Our Strategy

Why commercial real estate?

Studies have shown that adding commercial real estate to traditional investment portfolios may provide investors with a number of benefits:

  • A stream of income
  • Portfolio diversification
  • Reduced portfolio volatility
  • Potential for capital appreciation

Investment Strategy

Selectively acquire industrial, retail, healthcare, multi-family, or mixed-use properties through direct equity investments through direct partners

  • Leverage our long-standing relationships to generate off-market opportunities
  • Apply rigorous underwriting standards to balance risk/reward profile
  • Optimize capital structure through close, extensive banking and joint venture partner relationships

Opportunistically harvest assets to maximize investment values

Re-position properties through capital improvements and improved tenant profiles

Place large land tracts under contract and through our institutional / local partners develop the sites

Investment Process

Source opportunities through extensive broker, bank, and servicer networks

Apply proprietary screening models to assess distressed acquisition opportunities

Assess lease-up opportunities through close internal partnerships with CG and outside brokers

Utilize custom valuation models analyzing expected, upside, and downside scenarios

Pursue opportunities through unanimous Investment Committee approval only

Execute value-add strategies through hands-on asset management approach

Opportunistically market assets to maximize investment value

Would you like to discuss specific opportunities and details? Contact us!

Investment Criteria

Other

Project Size/Value

  • All Project Sizes up to $50 Million

Joint Venture / Preferred Developer Platform

  • Development Fee Projects
  • Joint Ventures where Tenants/Owner Users are looking for parties to
    participate in a Construction/Development Project where Motus can
    Build to Suit, Fit-Out Existing or Fully Entitle a site for an End User
  • Preferred Developer Projects based on a specific Rate of Return for a
    Turn-Key delivery.

Criteria

Multi-Family

  • 50 to 300 Units
  • Stalled Projects
  • Student Housing or Mixed Use with potential for Market Rate

Industrial

  • 20 Acres +
  • Zoned or Potential for Rezoning
  • Industrial Buildings with Excess Land

Retail / Mixed Use

  • Vacant Big Box Centers
  • Obsolete or Run-Down Regional Malls
  • Single Tenant Locations with Redevelopment Potential
  • All Land Sites located at Lighted Interchanges

Office / Medical

  • Physician Owned facilities
  • Vacant Medical Office Buildings in Primary Markets
  • Partially occupied Medical or Office Buildings

Land

  • Vacant Land 1 Acre or More for Retail or Medical Use
  • Mixed Use Sites / Multi-Family Sites (land or existing – all sizes)
  • Large Industrial Tracts for Warehouse / Distribution Centers
  • All Land within Overlay districts will be reviewed