Strategy

Own and operate institutional-grade properties developed by MacFarlane Partners and others that promote smart growth, urban revitalization and sustainability. Seek to benefit from the income and appreciation gains that long-term ownership of high-quality, urban and high-density suburban assets located in top-tier U.S. markets can provide.

Key Investments

• Level BK, a 40-story residential high-rise along the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn, N.Y., directly across the East River from Manhattan.
• Park Fifth (pictured to the right), a 24-story residential high-rise located next to the Pershing Square Metro station in downtown Los Angeles.

Investment Partner

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors

Strategy

Invest in the development, redevelopment and repositioning of properties promoting smart growth, urban revitalization and sustainability in urban and high-density suburban areas of the U.S.

Key Investments

• 1 North 4th Place, high-rise rental apartments developed on the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Level BK, a rental apartment high-rise in Brooklyn, N.Y., built on the Williamsburg waterfront adjacent to 1 North 4th Place.
• Mark on 8th (pictured to the right), a rental apartment community developed near Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.
• Park Fifth, a 24-story residential high-rise being developed next to the Pershing Square Metro station in downtown Los Angeles.
• Tam Ridge Residences, rental apartments developed on a highly accessible infill site in Marin County, just north of San Francisco.
• Trademark, a seven-story residential community under construction adjacent to the Park Fifth tower in downtown Los Angeles.
• Venn on Market, a rental apartment community that was developed on Market Street in the heart of San Francisco.

Investors

Three foreign institutional investors.

Strategy

Invest in and alongside early- and mid-stage real estate operating and development companies with strong performance potential by acquiring equity stakes in the companies themselves and nurturing their growth in addition to providing investment capital with which they can pursue their investment strategies. Focus on companies active in urban and high-density suburban property markets.

Key Investments

• Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, Washington, D.C.
  • âme, a former Howard University dormitory across from Meridian Hill Park in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., that is being renovated as a boutique rental apartment community.
  • Anthology (pictured to the right), an award-winning rental apartment community developed along the popular H Street Corridor in Washington, D.C.
  • The Kelvin,  a mixed-use development under construction one block north of Nationals Park in the emerging Capitol Riverfront district of Washington, D.C.
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments, an affordable senior-housing community in the historically and culturally rich U Street Corridor in Washington, D.C.

Investment Partner

Single-investor venture with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System.

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In late 2017, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners successfully “graduated” from its nine-year emerging-manager relationship with MacFarlane Partners and began managing real estate investments directly for CalSTRS, the sole investor in Emerging Managers Fund I.  The new Lynch-CalSTRS venture acquired the Fund’s assets and the Fund was closed in accordance with its limited partnership agreement. CalSTRS subsequently committed another $200 million to be managed directly by Lynch.

Strategy

Invest in the development, redevelopment and repositioning of properties promoting smart growth and urban revitalization in urban and high-density suburban areas of the U.S.

Key Investments

• @ First, the office component of a mixed-use business park developed in San Jose, Calif.
• 55 M Street, an office mid-rise built just north of Nationals Ballpark in Washington, D.C.
• The Crossing | San Bruno Phase III, the third phase of a rental apartment community developed in San Bruno, Calif., just south of San Francisco.
• The Hotel & Residences at L.A. Live (pictured to the right), a 54-story high-rise built adjacent to the Staples Center and the LA Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles.
• JBG Urban, a transit-oriented development portfolio of existing properties and planned projects in the Washington, D.C., metro area that includes the following assets:
  • The Alaire, a rental apartment community developed adjacent to the Twinbrook Metro station in Rockville, Md.
  • Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in North Bethesda, Md.
  • Element 12420, a fully renovated and repositioned office building in Rockville, Md.
  • Galvan at Twinbrook, a mixed-use community developed next to the Twinbrook Metro station in Rockville, Md.
  • North Bethesda Market, a mixed-use property built on Rockville Pike in North Bethesda, Md.
  • Sedona | Slate, a rental apartment community developed in the Rosslyn district of Arlington, Va.
  • The Terano, rental apartments built next to the Twinbrook Metro station in Rockville, Md.

Investors

Fourteen institutional investors, including domestic and foreign pension plans, insurance companies, a university endowment fund and a private foundation.

Strategy

Invest in the development, redevelopment and repositioning of properties promoting smart growth and urban revitalization in urban and high-density suburban areas of the U.S. Also invest in the development of affordable/mixed-income housing financed through tax-exempt bond issues.

Key Investments

• 15 Central Park West, an acclaimed mixed-use property developed across from Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
• 1100 Wilshire, an office high-rise in downtown Los Angeles that was converted to residential use.
• Bay Street Emeryville (pictured to the right), a mixed-use “urban village” developed near the eastern end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in Emeryville, Calif.
• The Crossing | San Bruno (Phases I & II), the first two phases of rental apartment community developed in San Bruno, Calif., just south of San Francisco.
• Ladera Center, a neighborhood shopping center in the Ladera Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.
• Metropolitan Lofts, a rental apartment community built in downtown Los Angeles.
• Time Warner Center’s retail and garage components, which are located on the lower floors of the landmark high rise developed on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
• Tribeca Green, high-rise rental apartments developed in lower Manhattan.
• The Uptown, a rental apartment community built near a public-transit station in downtown Oakland.
• Wilshire Vermont Station, a mixed-use community built atop a subway station along the Mid-Wilshire Corridor of Los Angeles.

Investment Partner

Single-investor joint venture with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.

Strategy

Acquire apartment, industrial, office and retail properties in markets nationwide that provide high and stable levels of current income with moderate capital appreciation. Proactively manage the capital structure and property operations to enhance income and appreciation returns.

Key Investments

• 135 East 57th Street, a high-rise office building in Midtown Manhattan.
• Legacy at Westwood, a multifamily residential property developed on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.
• The Mall at Rockingham Park, a regional mall in Rockingham, N.H.
• Mountain View Corporate Center, an office property in Mountain View, Calif.
• One Embarcadero South, a multifamily residential property developed across from AT&T Park in San Francisco.
• Pacific Corporate Towers, a three-tower office complex in El Segundo, Calif.
• South Bay Galleria, a Redondo Beach, Calif., regional mall.
• Trammell Crow Center, an office high-rise in downtown Dallas.
• Tysons International Plaza, an office complex in Vienna, Va.
• Valley Distribution Center, a Renton, Wash., warehouse/distribution center.
• Wateridge Plaza (pictured to the right), a suburban office property in San Diego.

Clients

Managed real estate separate accounts on behalf of more than 25 institutional investors, including the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the pension plans of AT&T, General Motors, United Technologies and Verizon.