The Brookdale Group

Overview

The Brookdale Group is a privately held commercial real estate investment firm founded in 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia. Through its sponsored closed-end investment funds, Brookdale makes commercial real estate investments on behalf of the firm’s principals and institutional co-investment partners. Since its formation, Brookdale has sponsored eight investment funds which have focused on making 'value-add' and 'near-stabilized' real estate investments (primarily in office properties) located within the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Southwest regions of the United States. Brookdale's eight investment funds have made investments totaling more than $3 billion. These investments included 107 Sunbelt office buildings with more than 16 million rentable square feet of office space, approximately 100 acres of commercial land, and approximately 24,000 acres of non-commercial land. Six of the eight Brookdale funds have been fully liquidated, with additional property sales from currently active funds, generating to date, gross proceeds of approximately $2.1 billion. Brookdale has been an active investor and investment manager through both strong and weak real estate and capital market cycles, including those markets which accompanied the 'S&L crisis' of the early 1990’s, the rapid expansion and subsequent market collapse related to the technology boom in the early 2000’s, the economic turmoil which followed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the consumer- and debt-driven bull market of 2005 through 2007, the financial crisis which precipitated the 'Great Recession' of 2008 and 2009, and the period of steady economic growth since the Great Recession ended. During these market cycles, Brookdale has demonstrated sound judgment and discipline with respect to when to invest, when to sell, and importantly, when to stay on the sidelines.

Investment Focus

• Value-Add
• Near-Stabilized