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Long-Standing REIT Ties Key to $2B Equity Raise

DALLAS-Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I believes it's playing to investment circles' sweet spots with its plan to build and fund urban-style projects in today's tough times.

By Connie Gore | Updated on September 17, 2008

DALLAS-Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I Inc. is relying on its underpinnings from years of relationship-building to fuel a hunt for $2 billion of equity in a capital marketplace that’s crippling more players every day. The door has just now opened for investment, with the REIT marking its fifth day from the IPO launch.

“We still have a credit crunch, effectively due to subprime, but I believe for the long term that people are still investing in real estate and multifamily has an attractive profile,” stresses Jason Mattox, executive vice president of the Dallas-based Behringer Harvard. He tells GlobeSt.com that the long list of well-known developers will set the hook for investor interest, citing an IPO launch with 10 projects as signing incentives and only one that has reached completion. “It’s quite a list and we have relationships with many more than that,” he says.

The fund drive is a standard two-year offering, with liquidation scheduled for four to six years after it closes. The REIT’s team is sizing up a plethora of investments, but its SEC filing reflects an affinity for transit-oriented and live-work developments in the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the US.

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