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Why High-Net-Worth Investors Seek Increased Real Estate Allocations

Sunset over a busy pier with people fishing, reflecting the allure of real estate investments.
Real estate investing today vs. in past cycles is buoyed by a predictable debt and equity market and transparency. Commercial real estate has been used effectively in ultra-high-net-worth (HNW) and family office portfolios as a means to enhance yield in a return‑starved market. This enhanced yield has not been lost on the greater institutional marketplace, however, where sovereign wealth funds, domestic pension funds and life insurance companies have flooded the market with capital, prompting concern over the potential for a pricing bubble.

Buchanan Street Takes The Shatterproof Challenge Rappel

Man rappels down a building for the Shatterproof Challenge, Buchanan Street event.
On June 15, 2017, Buchanan Street Partners took the Shatterproof Challenge and rappelled down 16 stories at 620 Newport Center Dr. in Newport Beach to raise awareness and funds to end the devastation addiction causes families. Buchanan Street was joined by industry partners at The CAPROCK Group, Hotel Irvine, Irvine Company, LBA Realty, PIMCO and many more to raise $183,000. Since Shatterproof was launched in September 2013, advocacy campaigns led by the organization and several others have helped influence public policy at the state and federal level to save lives and end the stigma of drug addiction.

Buchanan Street Partners Has Acquired Bayland Building

Buchanan Street Partners Silicon Valley office building acquisition for $32M
Newport Beach-based Buchanan Street Partners has acquired Bayland Building, an office project near Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Buchanan Street bought the building from Sleepy Hollow Investment Co. for $32.3 million and will execute capital improvements. The 116,000-square-foot building is 100 percent leased to four tenants led by Inphi Corp. Bayland is at 2953 Bunker Hill Lane is within walking distance to the Santa Clara Convention Center, Levi’s Stadium and a light-rail station. Eastdil Secured’s San Jose team represented the seller in this transaction. Buchanan Street represented itself.

Kudos: Encore For Education

Bixby Bridge, Big Sur, California at sunset, influencing commercial real estate markets.
CASA joined Buchanan Children’s Charities and the OC Community Foundation as beneficiaries of Encore for Education, which raised $160,000 with Cheap Trick as the headliner on April 20 at the House of Blues. “Generous sponsors from the real estate industry” helped, with Newport Beach-based Buchanan Street Partners a key sponsor.

Buchanan Street Partners Acquires Silicon Valley Office Building For $32 Million

Buchanan Street Partners Silicon Valley office building acquisition for $32M
Company to Invest in Capital Improvements to Upgrade Building to Meet Multi-Tenant Demand Newport Beach and Santa Clara, Calif. (May 8, 2017) – Buchanan Street Partners announces the acquisition of the Bayland Building, an office project located nearby Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Buchanan Street purchased the building from Sleepy Hollow Investment Company for $32.3 million and will execute capital improvements to align the building with the growing live-work-play lifestyle in the area.

Exclusive: Building Near Levi’s Stadium Sells For $32m, Big Improvements To Come

Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco under a clear blue sky.
Buchanan Street Partners has purchased the Bayland Building near Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for $32.3 million, and its first order of business will be to upgrade the property with new amenities on-site and improved common areas, the company said Friday. The seller, Sleepy Hollow Investment Co., had owned the 116,000-square-foot building at 2953 Bunker Hill Lane for more than two decades before the transaction was finalized last week.

Residential Townhome Project In Tempe, AZ To Get Underway With $8.6 Mil In Construction Money

Modern townhome development in Tempe, Arizona, funded by Buchanan Street Partners.
Buchanan Street Partners closed an $8.6 mil loan for construction of The Roosevelt, a 32-unit residential townhome development in Tempe, AZ. The project, located at 225 South Roosevelt St in Tempe, will be developed by a joint venture between a regional multifamily developer and a private real estate investment firm based in Scottsdale, AZ.

Buchanan Street Partners Provides $8.6 Million Construction Loan For Tempe, Arizona Townhome Development

Modern townhome development in Tempe, Arizona, funded by Buchanan Street Partners.
Newport Beach, Calif. and Tempe, Arizona (April 17, 2017) – Buchanan Street Partners closed an $8.6 million loan for construction of The Roosevelt, a 32-unit residential townhome development in Tempe, Arizona. The transaction underscores Buchanan Street’s expanding lending platform and attraction to Greater Phoenix, a region where the company currently owns or has financed approximately 1.5 million square feet of office and multifamily projects.

Charity Concert To Feature Cheap Trick

House of Blues Anaheim Music Hall venue for charity concert
ANAHEIM, CA—Encore for Education, the signature fundraising event for Buchanan Children’s Charities, has raised more than $2.2 million to give back to the kids of Orange County, Buchanan Street’s Robert Brunswick tells GlobeSt.com. Encore for Education, the signature fundraising event for Buchanan Children’s Charities, will take place on April 20 at the House of Blues Anaheim. This year’s event will feature a live concert by the rock band Cheap Trick.

Buchanan Street Launches Multifamily Investment Fund

Buchanan Street Partners team on a rocky hillside, celebrating lending business expansion.
Buchanan Street Partners, a real estate investment firm based in Newport Beach, Calif., that invests debt and equity capital on behalf of institutional and private investors, announced March 28 its launch of a new multifamily investment platform. As part of the initiative, the company plans to deploy $500 million over the next five years to acquire and manage value-add and core-plus assets. Kevin Hampton, former president of PLC Apartments, also in Newport Beach, has been hired as an executive vice president to lead the company’s new initiative.

Buchanan Street Partners Launches Multifamily Investment Platform With Addition Of Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President of Buchanan Street Partners, a new multifamily investment platform.
Newport Beach, Calif. (March 13, 2017) – Buchanan Street Partners announces plans to deploy $500 million over the next five years with the launch of a new multifamily platform to further diversify the company’s investment business. Kevin Hampton has been hired as an executive vice president to lead the company’s new initiative at a time when apartment assets are attractive to many investors across the West Coast.

Reasons To Look Outside Of CA For Deals

Buchanan Street Partners acquires Houston office tower: Forum and PPI-PEMEX building
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—In many coastal California markets, there is a tremendously deep investor base focused on California, often resulting in pricing that has outpaced fundamentals, Buchanan Street Partners’ president Tim Ballard tells GlobeSt.com. As we recently reported, the firm has purchased a 224,000-square-foot transit-adjacent office tower in Denver’s largest office submarket and is eyeing other markets outside of California. We spoke with Ballard about what is drawing the firm to these other markets and what their buying strategy is for these other regions.

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