About Us

Balzebre Investments is led by Robert Balzebre.

Robert Balzebre

Principal

Robert Balzebre is a Miami-based hotelier. He owns the Surfcomber, a Kimpton Hotel, in South Beach. A four star oceanfront boutique hotel. The hotel is consistently rated in the top 10 on Tripadvisor out of all hotels in Miami Beach. The hotel is a top performer among the brand of all Kimpton hotels.

After graduating from law school in 1992 and practicing four years of real estate law, Robert began to transition from law into real estate development. He began by acquiring historic art deco apartment buildings in Miami's South Beach. He performed total and complete renovations of each building and converted them to condominiums for sale. Robert successfully completed six different projects on South Beach including The Arcadia, The Maritime, and The Santana. Robert eventually acquired the Surfcomber Hotel on Collins Avenue and performed a full scale renovation and rebranding of the property into the current four star Kimpton boutique property.

At the same time, Robert started to take on a role in his family's development business. He began to reposition aging properties in the portfolio. Robert obtained increased entitlement rights, performed full scale renovations, put in place new management at each property. The efforts produced higher returns and ultimately added value to each property.

Ali Baheri

Principal

Ali Baheri joined Balzebre Investments in 2010 and is a principal and partner.

Ali has successfully developed and structured numerous projects from ground-up developments to existing assets across Europe, Middle East, and North America.

Ali has broad and comprehensive knowledge of all matters related to real estate investments and new-business development and is in charge of identifying prospects and driving business growth.

His hospitality experience ranges from transactions and investment to operations of high-end full-service and boutique hotels. Amongst Ali's role in the hospitality industry, he was the Managing Director for MK Hotels in both the Middle East and the United States and has held numerous operations positions for international hotel brands such as Swiss Hotel and Hyatt Corporation.

Ali grew up in France and Switzerland and is fluent in French and Farsi. As a result of his deep understanding of cultures, Ali spearheads investor relations at Balzebre Investments.

Ali earned his BS from the University of San Francisco and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

Josh Wright

Josh Wright joined Balzebre Investments in 2011 and is currently the Director of Hospitality. Josh has 15 years of experience in hospitality real estate valuation, development and advisory and is responsible for hospitality investments, development and asset management at Balzebre Investments.

Josh has been involved in numerous projects from new developments to existing hotel assets for brands such as Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Starwood, and Kimpton.

Prior to joining Balzebre Investments, he was the vice president at MK Hotels, a hotel real estate brokerage firm, where he was involved in transactions totaling more than $300 million as well as managed a team of analysts throughout the United States.

Josh grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee before attending Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and earned his degree from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration.

Matt Wilson

Matt Wilson joined Balzebre Investments in 2017 and is currently an Associate with the Firm. His previous experience includes working for Skanska USA as a Project Accountant for the Jackson Hospital Miami Dade Projects.

Matt grew up in Augusta, Georgia before attending the University of Hawaii where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting while maintaining a full scholarship as a student athlete. Upon graduation he did a tax internship with MC Group Hawaii before relocating back to the mainland.