Mike Chernine

Mike Chernine, Principal and Chief Executive Officer

Mike Chernine is Principal and co-founder of IndiCap, where he brings a wealth of experience from his career in real estate, which began in 1988. Starting at Nevada Title Company in customer service, Mike quickly transitioned to high-liability escrow transactions, gaining valuable transactional experience. His brokerage career began in 1990, where he orchestrated land assemblages for both local and national homebuilders, and by 1992, he was raising private equity for strategic land acquisitions through syndication.

With extensive development experience across a wide range of project types - including mixed-use, multi-family, office, industrial, retail, resort/golf, and master-planned communities - Mike has become a recognized leader in the industry. Since 2015, he has focused on mid-bay and cross-dock industrial projects in Las Vegas, Boise, and Phoenix. In 2021, Mike co-founded IndiCap with Jason Kuckler, where they specialize in large institutional industrial projects. His expertise includes acquisitions and dispositions, transaction coordination, business development, finance, relationship building, and deal structuring across Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon.

Mike’s education includes Real Estate Finance from UNLV, Real Estate Finance Program at Harvard Business School Executive Education, and is a graduate of the Choice Center Leadership University.