Realquidity Wants To Expand The Playing Field For Commercial Real Estate Investing

Realquidity is putting a new twist on commercial real estate investing.

The Silicon Valley-based startup has launched an online marketplace for buying and selling fractional interests in commercial real estate (CRE). Described by its makers as a sort of NASDAQ for real estate, the platform makes buying and selling like investing in company stocks.

Shawn Silk and Harris Ross founded Realquidity. Silk, who acts as the company’s CEO, is a 15-year veteran in the commercial real estate industry as an attorney and advisor. Ross, who heads strategy and product, has spent nearly five years in the CRE industry as a strategic advisor and previously worked in...