SEATTLE-As GlobeSt.com previously reported, the JoshuaGreen Corp., a Seattle-based investment firm, recentlymade an investment in locally based realestate operating company Urban RenaissanceGroup. The transaction includes JGC’s existing$150-million portfolio, which now becomes part of URG, mergingJGC’s real estate assets into URG’s operating platform. JGC hasalso committed up to $50 million in additional investment for URG’sfirst fund, Urban Renaissance Investment PartnersLLC.
GlobeSt.com chatted with URG CEO PatrickCallahan on the deal and he notes that the deal wasn’tdriven by timing. “It was more a matter of building a long-termcompany with a long-term view.”
Callahan tells GlobeSt.com that URG will continue to invest invalued-added office and retail properties “in top central businessdistricts and well-located suburban markets.” Geographically, hesays, URG will focus on Seattle, with an emphasis on expanding itsportfolio in Portland first, then Denver and ultimately SanFrancisco “when the timing is right.”
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