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Finding Value in the Commercial Real Estate Market - Interview: Chris Campbell, Devonshire Fund - Private Wealth Management Summit
1. Finding Value
in the Commercial
Real Estate Market
Secondary and tertiary markets level results as a commercial real estate
continue to offer cash flowing properties focused management team. Private
with significant upside potential. wealth managers do not encourage their
clients to manage their own money, and
How do you find and add value? we do not encourage private wealth
managers to manage their own
By focusing on distressed borrowers as commercial real estate.
opposed to distressed properties, and
by taking advantage of our over 150
years of combined commercial real
estate experience.
Properties that are
Interview with: Chris Campbell,
For the small owner unable to raise
additional capital, one or two struggling lagging behind
Chief Executive Officer, Devonshire properties can sink an otherwise good
Fund portfolio of properties. We take the good can have more
properties, recapitalize them, and help
the owner achieve a workout agreement attractive
“There is significant value in secondary with the lender on properties that do
and tertiary commercial real estate
markets,” says Chris Campbell, Chief
not fit our acquisition criteria. Due to
the complexity of the sale we have few
cap rates and
Executive Officer, Devonshire Fund.
He adds, “Many private wealth
competitors for the acquisitions, which
keeps transaction prices below market.
opportunities for
managers are interested in funds that
buy or own trophy properties in primary
We add additional value by completing
tenant improvements left undone or
enhancing value
markets as they are considered less incomplete, by upgrading tenants, and
risky, however, cap rates on such by extending or enhancing in-place
properties have compressed to pre- leases.
crash levels. The true value in What are your thoughts for the
commercial real estate today exists in Our experience gives us incomparable future?
non-trophy properties in non-primary insight into targeted markets allowing
markets.” us to find value where others might not, Interest rates will eventually rise. I
and long-standing relationships provide would advise investors to take
From a commercial real estate fund a continuous stream of acquisition advantage of the existing historical
attending the marcus evans Private opportunities and tenants to fill spread between cap rates and cost of
Wealth Management Summit Spring vacancies. capital in order to mitigate downside
2012, in Amelia Island, Florida, June risk in the event of future economic
3-5, Campbell discusses how the Do private wealth managers need to downturns. If they are using leverage in
Devonshire Fund can add value to a proactively manage these assets to their portfolio, they should lock in low
private wealth portfolio, by focusing enhance their value? long-term rates while they can.
on distressed borrowers in the real
estate markets instead of distressed If they have the time, knowledge and Cap rates are compressing as we speak.
properties. skill-set, now is the perfect time to This historical investment opportunity in
invest in commercial real estate. commercial real estate will not remain
What real estate markets does the However, a private wealth manager available indefinitely. Now is the time to
Devonshire Fund focus on? might not be able to achieve the same act.
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About Devonshire Fund, LLC
Devonshire Fund, LLC is a fully integrated real estate company that owns and operates high value, high cash flow commercial real
estate properties located throughout the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Southeastern regions of the United States. The Fund
specializes in established grocery-anchored and value-oriented Neighborhood Centers that can be acquired at a significant discount
to replacement cost.
www.devonshirefund.com
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