Highline Real Estate Partners
Highline Real Estate Partners strives to be the ideal local operating partner for institutional and ultra-high-net-worth investors seeking to invest in select real estate asset classes.
We are an institutional-quality, operations-oriented investment firm that makes investments across a range of real estate asset classes throughout the United States. Our organization is comprised of experienced and dedicated principal investment and asset management team members, many of whom possess decades of cycle-tested operating experience.
Highline pursues investments where we can significantly impact value through the implementation of an operating agenda, or where our operational insights and execution capabilities give us unique market and asset-level advantages. This deep operating expertise enables us to identify and pursue transactions where others fail to perceive opportunity, understand risk, or possess the ability to transact and create value. The result is our most distinguishing attribute—we combine the judgment and value creation of an experienced strategic buyer with the execution capabilities of an experienced financial buyer.
Highline was founded in conjunction with the McWane Family, owners of one of America's largest privately owned businesses. Highline Principals and the McWane Family make substantial personal investments alongside our investors in every transaction.
The combination of our investment philosophy and the long-term nature of the McWane Family’s funding enables us to match any length of investment horizon that our investment partners might have, including infinite.
We strive to fulfill our commitments and to transact with certainty, speed, and seamless execution.
Highline Real Estate Partners invests in real estate through direct investments, joint ventures with local operating partners, and our platform investment companies. We seek investments in
• Single Asset Transactions
• Portfolio Transactions
• Targeted Development
Highline Real Estate Partners also seeks to form new investment platforms with experienced real estate investment and operating teams that have a specific asset class, or geographic focus. We provide stable, “permanent capital” to fund a combination of operating company working capital and sponsor equity investment needs. Our goal is to have each platform investment company operate in perpetuity.
Highline approaches real estate investing like a business owner, as opposed to a financial trader. Our business building mindset starts by defining an operating agenda with specific commercial and operational initiatives and detailed action plans to grow cash flow and value to the fullest potential. We seek to achieve an investment basis that generates an attractive baseline of current yield, then improve that baseline over time through execution of the operating agenda. The result is an attractive risk-return profile that is better positioned to perform across real estate cycles. This also enables our capital and that of our partners to generate attractive returns over longer timeframes than is typically the case.
Our approach is different from many investors who view real estate simply as a commodity subject to cycles and thus focus their attention narrowly on pricing relative to other financial assets. This mindset places far more emphasis on investment timing rather than operational impact / business fundamentals and can lead to behavior that sub-optimizes investment returns.
We believe our investment results are attributable to the depth of our operating and financial expertise, together enabling us to identify attractive investment opportunities, design and implement value-enhancing operating strategies, and avoid many of the inherent risks of real estate investing.
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The Highline Way
We are guided by the following principles, which we believe to be fundamental in achieving the professional and personal objectives that we have established for our business and ourselves
Leadership
We value and encourage courageous leadership. Regardless of our positions or jobs, we all have opportunities to lead. When we lead ourselves well, we have the potential to influence others in positive ways.
Accountability
We are responsible people doing responsible work. Accountability builds self-respect, creates pride of association, and is essential to achieve high levels of productivity. We expect team members to own their decisions and outcomes while we exercise fairness in evaluating results.
Excellence
We have high standards. We expect valuable contributions from all our team members through hard work and the sharing of ideas. We are proud of our people and their commitment to excellence. We know excellence is a journey, not a destination. Continuous improvement is The Highline Way.
Trust
Trust keeps business and personal relationships functioning at their highest levels. When we trust each other, we build stronger relationships and create the “Speed of Trust.” With trust, everything we want to achieve together is easier and takes less time. This contributes to the sustainability of our business by reducing costs and increasing team morale.
Teamwork
We are a team. We are at our best when every team member contributes their knowledge, skill, and experience. Dignity and respect are the non-negotiable baselines for all teams at all times. The Highline Way reflects our history, our work, and our pride of association. No individual can consistently outperform a team. We work together. We win together.
Communication
Our business depends on the candid exchange of clear information. What we communicate matters. Getting the right information…to the right people…at the right time is an essential element of our success. How we communicate matters. We are open, honest and direct. At the same time, we are constructive and respectful. Fast and effective communication helps us do our jobs better and helps keep our company competitive.
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