58 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 

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Metro Detroit wealth 
management firm Bloom 
Asset Management 
recently celebrated its 35th 
anniversary with more than 
400 clients at an event at the 
Cranbrook Institute of Science 
in Bloomfield Hills. Clients 
enjoyed special planetarium 
showings and private tours 
led by museum docents while 
having direct access to the 
firm’
s advisers and leadership.

Founded by brothers Rick 
and Ken Bloom in 1984, 
Bloom Asset Management 
serves more than 1,200 
clients across the country with 
a portfolio that has grown to 
more than $1 billion.
“Reaching 35 years of 
successful advising for our 
clients is a celebration of our 
dedicated employees, many 
of whom have been with us 
since the early years of our 

business,” said Rick Bloom, 
co-founder of Bloom Asset 
Management and former 
radio host of MoneyTalk on 
WXYT. 
The anniversary event also 
served as a welcome to the 
firm’
s newest employees, 
Jennfer Bloom and Stephanie 
Bloom, who joined this year 
from diverse backgrounds 
as directors of client 
engagement. 

BLOOM ASSET MANAGEMENT
CELEBRATES 35 YEARS

The JN chats with Ben-Ezra about fi
 nding his 
niche working on repurposing big-box stores. 

B

randon Ben-Ezra, 23, was born and 
raised in Michigan. He is currently a 
retail sales and leasing associate at NAI 
Farbman, where he is rapidly learning and 
growing his business. Some notable transac-
tions this year were the sale of two Toys ‘
R’
 Us 
and four Kmart stores. Brandon enjoys being 
active and spending his free time with his five 
younger siblings. 

1. Where did you go to college and what 
was your major?
I am a graduate of Michigan State 
University — “Go Green!” I attended the 
Eli Broad College of Business and was in 
the Residential Business Program where 
I received my bachelor of arts degree in 
finance.

2. How did you find your niche working 
with repurposing big box stores?

I joined NAI Farbman in June 2018 as a lease 
and sales associate in the retail sector. My 
mentor, Ron Goldstone, specializes in retail 
and in the repurposing and disposition of big 
box retail such as Toys ‘
R’
 Us, Sears, Kmart, 
Babies ‘
R’
 Us and Kroger. 
Times have changed in the retail industry 
and there is a huge surplus in the mid- to 
big-box category without enough retailers to 
utilize this glut. 
It is so much easier to shop online nowa-
days. However, brick-and-mortar stores can 
give the consumer a valuable experience that 
websites cannot duplicate. I love a great expe-
rience such as a trampoline park, go-karting 
or axe throwing! I feel the future of retail is in 
entertaining and engaging the consumer that 
is different from the online experience. 
The retail sector is not dying — it is just 
evolving from the traditional department 
store and mall. There is the need for creative 

CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRANDON BEN-EZRA

Schmoozing
with Brandon Ben-Ezra

TOP: Ben-Ezra with Jason Hanson, former Detroit 
Lion. BOTTOM: Brandon with his father Phil and 
siblings Maelani, Logan, Zayn and Aiden. 

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