Investcorp has just completed a major apartment purchase. A fund managed by the company has acquired a five-property apartment portfolio totaling 2,228 units for a total of $420 million. The properties are located in Arizona, Texas and Georgia.

This portfolio is part of an aggressive acquisition strategy the firm has rolled out in the last 12 months as it has hurried to take advantage of new market opportunities created during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last 10 months, the company has closed more than $1 billion in multifamily acquisitions and $1.3 billion in residential sales, including multifamily and student housing. The activity has grown the firm's assets under management to more than $7 billion globally and more than $3 billion in US residential assets.

In January, the firm acquired another five-property multifamily for $330 million. The 1,854-unit portfolio includes class-B, garden-style assets in Atlanta, GA, Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville, FL, and it was 96% occupied at the time of the sale.

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The US sector in particular is a key focus for the company, driven largely by millennial demand for apartment rental living. According to Michael O'Brien, co-head of North America real estate and head of residential vertical at Investcorp, the company has capitalized on growing markets with favorable economic trends." This most recent transaction is evidence of that strategy.

Investcorp is focused on more than multifamily. The company is also aggressively expanding its industrial holdings across the US. Earlier this year, it purchased Tempe Commerce Park, a five-building, multi-tenant, light industrial park in Tempe, from BKM Capital Partners for $85.4 million. The property was 93% occupied to eight tenants at the time of the sale and features 24- to 28-foot clear ceiling heights and ample parking.

In 2014, Investcorp adopted a new investment strategy with a narrow focus on industrial and multifamily assets, and these deals reflect that strategy. However, the firm has also noted that the tremendous acquisition and disposition activity this year was largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which created opportunities in both of the company's core asset classes.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.