Creating Real Sustainable Futures
Urban Innovators Fund is a $500M investment vehicle driven by a team of seasoned experts in sustainability, real estate, and innovation. We specialize in converting distressed office buildings into high-value, green mixed-use spaces.
Our Experience
With over 110 years of collective experience investing over $3 billion across multiple economic cycles, our team works across the investment lifecycle to create value for our clients.
Investment Opportunity
The Market Opportunity:
- Acquire Class A and B offices at historic low valuations.
- Leverage government incentives for green conversions.
- Address rising demand for residential and mixed-use spaces.
Key Highlights:
- Target IRR: 20%+
- Leverage AI and modular tech to optimize conversions.
- Reduce operational costs by 30-50% through green technologies.
- Monetize assets innovatively via blockchain.
Our Investment Process
We employ a disciplined, patient, and rigorous approach to investing, with the goal of adding value throughout all stages of ownership. We seek to source differentiated, often off-market, opportunities, followed by extensive underwriting, diligence, & structuring processes – we typically invest in 2% of all investment opportunities reviewed and less than 1% of opportunities sourced. Following investment, we pursue value creation through hands-on, active asset management strategies.
Focused Approach
Investment Criteria
- Properties scoring 3.5+ on our evaluation rubric
- Prime locations with strong public transit access
- Structural characteristics suitable for residential conversion
- Clear path to 20%+ operational cost reduction through green technologies
- Attractive basis relative to replacement cost
Focused Approach
- Invest in UIF's Fund Offering
- Properties scoring 3.5+ on our evaluation rubric
- Prime locations with strong public transit access
- Structural characteristics suitable for residential conversion
- Clear path to 20%+ operational cost reduction through green technologies
- Attractive basis relative to replacement cost
- Deal-by-Deal Co-Investment
We transform underperforming assets through:
- AI-powered space optimization and design
- Modular construction techniques reducing conversion time by 40%
- State-of-the-art green building systems
- Strategic mixed-use programming
- Innovative financing leveraging sustainability incentives
- Secondary Market
Our disciplined approach includes:
- Extensive pre-acquisition due diligence
- Conservative underwriting assumptions
- Active asset management
- Multiple exit strategies
- Strong corporate governance