Los Angeles (May 4, 2018) – Real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners announced the final close of its third US value-added real estate fund, the Gaw Capital US Fund III (“US Fund III”), bringing total commitment raised for this fund to its hard cap size of US$ 412 million.
Following the success of its previous fund, US Fund III will primarily target US west coast real estate opportunities, with an emphasis on creative office and hospitality assets as well as platform investments with attractive risk-adjusted returns. The key geographical regions will include the Bay Area, Southern California and the Pacific Northwest. Gaw Capital has approximately 30 professionals based in the US with the majority based in Los Angeles, which is the US headquarters.
Goodwin Gaw, Chairman and Managing Principal of Gaw Capital Partners, said, “The US west coast continues to be a hive of youthful entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, creating an abundance of long-term redevelopment and repositioning opportunities in the local real estate market. Gaw Capital’s reputation for identifying niche trends within emerging real estate segments, and its ability to revitalize underutilized properties, not only delivers healthy and profitable returns for investors, but fulfils an appetite among local entrepreneurs for out-of-the-box concepts for their flexible and creative workspaces.”
US Fund III attracted commitments from investors who had previously invested with Gaw Capital in previous funds, as well as new investors. The makeup of the Limited Partners base is approximately 45% from the US and 55% international.
Christina Gaw, Managing Principal and Head of Capital Markets of Gaw Capital Partners, commented, “We are extremely pleased to have secured such a high level of commitments for the Fund, a reflection of the success of our US Value Add Fund series, as well as our creative, and reliable asset management capability. This close represents a resounding vote of confidence in Gaw Capital’s strategies for and track record in delivering excellent returns and value from its investments in emerging areas of US gateway and secondary cities.”The closing of Gaw Capital US Fund III also comes at a time when the firm is projecting to fully realize its first product for the US market, DPUSF I (“US Fund I”), with a 28% IRR and 2.0x EM. This vehicle was closed in 2012 after raising US$110 million, and has made a number of successful investments including Courtyard Marriott, Sacramento, CA; Soho House, Chicago, IL; and One Kansas City Place, Kansas City, MO.
Gaw Capital has US$2.14 billion of assets under management in the US at the end of 2017. The firm has been investing in the US since 1995, when it started investing through its associate, Downtown Properties.
About Gaw Capital Partners
Gaw Capital Partners is a uniquely positioned private equity fund management company that focusing on real estate markets in greater China and other high barrier-to-entry markets globally.
Specializing in adding strategic value to under-utilized real estate through redesign and repositioning, Gaw Capital runs an integrated business model with own in-house asset management operating platforms in retail, hospitality, property development and logistics. The firm’s investments span the entire spectrum of real estate sectors, including residential development, offices, retail malls, hospitality and logistics warehouses.
The firm has raised five commingled funds targeting the Greater China and Asia Pacific region since its inception. In addition to managing opportunistic funds in Vietnam and the US along with a Pan-Asia hospitality fund, the firm also provides services for separate account direct investments globally.
Gaw Capital has raised more than USD$ 10 billion of equity since 2005 and manages USD$18 billion of assets as of Q1 2018.
