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While office building management is the first pillar of Sumitomo Corporation’s real estate business in the US, its second pillar is rental housing. For each project, Sumitomo Corporation in partnership with local developers carries out land acquisition, development, leasing, and selling within a period of about three years. To date, the Company has conducted about 20 projects under this business model.
As in office building management, the rental housing business focuses on geographical areas selected by utilizing Sumitomo Corporation’s business network in the US, as well as a wide range of statistical data. Sumitomo Corporation’s rental housing business is characterized by the active repetition of short-term investment and recovery. Locations are evaluated for growth potential, and subjected to field research by our staff.
The third pillar is master planned community development, which began in the 1990s. This business model involves acquiring large tracts of land, carrying out residential land development, and selling resultant lots to homebuilders. To date, Sumitomo Corporation has conducted five such projects in Atlanta and Houston. An example is Towne Lake in Houston, a scenic new community developed around a lake, where lots and houses are currently on sale. It comprises lots spread over 2,400 acres, about the size of Chuo ward in Tokyo. Sumitomo Corporation has also acquired land for new development in Houston, about 1,944 acres, with a plan to develop a community with a residential area, schools and a commercial area. Each section will be sold to real estate agencies and commercial developers.
The fourth pillar is private real estate funds. In June 2017, Sumitomo Corporation commenced operation of its first private placement fund, which capitalizes on the Sumitomo Corporation Group’s office building investment and management know-how and experience to provide optimized solutions and excellent investment opportunities to Japanese investors keen to invest in US real estate. Private placement funds bring to the Company a new business model where real estate investment is conducted with funds entrusted by other companies. With operation of the second fund started in July 2018, Sumitomo Corporation intends to carry on launching further private placement funds.
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