Aries Capital Investments

Overview

Aries Capital Investments is a diversified commercial real estate banking and investment firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in Miami and Los Angeles. Since its founding in 1991 by Neil Freeman, the firm has arranged and directly funded over $8 billion for industrial, self-storage, retail, office, multifamily, hotel, and other commercial assets across the United States and Caribbean. Their banking team specializes in arranging debt and equity capital for clients nationwide through deep-rooted relationships with Wall Street CMBS lenders, banks, credit unions, debt funds, family offices, insurance companies, and other institutional equity investors. The firm's investment team, operating as Aries Capital Private Equity, focuses on the acquisition and operation of industrial and logistics assets throughout the United States, with a particular emphasis on net lease assets and sale-leaseback opportunities, especially in Florida. Aries and its affiliates hold additional diversified principal investments with equity interests currently valued at over $250 million. Notable assets include The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the 1,000-acre Three Oaks Master Development in Fort Myers, Florida, and the newly constructed Tranquility Beach Resort on Meads Bay Beach in Anguilla. Through its affiliate, the Urban Development Fund (UDF), Aries Capital has been awarded over $800 million in New Market Tax Credits, translating into over $2 billion in transactions benefiting the country's most distressed neighborhoods. Aries Capital's strategic alliances, such as the one formed with Four Corners Advisors in 2018, have enabled the firm to offer comprehensive hotel advisory, transaction, and financing platforms for hotel developers and investors across the United States, Caribbean, and other international markets. This partnership provides executive-level consulting, interim and permanent debt placement, and a range of services from initial evaluations through the conclusion of potential foreclosure processes for hotel, luxury resort, and gaming resort properties valued from $5 million to over $100 million. The firm's extensive experience and strong relationships with various institutional investors position it as a leading entity in the commercial real estate investment sector, committed to delivering creative solutions for real estate sponsors and investors nationwide.

Investment Focus

• Focus on industrial and logistics assets
• Emphasis on net lease assets and sale-leaseback opportunities
• Geographical focus on the United States, particularly Florida, and the Caribbean

Portfolio Companies