The commercial real estate asset class is famously known for four main types of properties: office space, industrial, multifamily rentals, and retail. Real estate owners and operators have the ability to cultivate environments in which all people can experience authentic community, redeeming relationships, and neighborly love in the spaces they live, work, and play. For example, many are very thoughtful about how the environments they create make its inhabitants feel with the physical space, sounds, and sights. Other owners have also seen the presence of chaplains decrease tenant turnover and improve online reputation. The tremendous opportunity for impact in this asset class is vast, and below is a non-exhaustive list of some of the looked to Faith Driven leaders bringing spiritual integration to life in real estate.
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Faith Driven Leaders in Real Estate
Sovereign’s Capital
Founded in 2012 - Headquarters in Silicon Valley, CA and Jakarta, Indonesia
The Sovereign’s Capital Real Estate team deploys capital to serve tenants and enrich communities, generating attractive current income and long-term capital gains. Sovereign’s Capital Real Estate team invests in U.S.-based real estate alongside faith-driven managers who recognize the opportunity for impact within the spaces and communities that they serve. Real estate operators have the unique ability to cultivate environments in which all people can experience authentic community, redemptive relationships, and neighborly love.
Launch Capital Partners
Founded in 2015 - Headquarters in Louisville, KY
Launch Capital Partners (LCP) is an impact private equity firm that deploys capital to acquire and operate multifamily real estate assets. LCP believes that market returns and social impact are not mutually exclusive. Simultaneously benefiting investors, refugees, and internationals, LCP promotes thriving communities through its relationship-oriented property management model and community partnerships. The firm provides investors with the unique opportunity to earn market-rate returns while creating transformative social impact.
Waymaker
Founded in 2020 - Headquarters in Irving, TX
Waymaker is an institutional quality, Christ-centered, multifamily investment platform. WayMaker is differentiated through expertise in multifamily, technology and community. Waymaker is a joint venture partner with JPI, one of multifamily’s most respected development firms with a 30+ year track record of excellence.
New Story
New Story pioneers solutions to end the global housing crisis by empowering families to become land and homeowners in thriving communities. Families are no longer charitable beneficiaries — they’re participants in their journey out of poverty and into housing.
Hilltop Residential
Founded in 2017 - Headquarters in Houston, TX
Hilltop Residential is a vertically integrated multifamily real estate investment and management company. Hilltop is an intersection of people and values. Ultimately guided by their faith, Hilltop’s Core Values of Integrity, Humility, Service, Innovation, Unity, and Charity are essential to why Hilltop exists. The Hilltop family lives by their Core Values to serve its residents, love and support its team members, and wisely steward its investors’ capital.
Narthex
Founded in 2017 - Headquarters in Overland Park, KS
Narthex buys & leasebacks churches. A church’s facility shouldn't restrict its ministry. Narthex exists to buy churches and free congregations of the financial burden that comes with building ownership, so they can play offense and pursue Kingdom-honoring ministry opportunities.
KNGDM Group
Founded in 2019 - Headquarters in Nashville, TN
KNGDM Group is a leader in aligning capital with values. KNGDM is a majority Black-Owned developer focused on empowering urban neighborhoods threatened by explosive growth and gentrification. KNGDM builds real estate and invests in people to not just revitalize a community, but to break cycles of poverty and drive wealth creation both locally and for investors.
Thompson Thrift
Founded in 1986 - Headquarters in Indianapolis, IN
Thompson Thrift is an integrated full-service real estate company. Three business units drive Thompson Thrift’s success—Thompson Thrift Residential, focused on upscale apartment home communities and luxury leased homes; Thompson Thrift Commercial, focused on ground-up mixed-use and retail development and leasing; and Thompson Thrift Construction, a full-service construction company. Thompson Thrift’s commitment to quality is grounded in the solid foundation of its company's values of excellence, service, and leadership, and made possible by a dedicated team.
Roam
Founded in 2008 - Headquarters in Atlanta, GA
Designed to reinspire work and meetings, Roam is a comprehensive work, meet and office solution with six locations in metro Atlanta. Month-to-month memberships, private offices and technology-equipped meeting rooms accommodating 2 to 250 people allow small business and large corporations alike to work with flexibility in design-enhanced spaces. In today’s post-pandemic landscape, Roam is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of a changing workforce and workplace by providing a destination for work to be accomplished in an inspiring, productive and collaborative environment.
Lighthouse Capital
Founded in 2020 - Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA
Lighthouse works with global investors who know the incredible impact that real estate can have in local communities, and the solid financial returns it can bring. The name Lighthouse was selected because the company humbly seeks to present opportunities that serve as a beacon in the global community and bring the light of Christ to the world.
Welden Field
Founded in 1977 - Headquarters in Birmingham, AL
The primary objective of Welden Field is to achieve Business as Mission quadruple bottom-line returns on invested capital for value-add multi-family properties. The quadruple bottom-line for Welden Field means achieving market or near market returns while impacting all the stakeholders (employees, tenants, neighborhood, competitors, vendors, investors, etc.) from a spiritual, social and environmental perspective.
JPI
Founded in 1989 - Headquarters in Irvin, TX
JPI specializes in the development, construction, asset management, and comprehensive investment capital management. JPI leaves nothing to chance in designing and developing communities with exceptional services and amenities. Their passionate attention to detail ensures the success of every project as well as the best risk-adjusted returns for our investors. At the same time, it allows them to create a living experience that is second to none.
