Private Equity
Minority and fund investments in established businesses with strong management teams and identifiable growth levers.
- Lower-middle-market platforms
- Growth and expansion capital
- Sector-focused funds
New York Family Office
Long-term capital.
Thoughtful partnerships.
LG East Partners invests selectively across real estate, private equity, and venture capital while advising family offices and ultra-high-net-worth investors on complex opportunities.
Our Approach
Patient, relationship-driven capital.
We take a disciplined, flexible approach to investing. Our mandate is intentionally broad, but our standards are focused: aligned partners, durable value creation, prudent downside protection, and clear paths to execution.
We invest primarily as a passive capital partner and support select sponsors and principals with strategic advice, transaction insight, and access to a highly relevant network.
Investment Focus
Where we invest
Real Estate
Passive equity, co-investments, structured capital, and select special situations across major U.S. markets.
- Multifamily and mixed-use
- Adaptive reuse and redevelopment
- Hospitality and special situations
Venture Capital
Selective exposure to differentiated founders and technologies with meaningful commercial applications.
- Enterprise technology
- Built environment innovation
- Emerging consumer platforms
Advisory
Trusted advice for families navigating complex decisions.
LG East Partners advises family offices and ultra-high-net-worth investors on direct investments, real estate transactions, sponsor diligence, capital structuring, and strategic partnerships.
Discuss an opportunity →01
Opportunity screening and underwriting review
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Real estate development and adaptive reuse strategy
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Capital stack and joint venture structuring
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Sponsor diligence and transaction execution
Leadership
Ray Gu
Partner
Ray Gu is a real estate investment and development executive with experience spanning institutional acquisitions, complex redevelopment, capital structuring, and family-office advisory.
Ray also co-founded ANR Partners, a New York-based investment and development platform focused on multifamily, adaptive reuse developments, and owner advisory assignments. At ANR, he has worked on office-to-residential conversions, hospitality projects, mixed-use redevelopment, underwriting, capital formation, and joint venture structuring.
Previously, Ray served as Director of Real Estate Development at Dajia US, formerly Anbang, where he managed acquisitions of U.S. portfolio exceeding $10 billion (including Waldorf Astoria and JW Marriott Essex House in NY, and Four Season in DC, ect.) , and over $4 billion of development initiatives. His work included the transformation of the Waldorf Astoria New York, into a reimagined 375-key luxury hotel and 372-residence condominium development—one of the most complex adaptive reuse projects in the country.
Ray holds an MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.
Contact
Let’s discuss your next opportunity.
For investment opportunities, co-investments, or advisory engagements, contact Ray directly or send a message through the form.
Ray Gu
Partner
LG East Partners
350 Fifth Ave, Ste 4820
New York, NY 10118