Who we are
A comprehensive, leading edge development team
Bizzi & Partners’ development team is composed of professionals who combine their decades of experience in the fields of acquisitions, real estate finance, zoning, master-planning, design, construction management, sales, and marketing, to form a full-breadth real estate company. Through a continuous collaborative effort, the team of the property investment company brings unique insight and versatility to each of the development phases. Bizzi & Partners also handpicks the most prestigious and trailblazing architecture and design firms according to each project’s objectives.
Global headquarters, local expertise
Over the past two decades, Bizzi & Partners has been able to expand into new major markets by assembling teams capable of carrying out complex deals by leveraging their local expertise and establishing relationships with best-in-class consultants. This hyperlocal approach has allowed the property investment company to outperform perennial companies in each of those markets. Though the team understands the need to use local expertise in each of these markets, two common threads remain unaffected: attention to quality and a commitment to timeless design.
Bizzi & Partners currently operates globally through four executive offices:
- Milan, Italy
- New York City, United States
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Tallinn, Estonia
Team
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Davide Bizzi
Chief Executive OfficerDavide Bizzi is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the property investment company Bizzi & Partners. Under his leadership, the company has successfully developed and sold more than 30 million square feet of residential and commercial property in Europe and the Americas. As a true design and architecture enthusiast, Mr. Bizzi strives to create buildings of uncompromising quality and form while always emphasizing and incorporating local elements in the building’s characteristics. Before founding his eponymous company, Mr. Bizzi was partner and managing director at Pro Kapital Group, a leading real estate developer in the Baltic region. -
Giuseppe Rossi
Chief Development OfficerGiuseppe Rossi is Executive Director, responsible for Real Estate Development projects at Bizzi & Partners S.p.A. Mr. Rossi has 20+ years of domestic and international experience in asset and development management of residential, hotel, mixed-use buildings, and urban regeneration projects. He was responsible for Milanosesto Unione District project in Milan area until 2019, one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe, the largest one in Italy. He set up and directed the New York development team from 2006 to 2012, responsible for the firm’s operations in the United States. He earned a Master's degree in Management Engineering and, in 2003, a Postgraduate degree in Real Estate Management from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. -
Alessandro Pallaoro
Managing Director USAlessandro Pallaoro manages business development and business relations at Bizzi & Partners Development, primarily focusing on emerging real estate markets. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Mr. Pallaoro was a Fund Manager at RREEF Fondimmobiliari SGR, the Deutsche Bank Group’s Real Estate Asset Management division in Milan, Italy, where he was involved in the management of 7 private equity real estate funds, aggregating more than $600 million in assets. He was also responsible for fund management, financial modeling and forecasting, strategic planning, and cash flow analysis. Mr. Pallaoro received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Law from Trento University and in 2010 received his Master of Science in Management from Bocconi University in Milan. -
Matteo Pepe
Chief Financial OfficerAs the Head of Acquisitions and Finance, Matteo Pepe's responsibilities include the origination, underwriting, and due diligence of new real estate opportunities. Mr. Pepe manages relationships with the lenders and institutions which finance Bizzi & Partners’ development projects. Mr. Pepe previously held the position of equity analyst at Italian investment bank Intermonte and was part of the real estate M&A team at Lazard. Previously, Mr. Pepe also worked in the renewable energy sector. -
Fabrizio Santagata
Business Development Director and Financial ControllerFabrizio Santagata is responsible for the business & financial planning and control activities of Bizzi & Partners Group and for the Corporate Affairs of the Group companies. Dr. Santagata is charged with overseeing accounting and financial reporting of the Group companies, monitoring the economic and financial performance of the real estate initiatives undertaken against set objectives, and coordinating accounting and financial due diligence activities as part of new real estate investments being evaluated. Dr. Santagata is Certified Public Accountant and Legal Auditor and before joining Bizzi & Partners in 2020, worked for EY in the service line Assurance. -
Nathan Shapiro
Director of Construction USNathan Shapiro is responsible for overseeing construction management and preconstruction services as well as for serving as the liaison between owners, architects, engineers, and subcontractors. His commitment to architecture and engineering ensures that each tower he works on will live to its full potential. He has more than 20 years of experience in structural engineering and construction-related services. Prior to joining the property investment company Bizzi & Partners, Mr. Shapiro spent 14 years as a Senior Project Manager/VP at Lend Lease where he was involved with many notable residential and commercial towers in New York City, and four years as a practicing Structural Engineer at DeSimone Consulting Engineers. Mr. Shapiro received his Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT in 1995. -
Niccolò Bizzi
Chief Commercial OfficerNiccolò Bizzi worked at Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A. as Assistant Product Manager V12. Then, he joined Edile S.P.A. in 2018 as Assistant Project Manager, before joining real estate investment company Bizzi & Partners as Development Manager in 2020, becoming its Chief Commercial Officer in 2024. In addition, his collaboration with the Christian Stein Gallery reflects Bizzi & Partners' goal of creating unique properties through the presence of artworks by renowned artists inside the buildings. -
Alessandra Desiderio
Chief Technical OfficerAlessandra Desiderio is Technical Project Manager for the Bizzi&Partners’ projects in Italy. She arrived in the property investment company in 2016 as Operating Director for soil remediation of Milanosesto Project (Ex Falck Areas, 1.4M square meters). Mrs. Desiderio has been working in design coordination since 1997, then moved to construction management in 2001 working for building contractors. In 2006 began working as a project manager for major real estate development projects in Milan such as the requalification of the Ex Carlo Erba area and Citylife. In her duties, she was responsible for design coordination of Italian and international Star Architects such as Italo Rota, Alessandro Scandurra, Zaha Hadid, and Daniel Libeskind's firm. Mrs. Desiderio got her civil engineering degree at Politecnico di Milano in 1997. -
Antonio Moscatello
Technical ManagerWith over 20 years of experience in real estate development, 18 of those years spent in collaboration with Davide Bizzi, Mr. Moscatello has worked on countless projects and has led many large-scale projects across thirteen countries in Europe, the Americans, and the Middle East. Mr. Moscatello manages the firm’s projects in Europe, namely Milanosesto, the largest development site in Italy. He is responsible for over seventeen million square feet of developed space from residential and business developments to shopping centers and mixed use projects. Some of his notable projects include the Coral Bay Hotel and Resort in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, where he served as Director of Engineering, Estrela Do Atlântico in Natal, Brazil, serving as Director of Construction, as well as consulting on numerous 5-Star hotel and resorts. Mr. Moscatello graduated from the Universitá di Reggio Calabria with a degree in Architecture and received his Master’s degree in Town Planning and Management from the University of Liverpool.
