Delivering a best-in-class private equity real estate experience while adding value in the cities and communities where we work and live.
Eric Ruehle
Eric Ruehle is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of West Harbor Capital. In this capacity, he is focused on growing the firm’s presence and reputation as one of Southern California’s leading real estate private equity firms.
Prior to founding West Harbor, Eric was a Senior Vice President at Sitex Group, a national industrial real estate private equity firm where he led the firm's expansion and growth in Southern California. His depth of experience also includes key roles at CenterPoint Properties, First Industrial Realty Trust and AEW Capital Management. Eric has led the acquisition and disposition of over $1 billion of industrial properties throughout Southern California.
Eric serves on the board of directors for Sharefest, a San Pedro-based non-profit that is focused on empowering under-served youth to transform their future and become leaders of collaborative community change. He is also actively involved on a local and national level with NAIOP. Eric received his bachelor degree in Finance from Arizona State University and resides in Palos Verdes Estates with his wife and three children.
Along with his commitment to building West Harbor Capital, Eric enjoys amusing his kids, spending time outdoors and traveling.
Adam Deierling
Adam Deierling is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of West Harbor Capital. In this role he is focused on strategic acquisitions, reposition strategies and ensuring operational excellence across West Harbor’s portfolio.
Prior to founding West Harbor, Adam was a Vice President at Black Creek Group, a public non-traded REIT (Now ARES). During that time, he was responsible for the West Region asset management division as well as sourcing acquisition opportunities. During his tenure, Adam leased and managed more than 41 million square feet for Black Creek Group's two industrial funds (Industrial Income Trust and Industrial Property Trust). His career started in brokerage where he spent 12-years as a Los Angeles-based industrial broker with both CBRE and Colliers International.
Adam is founding partner of the Foundation for Learning, Athletics, and Growth (FLAG), a non-profit based in Southern California, dedicated to the betterment of inner-city communities and military families through education, athletics, and community involvement. Alongside his founding partner and board members, he has grown FLAG into an annual six figure donor to the charities that the foundation supports.
His industry commitment includes over 10-years each in board roles with SIOR Los Angeles and AIR-CRE.
Adam holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California Santa Barbara as well as a Global Logistics Specialist designation from California State University, Long Beach.
An avid athlete, Adam has pursued a multitude of endurance sports such as marathons, triathlons, century bike rides, and paddleboard races as well as hiking, fishing any body of water and exploring the outdoors. He also enjoys surfing, skiing, and volleyball and is a resident of Torrance, with his wife and three children.
Nick Weisnicht
Nick Weisnicht is a partner with West Harbor Capital where he is focused on furthering the firm’s capabilities as an industrial real estate operator, specifically through its capital markets strategies, sourcing, and execution.
Prior to joining West Harbor, Nick was a Senior Vice President at Sitex Group where he was responsible for industrial real estate investments located in New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, and Los Angeles. His experience includes industrial real estate transactions valued at more than $1 billion. Nick executed investments through programmatic joint ventures, various discretionary private capital funds and one-off syndications.
Nick received two undergraduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin School of Business. He is committed to serving his alma mater through its Real Estate Alumni Association Student Mentorship Program where he assists undergraduates in the pursuit of their educational and professional goals. Nick and his family also lend their support to various breast cancer foundations for the advancement of breast cancer treatment and research.
In addition to his passion for real estate, Nick and his family are proud shareholders of the Green Bay Packers while Nick enjoys sports, traveling, the outdoors and experiencing the wild ride of life with his wife and two daughters.
