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| Investment Focus |
- Flexible Investment Strategy
- Leapfrog Realty Partners' investments will be made in a variety of
sectors, geographic locations and business climates. This broad
investment mandate allows the firm to source and execute unique
and complex transactions including direct equity investments in
real property, debt investments secured by real estate, privately
placed real estate securities, and joint ventures with, or outright
acquisitions of, real-estate operating companies.
- Theme-Oriented Investments
- Leapfrog Realty Partners is constantly monitoring real estate
markets to identify and develop the most promising investment
themes based on asset class, geography or targeted groups of
sellers. This allows the firm to develop expertise rapidly within
special areas, to react quickly to potential opportunities, and to
develop strong relationships with key partners in that area.
- Leapfrog Realty Partners currently has a specialized interest in
owing and managing technology-related properties including
Internet gateways, data centers, technology manufacturing
properties, and regional or national headquarters of technology
companies. The emphasise is on properties that provide the
infrastructure for sectors such as disaster recovery and business
continuity, electronic commerce and the security of stored or
transmitted electronic data.
- Anticipation of Trends
- Leapfrog Realty Partners' focuses on anticipating promising new
investment themes before they become generally appreciated.
- Conservative Approach to Investing
- Leapfrog Realty Partners' philosophy is generally guided by the
fundamental premise that future cash flow, not "trophy status",
ultimately determines the value of an asset. Leapfrog Realty
Partners believes that rigorous due diligence, the use of
conservative assumptions in projecting cash flows, and careful
assessment of possible downside scenarios are the best methods
for consistently achieving its objectives.
- Prudent Use of Leverage
- Leapfrog Realty Partners aggressively manages the capital
structure of its investments and adheres to a policy of prudent
leverage. By virtue of its close relationship with financial
institutions, Leapfrog Realty Partners is able to obtain financing
arrangements on favorable terms available in order to provide each
transaction with greater protection in a downside scenario.
- Focus on Exit Strategies
- In evaluating any investment opportunity, one of Leapfrog Realty
Partners' primary considerations is the potential exit strategy. To
that end, the firm focuses on making investments in high quality,
well-located assets that should appeal to a wide group of
subsequent buyers. In addition, factors that reduce the value of an
asset (such as ground leases, preemptive rights, long-term
management contracts or other restrictions on the owner's
control) are closely scrutinized during due diligence to determine
the effects on value. Finally, Leapfrog Realty Partners strives to
seek investments with multiple exit strategies including private one-
off sales, portfolio sales within common asset classes, mergers
with existing public entities, or initial public offerings of stand-alone
operating companies.
- Complex Situations Requiring Creative Solutions
- Leapfrog Realty Partners' ability and willingness to source,
evaluate and execute complex transactions within a short time
frame is one of its key competitive advantages. Leapfrog Realty
Partners focuses on finding creative solutions to complex
situations involving under-performing and/or improperly capitalized
assets or companies, which allows it to make investments at
attractive valuations and to create incremental value in the
investment.
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