Open Doors
Founded in 20202 - Headquarters in San Diego, CA
Current real estate models available to churches are wasteful and hinder mission. The average church spends 50% of its finances on a building it fully utilizes only 5% of the week. Open Doors curates attractive and affordable facilities for multiple churches to share. When they don’t need the space, the facilities double as a missional opportunity for the local community through other uses. This enables churches to reduce their facilities budget by >60%, streamline their operations, add new sources of people flow, enjoy the benefits of a missional community and deploy their capital on mission.
Placemakers Kenya
Founded in 2021 - Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya
Placemaker's mission is to provide quality affordable housing for lower-income Kenyan households where they can flourish and thrive all while providing investors with a fair financial and large social return. Placemakers is a joint venture between Urbuntu, who has over 30 years of experience in developing affordable housing units in emerging economies, and NACHU, who are the National Affordable Housing Cooperative Union leading Kenya's affordable housing supply for cooperatives.
Hartman Income REIT
Founded in 1983 - Headquarters in Houston, TX
Since 1983, Hartman has owned and managed dozens of properties, offering premium office, retail, industrial and flex space at competitive rates, while maintaining a high level of customer service and satisfaction. Hartman is dedicated to upholding biblical principles and honoring God in all that they do, and this translates into a unique leasing experience that only Hartman can provide.
Knightvest
Founded in 2007 - Headquarters in Dallas, TX
Knightvest coalesced around a simple idea—create exceptional returns for investors through a narrow focus on key markets — and do it with a high level of character and integrity. Knightvest wants to truly take care of its residents, not only their homes, but the communities that are created. That’s why they use the Apartment Life program to make sure its communities are thriving.
Cornerstone
Founded in 2014 - Headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cornerstone is a purpose driven property developer that has set out to transform the property industry by putting people at the heart of everything it does. It is built on a passion for regeneration and a deep belief that we are meant to live in community.
Advenir Living
Founded in 1996 - Headquarters in Aventura, FL
Advenir Living exists to impact people with fulfilling work, exceptional service, and unparalleled living. Advenir acquires, develops and manages multi-family and single-family rental communities on behalf of high net worth and institutional investors. Since inception, Advenir has owned and operated more than 25,000 units valued at $3.7 Billion.
Continental Realty Group
Founded in 1982 - Headquarters in Littleton, Colorado
Continental Realty Group is a diverse real estate company focused on creating value through the acquisition and development of multi-housing assets. Continental looks to add value to our communities and their residents, as well as to our partners who make the opportunity possible. Research, data, and experience are the foundations of Continental’s processes.
DLP Capital
Founded in 2010 - Headquarters in St Augustine, Florida
DLP Capital is a private real estate investment and financial services company focused on making an IMPACT by acquiring, developing, and building relationships, housing, leaders, and organizations. DLP Capital executes its IMPACT through a wide array of business divisions and companies including lending, investment funds, sales, leasing, property management, construction management, development, and loan servicing.
Makers Gym
Founded in 2019 - Headquarters in Frisco, TX
Markers Gym is a new co-creation concept that gives its members access to state of the art production studios, production equipment, training & educational classes, vast coworking amenities, and a network of up-and-coming creative talent & businesses.
Humphreys Capital
Founded in 2012 - Headquarters in Oklahoma City, OK
Humphreys Capital is an investment firm that manages real estate funds. The firm acquires and develops income-producing properties including industrial, multifamily, self-storage, senior living, office and retail. Humphreys' investment focus is on dynamic cities exhibiting diverse growth across the southern US, where it specializes in privately negotiated off-market, mid-size deals of institutional quality. The multigenerational team, which has more than 170 years of combined experience, and provides seasoned expertise.
Elevation Capital Group
Founded in 2013 - Headquarters in Orlando, FL
Elevation Capital Group is a respected leader in the alternative real estate investment arena. The company focuses exclusively on two niche property types: manufactured housing communities and self-storage facilities. Elevation’s mission is to provide an excellent return on investment for investors, while at the same time providing every customer with a quality experience offered at an affordable rate. Elevation seeks to preserve mobile home communities by maintaining them as such while improving each community over time. The company is energized by the gospel as it equips, challenges, convicts, connects and compels their actions towards a greater level of service for their customers, employees, investors and communities.
COhatch
Founded in 2016 - Headquarters in Worthington, OH
COhatch creates space for creators and builders to make their cities better. In other words, their success is measured in human flourishing and community renewal. The method is forged as a technology-enabled operator, mixed-use developer and owner of spaces—think: “Community Town Hall 2.0”.
Patmos Capital Group
Founded in 2021 - Headquarters in Richardson, TX
Patmos is a multifamily real estate investment firm dedicated to serving people. Ultimately, Patmos is guided by their faith, convictions and core values. The Patmos team is hardworking, humble, and ready to serve its residents, support its team members, and wisely steward their investors' capital. Patmos Capital Partners is named after the Greek island, Patmos where the book of Revelation was written. The island of Patmos symbolically represents the idea of having a vision for the future by stewarding the present with great intention and care.
Life Bridge Capital
Founded in 2017 - Headquarters in Roanoke, VA
Life Bridge Capital seeks to offer cash-flowing passive investment opportunities with real estate equity upsides to investors. The firm's acquisition strategy includes new construction and value-add properties across both growth and cash flowing markets. Properties are owner-managed, driving efficiencies and creating a positive community atmosphere for our residents with our partnership with Apartment Life. Life Bridge Capital is also highly committed to supporting orphans and adoptive families through the Omnah Foundation. Founder and CEO, Whitney Sewell has committed to give 50% of his personal profits to the Foundation to help families afford the adoption process. Life Bridge core values are joyfulness, grit, humility and ownership.
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