BKM Capital Partners Announces Closing of Industrial Value Fund I
ByThe California-based fund manager wrapped up the final close of its BKM Industrial Value Fund I, with $300 million in buying power.
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Irvine, Calif.—Going, going, gone. The ship has sailed for any investors interested in BKM Capital Partners‘ inaugural investment vehicle, as the institutional fund manager recently wrapped up the final close of BKM Industrial Value Fund I LP. The $105 million in equity commitments provides the fund with a leveraged total of $300 million for the acquisition of multi-tenant, value-add industrial assets.
It wasn’t just institutional investors that took a liking to Fund I, which launched in 2014; a small group of high net worth investors participated as well. BKM reeled them in with a different approach. The company opted to invest its own capital to finance the amassing of a crackerjack team in advance of raising funds. Additionally, BKM raised seed money through a friends and family round, which resulted in a $100 million budget for acquisitions. “Through this strategy, we were able to demonstrate to our larger institutional investors that we can successfully acquire and generate value with our focused niche, and that it can be scaled,” Brian Malliet, co-founder & CEO of BKM, said in a prepared statement….
BKM Capital Partners Announces Closing of Industrial Value Fund I
