Marubeni Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries conduct importing and exporting (including third-country trading), as well as domestic business, encompassing a diverse range of business activities across wide-ranging fields including lifestyle, ICT & real estate business, forest products, food, agri business, chemicals, energy, metals & mineral resources, power business, infrastructure project, aerospace & ship, finance & leasing business, construction, industrial machinery & mobility, and next generation business development. Additionally, the Marubeni Group offers a variety of services, makes internal and external investments, and is involved in resource development throughout all of the above industries.

Yamada Consulting, an independent full-service consulting firm in Japan, has more than 30 years of experience serving small to major companies both in Japan and abroad, comprising listed enterprises, focusing on areas of management improvement, business restructuring/succession including capital policy, mergers and acquisitions advisory, and international business expansion, along with real estate consulting and education and training business.

Crow Holdings is a leading national real estate investment and development firm with more than 70 years of history, $24 billion of assets under management, and an established platform with a vision for continued success. Crow Holdings’ investment management company, Crow Holdings Capital, pursues what it believes to be compelling investment opportunities through a range of strategies, product types, and ventures, and provides non-advisory asset management services to various ventures and other parties, consistently seeking to create value for its investors, partners, and communities. Crow Holdings operates from 20 offices in key markets across the U.S., and has extensive industry reach and expertise through its various operating companies in multifamily, industrial, office, and specialty sectors. Crow Holdings’ ongoing legacy is rooted in its founding principles: partnership, collaboration, and alignment of interests.

In 2009, Hat Creek Partners was formed to invest exclusively in value-add multifamily acquisitions in major Texas metro areas. The average transaction size per property is $46 million, achieving a project IRR of 24.8%. The total amount of entrustments from investors so far is about $156 million, and about $400 million on an AUM.