt — businesses
Fee basis
% of AUMPerformance-based fees

Filings

Latest ADV filing
03/27/2026
ADV-W filed at
—
Website
arescre.com

Compliance

Disclosures (firm)
3
Trademark
—
Additional signalsExpand ▾

Ownership & succession ★

Who controls the firm + pre-computed succession flags

Top Owner Name
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC
Top Owner Pct
87.5
Top Owner Entity Kind
DE
Owner Count
7
Control Persons
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC
AROUGHETI, MICHAEL, J (MI ONLY)
Solo Advisor Indicator
No
Succession Risk Solo Owner
No
Is Parent Owned Subsidiary
Yes

Availability / M&A ★

Already-acquired = skip; deal comps

Adv W Filed
No

Web presence ★

Stale website = winding down

Web Signal Quality
ok
Rdap Domain
ARESCRE.COM
Rdap Domain Creation Date
2011-06-30T22:47:16Z
Rdap Firm Age Years
15
Rdap Firm Age Band
10-20y
Rdap Registrar
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Retirement-plan book (Form 5500) ★

401(k)/plan business — cross-sell value

Retirement Plan Book
No

SEC EDGAR

Edgar Cik
0001631369
Edgar Registered
Yes
Edgar Filing Count
1
Edgar First Filing Date
2015-01-29
Edgar Last Filing Date
2015-01-29
Edgar Form D Count
1
Edgar Form D Offerings
2015-01-292015-01-29 · 0001631369-15-000001

Compliance & brand

Firm Registration Status
active

All other collected signals (17)

Everything else we've pulled for this record, not yet curated into a section.

Adv W Recently Filed
No
Bc Firm Active Bc Count
0
Bc Firm Active IA Count
0
Bc Firm IAR Count
0
Custodian Candidates
Full
Shareholders Service Group22
Wells Fargo10
E*trade4
Fidelity1
Edgar Addresses
Mailing
C/O ARES COMM. REAL ESTATE MGMT. LLC2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOORLOS ANGELES, CA 90067
Business
C/O ARES COMM. REAL ESTATE MGMT. LLC2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOORLOS ANGELES, CA 90067
Edgar EIN
352515548
Edgar Recent Filings
D2015-01-29 · 0001631369-15-000001
Firm Has Custody
Yes
Mailing Office Differs
No
Rdap Domain Expiration Date
2026-06-30T22:47:16Z
Rdap Domain Last Changed
2025-12-08T06:55:15Z
Rdap Nameservers
Alan.ns.cloudflare.comFay.ns.cloudflare.com
Rdap Secure Dns Enabled
No
Rdap Status
Client Transfer ProhibitedServer Delete ProhibitedServer Transfer ProhibitedServer Update Prohibited
Top Owner CRD
130074
Trust Company Affiliate
Yes

People (7)

7
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC
Direct Owner · 87.5%
130074
AROUGHETI, MICHAEL, J (MI ONLY)
Executive Officer · 2.5%
2735734
GULATI, RICHA, M
Executive Officer · 2.5%
5502357
JACOBSON, BLAIR, V
Executive Officer · 2.5%
2590352
RESSLER, ANTONY, PETER
Executive Officer · 2.5%
1878120
Sagati Aghili, Naseem, Sera
Executive Officer · 2.5%
6916957
YOON, TAESIK
Executive Officer · 2.5%
1994263