Neal Bawa

Chief Executive Officer

Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $1 billion-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization. The Mad Scientist lives by two mantras. His first mantra is that, “We can only manage what we can measure”. His second mantra is that, “Data beats gut feel by a million miles“. These mantras and a dozen other disruptive beliefs drive profit for his 700+ investors.

Daniel Kaufman

VP of Development/Partner

Daniel Kaufman is the Managing Director of Elevation Development, where he leads the firm’s national platform focused on innovative housing solutions, with a specialty in multifamily, workforce, and build-to-rent communities. A veteran real estate developer with over 25 years of experience, Daniel has overseen more than $2 billion in development and construction activity across a wide range of asset types, including market-rate housing, affordable and mixed-income communities, hotels, and office properties.

In addition to his leadership at Elevation, Daniel is the founder and principal of the Kaufman Family Office, a multi-platform investment and development firm. He also serves as President of Kaufman Development and plays key leadership roles at Oldivai, an AI-enabled housing innovation platform; Mission10K, which focuses on delivering scalable workforce housing; and Grocapitus, a real estate investment platform with a national footprint.

Daniel’s expertise spans the full development lifecycle—from site selection and acquisition to land use planning, zoning strategy, entitlements, financial structuring, underwriting, and construction management. He has successfully developed over 4,000 residential units and brings a multidisciplinary approach rooted in architecture, capital markets, and public-private collaboration.
Daniel earned his degrees from the University of Vermont and the Boston Architectural College. He is widely recognized for advancing forward-thinking, high-impact development strategies that address today’s most pressing housing and community challenges.