Published: September 02, 2010
Kennedy Wilson, RECP/Urban Partners and Capri Capital Partners Acquire 400-Unit Apartment Community in Oxnard
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - International real estate investment and services company Kennedy Wilson (NYSE:
KW), RECP/Urban Partners and Capri Capital Partners, LLC on behalf
of Capri Urban Investors, LLC today announced the acquisition of
Serenade, a 400-unit apartment community in Oxnard, CA, from the
California Urban Investment Partners (CUIP) for a purchase price of
$81.5 million.
"Serenade is a rare core apartment investment opportunity and great
addition to our portfolio of multifamily properties in California,"
Robert Hart, president and CEO of Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Management
Group, commented. "Our focus has been on supply constrained, infill West
Coast markets and this acquisition is a perfect fit for our strategy."
Serenade is a resort style community that is part of RiverPark, an award
winning master planned development. RiverPark covers 702 acres and
includes retail options such as Whole Foods, Target and REI in addition
to entertainment, offices, schools and 14 parks. Development in the
County of Ventura and in the city of Oxnard is subject to a number of
slow growth initiatives collectively known as Save Open-space and
Agricultural Resources (SOAR). Pursuant to these laws, future
development on the scale of RiverPark is virtually impossible for a
minimum of 18 years without voter approval.
"Serenade is an institutional quality, well designed core asset that is
located in a market with significant barriers to entry and will be
complimentary to the other investments made within our Urban Fund
to-date," Kenneth Lombard, president of Capri Urban Investors and
partner at Capri Capital Partners, stated. "We are very excited to
announce the acquisition of Serenade and our first joint venture with
Kennedy Wilson."
This acquisition represents the second major joint venture between
Kennedy Wilson and RECP/Urban Partners. Paul Keller, founding principal
of RECP/Urban Partners, said, "We are pleased to partner with Kennedy
Wilson and Capri Capital Partners, especially on such a high quality
asset as Serenade, which we originally developed. We continue to see the
excellent rent growth potential as the RiverPark master plan community
and The Collection shopping center reach completion in the years ahead."
Serenade contains 14 residential buildings with a wide variety of 1, 2,
and 3-bedroom residences. Features of the community include a fully
equipped fitness center with cardio theater machines, full sound system,
yoga and pilates floor and weight machines, a clubhouse with large
screen TV, a resort style pool with spa, sundeck, barbecues, an outdoor
fire pit and a 1.3 acre public park.
About Kennedy Wilson
Founded in 1977, Kennedy Wilson is an international real estate
investment and services company headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA with
21 offices in the U.S. and Japan. The company offers a comprehensive
array of real estate services including property and asset management,
brokerage and auction services, and construction and trust management.
Through its fund management and separate account businesses, Kennedy
Wilson is a strategic investor and manager of real estate investments in
the U.S. and Japan. For further information on Kennedy Wilson, please
visit www.kennedywilson.com.
About Urban Partners
Urban Partners is a real estate planning, investment, development and
management firm. The company pursues select market niches where
complexity or innovation create exceptional potential for its partners
and clients. With highly-specialized expertise in urban entitlement
processes, complex financial structures and alternative construction
methods, Urban Partners identifies opportunities which are not widely
followed or understood, resulting in competitive quality and marketing
advantages and superior financial performance. For more information on
Urban Partners, please visit www.urbanpartnersllc.com.
About Capri Urban Investors, LLC and Capri Capital Partners, LLC
Capri Capital Partners, LLC is the investment manager of Capri Urban
Investors, LLC, a real estate private equity fund. Capri Capital
Partners, LLC is an institutional real estate investment advisory firm,
investing and managing commercial real estate properties and portfolios
since 1992. Capri offers a broad spectrum of equity and debt products to
its customers through separate account and commingled fund vehicles.
Diversified assets managed on behalf of its pension fund and other
institutional clients totaled $3.534 billion in fair market value as of
June 30, 2010. For more information, please call 312-573-5275 or visit
the company's website www.capricapital.com.
Capri Capital Partners, LLC expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
statements contained herein to reflect any change in events, conditions,
or circumstances on which any such statement is based. This announcement
does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to
buy any security relating to Capri Capital Partners, LLC or any of its
funds. Any offer or solicitation may be made only through the delivery
of a definitive Private Offering Memorandum and all information
contained herein is qualified in its entirety by such Memorandum.

Kennedy Wilson
Christina Cha
Marketing & Communications Manager
310-887-6294
ccha@kennedywilson.com
www.kennedywilson.com
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