Chicago’s Uncommon Capital Group appointed Danny Dlugie as vice president to further strengthen the firm’s institutional-grade expertise in sourcing and evaluating opportunities for its private investor community.
Dlugie comes to Uncommon with significant experience from GCM Grosvenor, where he sourced private offerings and executed investments for the $80 billion asset manager serving a diverse institutional client base that included pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds.
Founded in 2020 by Ben Harris, Uncommon Capital Group is a premier real estate investment platform that connects an exclusive community of family offices, registered investment advisors and high-net-worth individuals with top-tier real estate managers across the United States, granting access to highly curated real estate opportunities previously unavailable to private investors. With a client base representing tens of billions of dollars in investable assets, Uncommon has successfully helped its private investors allocate over $800 million of equity in difficult-to-access offerings, funding $2.5 billion in transactions across 28 U.S. markets.
Recent investments reflect a commitment to opportunities with attractive risk-reward potential and transparent, equitable fee structures. These include $270.2 million in a proprietary industrial fund with national developer CRG; $76.3 million in an exclusive GP fund targeting Class A industrial, multifamily and student housing investments; and $19.4 million in a private co-investment with a top developer.
Dlugie’s addition will further empower the firm to source even more highly curated investment opportunities uniquely positioned to pursue strong, risk-adjusted returns for its private wealth clients. Specifically, Uncommon is focused on middle-market funds that offer access to underserved niches with significant growth potential relative to the megafunds that are more widely available to investors.
Prior to joining Uncommon, Dlugie brought valuable experience from his role in the Private Equity Investments group at GCM Grosvenor, where he screened and conducted due diligence on private equity funds, identifying premier investment opportunities for large institutional clients. He actively participated in executing investments, monitoring fund performance and preparing detailed client reports. Dlugie also previously served as an investment professional at Lightbank, a Chicago-based venture capital firm.
