ABOUT US
L3 Capital Group is a vertically integrated real estate principal investing and advisory firm that specializes in acquisition, development, management and special situation real estate. Our principal's track record includes managing over 1 million square feet of real estate development and making over $2 billion of real estate transactions across all asset types throughout the United States.
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L3’s primary goals are to preserve and enhance the long-term wealth for its shareholders and clients. L3 strategizes each investment by closely monitoring the current market trends and investment horizon in order to maximize the risk-adjusted return on each investment. For each real estate investment position or advisory assignment, L3 takes a sophisticated and diligent approach in analyzing all material risks and opportunities.
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L3's competitive edge are its people and resources. The leadership team has mastered the craft of real estate decision-making. Success in real estate requires decades of practical experience and looking at a problem from numerous standpoints (as an investor, developer, builder, tax planner, attorney, designer, engineer, economist, end-user, and wealth manager) and distilling those acumen to a path of creativity, efficiency, and profitability. With this approach, L3 offers its shareholders and clients a nimble high-performance team and a vertically integrated company to accurately set goals and cultivate on changes.
HOW WE INVEST
EXPERIENCED TEAM WITH IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE
Our experience has revolved around a nuanced approach to the market. By identifying areas with good market fundamentals and targeting undervalued properties within, we have been successful in achieving above average returns for investors. We conduct detailed underwriting and financial, legal, owner, regulatory, user, engineering, constructability, and tax assessments when evaluating an investment opportunity or spearheading an advisory assignment. With a long history in New York real estate, L3 Capital Group has the industry know-how of one of the world’s most demanding high barrier-to-entry real estate markets. This enables us to not only identify opportunities but capitalize on them with changes in regulations, monetary policies, market cycles, and supply and demand dynamics.
ACCESS TO UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
Over the years, L3 Capital Group has developed a reputable position in the industry and has maintained an extensive proprietary network that allow us access to attractive on and off market investment deals and advisory assignments. By combining our professional grit and creativity with our deep resources and anchor alliances with owners, lenders, brokerages firms, investors, the engineering and building communities, and other industry leaders, we have developed a formula that creates both a path for profitability and unlocks the intrinsic value of a property.
LIMITING RISK AND CULTIVATING OPPORTUNITY
L3 Capital Group is dedicated to creating value at each stage of the investment life-cycle through disciplined execution. Our approach is based on adhering to key fundamental principles;​ Investing based on in-depth market knowledge, thorough due diligence, and a deep understanding of both the macro and micro economic environments. Implementing multiple execution strategies to mitigate risk and create the highest and best use for each asset or advisory assignment. We succeed by building and maintaining relationships with industry-leading professionals whom we believe to be the cornerstones of the success of each investment and utilizing in-depth analyses for each deal to achieve the most efficient use of capital and resources.
INSPIRE
Acquisition
At L3 Capital Group, we have a proven track record in identifying undervalued opportunities that other firms overlook and untangling undermanaged / distressed deals. Through our reach and access into local communities, we have demonstrated a capability to underwrite and structure complex, cross-border transactions across the capital stack efficiently.
Our experience in negotiating terms and disciplined approach in reviewing and closing deals have provided us with success at securing attractive short and long term investments in both bear and bull markets.
Finance
We conduct complex financial analysis to develop the optimal capital structure and financial leverage for each deal. Utilizing both local and overseas capital resources, we are able to structure appropriate and cost-effective debt on our properties and downside protection to allow for flexibility in project capitalizations.
Our longstanding relationships in the industry work to provide a large network of both equity and debt partners, simplifying capital raising during any stage of a project's development cycle, whether it be acquisition, construction, recapitalization, or permanent take-out financing.
Development
Our development team has extensive experience working with professionals from all facets of the real estate industry. Each project is uniquely coordinated with architects, engineers, contractors, as well as other professionals from the design phase to construction.
The team manages each element of the projects through comprehensive pre-construction planning, and implements the most cost-effective production, scheduling, and monitoring of the construction period to ensure a smooth development execution.
Sales & Marketing
L3 Capital Group has a proven track record in residential and commercial sales and marketing, utilizing innovative marketing strategies and creating value for potential buyers. Our strategic planning generates unprecedented value-per-square-foot with the expertise in research and analysis essential for navigating today’s complex market.
In addition, our dedicated top-producing sales team has access to a wide variety of both local and international buyers, providing carefully planned exposure to the target market. Our staff takes pride in its professionalism and attentiveness to our clients’ needs while continually striving to deliver overachieving results.
Sample Projects
With more than $50 million in assets under management, L3 specializes in New York City-based value-add acquisitions and developments. We excel in acquiring under-managed urban infills located in the NYC area and repositioning these properties to their highest and best use. Our projects typically involve completing many of the following facets: optimal design and programming, detailed investment analyses, structuring and tax planning, adaptive reuse & conversions, ground-up development or enlargements, shell and core construction, high-end interior design and luxury interior buildouts for residences, restaurants, or retail spaces, for-sale condominium development, opportunistic / distressed acquisitions, and high-touch asset management and branding. In the span of L3 principals’ tenured NYC-based careers as real estate developers, operators and investment managers, we have completed complex rezonings with community boards and city planning approvals, handled brownfield remediations, secured waterfront special use permits, and handled large urban mixed-use commercial real estate developments.
