Real Estate Support to Private Markets

Private Market Real Estate Support

Acuity Knowledge Partners caters to both real estate equity and debt funds, and offers comprehensive support across investment strategies, including core, core-plus, value-add, opportunistic and debt/hybrid. Our support covers the entire investment lifecycle, spanning fundraising, opportunity screening, underwriting, due diligence, deal acquisition, portfolio monitoring and asset management.

Our services empower clients to expedite their investment decision-making process, enhance market responsiveness, increase client-facing activities, accommodate higher deal flow and manage large datasets. We streamline the due diligence process by developing customised frameworks and conducting thorough research, reducing the time required to finalise deals by as much as 40-50%.

As an extension of a client’s onshore team, we help the client drive ROI by implementing industry-wide best practices and transforming their operating models. Our subject-matter experts have experience in diverse property types, such as multifamily, single-family rentals (SFRs), retail, office, self-storage, industrial, hotels, student housing and care homes.

Who we serve

Real estate-focused private equity and debt funds
Alternative investment/asset managers
Family offices
Property consultants /brokers
Real estate companies /borrowers /sponsors

Support We Offer

Fund Raising

Supporting sales teams on LP research and market intelligence
- RFP/RFI/DDQ
- Market overviews
- Client/sales presentations
- Fund marketing presentations
- Competitive analysis
- Ad hoc research

Initial Screening/ Deal Origination

High-level screening and analysis to identify potential investment opportunities.
- Screening potential investment opportunities
- Industry/macroeconomic overview and newsletters
- Loan origination and sizing models
- ESG risk assessments
- Offering memorandum
- Rent rolls and property financials (including T-6 and T-12 statements)
- Review of third-party reports

Due Diligence/ Deal Acquisition

Thorough investigation and assessment of the target asset's risks and potential before finalising deal acquisition.
- Target research (loan, borrower/sponsor, property)
- Sales and leasing comps
- Detailed underwriting/cashflow modelling (including ARGUS)
- Valuation and scenario analysis
- Tenant credit analysis and detailed rent rolls
- Lease review and abstraction
- CMBS/warehouse/syndication underwriting
- Validation of initial UW assumptions/preparation of term sheets
- Asset summary reports
- Review of third-party reports
- Investment committee (IC) memos/early-warning memos (EWMs)
- Presentation support

Monitoring/ Asset Management

Enabling continuous monitoring to maximise property performance and investor returns.
- Industry dashboards of key sectors
- Periodic reporting and valuation
- Exit planning support
- Covenant compliance tracking
- Loan draw/future funding process
- Loan onboarding
- Property tapes and financials
- Cashflow trending analysis
- Rent rolls
- Lease rollover analysis

Fund Operations and Accounting

Ensuring the financial health of a fund through efficient fund operations and meticulous accounting practices.
- Bespoke investment reporting
- Capital-call and distribution management
- Treasury support
- Cash reconciliation
- Fund modelling
- ESG and regulatory reporting