DivcoWest Fund VI Closes at $2.25B
DivcoWest Fund VI had approximately $2.25 billion in capital commitments, targeted $1.5 billion in capital commitments and was oversubscribed when it closed on September 30, 2020.
SAN FRANCISCO—DivcoWest’s latest value-add real estate investment fund, DivcoWest Fund VI, launched in October 2019 and held its final closing on September 30, 2020. The fund targeted $1.5 billion in capital commitments and was oversubscribed, closing at approximately $2.25 billion in capital commitments.
“Like our tenants, we constantly have to innovate. Through the current volatility and leveraging on our team’s experience, we believe we have an opportunity in Fund VI to capitalize on dislocations and explore and transform the markets where we do business,” said Stuart Shiff, DivcoWest CEO and founder.
DivcoWest has a long track record of investing through multiple market cycles and across the risk spectrum. The firm targets investments in US gateway markets, primarily targeting investments that serve the innovation and life science sectors.
DivcoWest Fund VI will continue the firm’s value-add investment strategy, focusing on identifying, analyzing and acquiring opportunities. The fund will primarily pursue the acquisition of existing value-add life science, R&D and office properties in US innovation markets, with the objective of investing additional capital to create workplace environments appealing to future tenant demand.
“Fund VI’s raise has allowed us to expand our capital base with key foreign relationships, while also growing and expanding our domestic partnerships,” adds Heather Meyerdirk, DivcoWest’s head of capital strategies and formation.
DivcoWest Fund VI investors include domestic public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and high net-worth individuals.
“Innovation markets where we are actively targeting value-add opportunities include the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Austin, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Washington, Denver and Raleigh-Durham,” Keith Wallace, DivcoWest’s co-head of acquisitions, tells GlobeSt.com.
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