Goldman Sachs is taking its tokenization push into property after rolling out projects in money market funds and bonds. The bank has teamed up with Apex Group and the UK‑regulated exchange Archax to launch a blockchain‑native real estate fund whose shares are listed on its GS DAP platform.
How the Tokenized Real Estate Fund Works
According to a joint announcement, Goldman Sachs is providing the blockchain rails while Apex Group and Archax handle fund services and digital custody. Real estate investment manager LRC Group is running the underlying property strategy, and infrastructure provider Ownera is connecting participants and distribution channels.
The fund issues its units directly on GS DAP, Goldman’s private, permissioned blockchain that already powers tokenized money market fund mirrors for institutional clients. The partners say the structure “combines blockchain‑native issuance with established fund structures” and improves efficiency, transparency, and potential transferability while staying within existing regulation.
Mathew McDermott, global head of digital assets at Goldman Sachs, said, “Issuing blockchain native fund units on GS DAP enables investment in real estate assets with precision while unlocking more seamless transferability in the future.”
Archax acts as custodian for regulated digital securities and as the first distribution partner, while Apex provides AIFM, administration, and depositary services from Luxembourg.
Pushing Tokenization of Legacy Assets
Goldman Sachs has described the tokenization of “real-world assets,” such as real estate and funds, as a core part of its digital assets strategy. McDermott previously said the bank plans to build “real marketplaces for tokenized assets” and to focus on institutional clients using private blockchains because of regulatory limits on banks’ use of public chains.
With the real estate fund, GS DAP moves beyond earlier pilots such as tokenized sovereign bonds and money market fund records, entering a traditionally illiquid asset class. Commentators note that putting fund units on a distributed ledger could reduce settlement bottlenecks and manual reconciliation that have long slowed private real estate deals.
At the same time, Goldman keeps the project inside a “walled garden” model, since GS DAP runs as a private network for KYC’d institutional investors rather than open DeFi rails. Even so, analysts quoted around the launch say Goldman is using this fund as a proof of concept to attract clients that want exposure to digitized alternative assets without giving up traditional governance, custody, and regulatory protections.
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