鈥檚 newly created US real estate investment arm has partnered with One Real Estate Investments (OREI) to create a fund to invest over $650m (鈧�559m) in value-add multifamily assets in the Sunbelt states.
Azora Exan and OREI have created the ONE Azora Exan Multifamily Fund I with a plan to raise up to $250m in the next 15 months to target underinvested and undermanaged multifamily assets. Including leverage, the fund will have a total investment capacity of over $650m.
The companies said the fund, which held its first closing at the end of April, has already invested $48m to buy The Fredd, a 278-unit multifamily community in San Antonio, Texas.
Fernando Perez-Hickman, a managing partner of Azora Exan and head of Azora America, said: 鈥淭his fund is an important milestone in Azora鈥檚 strategic expansion in the US and we are very excited to launch it with OREI who brings a proven multifamily track record in the US Sunbelt.
鈥淢arket-rent residential is the backbone on which we built Azora in Europe, so it was only natural for us to kickstart our US venture with a focus on this sector, to which we can apply our 20+ years of expertise.鈥�
Jeronimo Hirschfeld, president and CEO of One Real Estate Investment, said: 鈥淗aving a strategic capital partner allows OREI to rapidly build upon our track record of over 10,000 multifamily units acquired in Texas and the Southeastern United States.鈥�
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