The firm concentrates on identifying, acquiring, and revitalizing well-located, quality projects that are temporarily undervalued.
The firm’s primary focus is on mission critical office/R&D and industrial properties in well established, supply-constrained, submarkets in the US. The professionals of the firm average nearly 20 years’ experience transacting and operating institutional quality real estate. Investments are made on a direct and joint-venture basis, in collaboration with select institutional and family offices.
The unwavering goal of the firm is to unlock unrecognized value from the real estate and maximize returns to its investors, while providing a high level of service and transparency to its capital partners. The firm accomplishes this through its meticulous adherence to its sustained investment process, which involves
Vertical Ventures seeks complex and overlooked opportunities to best leverage its extensive experience and understanding in the many facets of risk on a real estate investment. The firm then relies on its expertise and strategic approach to develop and execute asset-specific business plans that extract maximum value from any given project at any given point in the real estate cycle.
The professionals of the firm have developed extensive relationships that span decades with local municipalities, government agencies, property owners, investment brokers, leasing brokers, mortgage brokers, bankers, attorneys, title and escrow officers, and other professionals.
Every investment opportunity is stringently underwritten. With direct input and oversight from the firm’s senior professionals, the underwriting team constructs a detailed financial projection for each potential acquisition.
The firm’s professionals have led the acquisition and active asset management on investment transactions representing over $20 billion in value, throughout multiple real estate cycles.
We limit our acquisition targets to assets where we have a clear and achievable strategy to extract significant value by improving and/or repositioning the property, relative to surrounding and competing properties.
Once engaged in a deal, our diligence team conducts an in-depth analysis of historical property operating results, complete tenant lease files, vendor contracts, potential market and governmental influences, and a thorough understanding of legal matters.
We are disciplined in our approach focused on acquiring under-performing and undervalued assets at prices well below replacement cost and intrinsic value.
The firm acquires commercial real estate primarily through direct investment and joint-ventures, ensuring a durable alignment of interest between ourselves and our partners. Our flat organizational structure promotes accountability, communication, integrity and transparency.
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Industrial & Logistics
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