ELV Associates, Inc. is a privately held real estate investment and management company established in 1990, allowing high net-worth families to make direct investments in United States commercial properties. The Company’s high quality property portfolios in three US regions – New England, Mid-Atlantic, and the Southeast – offer investors geographic and product diversification and exceptional returns through income and appreciation common to real estate investments. To date, we have completed acquisition and development transactions representing nearly $3 billion in market value. Fundamental to our investments is property of high intrinsic value where inefficiencies are exploited, and value is enhanced through our hands-on teams in Boston, Washington, DC and Atlanta.
Owned by a substantial UK family trust, ELV is an extension of ownership and enjoys a strong track record and reputation for achieving attractive returns across its portfolio. ELV’s investments are offered on a deal-by-deal basis to co-investing families, many of whom have consistently invested with the Company for decades, by invitation only. Led by its long-tenured management team, ELV’s unique capital platform and direct presence across its three regions has produced consistently attractive real estate investment returns comprised of income and long-term capital appreciation. Capital preservation is paramount to all investments, demanding sensitivity to quality and pricing.
ELV is primarily focused on opportunistic middle-market commercial properties with a typical transaction size of $30 million to $200 million. Our investment strategy emphasizes a balanced portfolio approach which diversifies its activities between (i) core-plus assets, (ii) value-added assets (typically through re-tenanting, repositioning, and renovation), and (iii) ground-up development opportunities. In all cases, value is created through active management by the ELV team.
Consisting of 147 rental apartments and street level restaurant space in a 24-story tower, Lilli Midtown was developed through a joint venture of ELV and a valued development partner with expertise in the industry. Completed in 2018, Lilli Midtown is located in one of Atlanta’s most dynamic urban neighborhoods and was designed to appeal to broad range of affluent urban professionals. Upon full lease up and after a brief holding period, the multiple award-winning asset was sold in February 2020 to a large Canadian pension fund. Net proceeds supported attractive results on ELV’s LP equity position of $14 million over a four-year period of development, leasing, and exit.
With 160 rental apartments and 13,000 square feet of ground-level retail, Alto Fairfield Metro was developed through a joint venture with a locally based partner in the Fairfield, CT market. Completed in 2021, Alto offered institutional quality housing in a supply-constrained market catering to transit-oriented professionals working in the New York City area. The project stabilized several months after delivery and, after a brief holding period, was sold to a family office in March 2022. The sale proceeds and cash flow on ELV’s $12 million LP equity position yielded attractive results over a three-year development, leasing, and exit period.
Located within the Georgia State University urban campus, this 685-bed student housing tower was developed through a joint-venture of ELV and a valued development partner with expertise in the industry. Completed ahead of schedule and on budget in June 2019, and with two market-leading full lease-ups for the 2020 and 2021 academic years, the asset was sold to a private equity investment firm specializing in student housing. ELV’s LP equity investment of $22.3 million yielded attractive results over a four-year period of development, leasing and exit.
Located adjacent to a programmed municipal park and steps away from town retail and restaurant amenities, the project was developed through a joint venture of ELV and a valued development partner with expertise in the industry. Completed in November 2020 on time and on budget, the 430 garden-style apartments and street level retail space reached 90% occupancy the following Spring at rates considerably above pro forma. A pre-emptive purchase offer by a large syndication trust led to a sale in April 2021, supporting attractive results on ELV’s LP equity position of $25 million.
The Foundry, located in the Carlyle submarket of Alexandria, VA, is an urbanized mixed-use project that converted a 600,00 square foot office building into a modern Class-A apartment building consisting of 520 apartment units and 25,000 square feet of retail space. The building’s façade was updated and three residential floors and rooftop amenity spaces were added. The Foundry’s innovative design earned a 2021 ENR Mid-Atlantic Best Projects Award of Merit and the 2020 NAIOP North Virginia Award for Best Building, Adaptive Re-Use. Completed in March 2020, the project was sold in December 2020. ELV’s LP equity investment of $55 million yielded attractive results over a four-year holding period.
Conceived as an integral part of the Alpharetta City Center master development and designed to appeal to affluent renters desiring the nearby amenities and conveniences, Amorance was developed through a joint venture of ELV and a valued development partner with expertise in the industry. Comprised of 168 apartments and 42,000 square feet of boutique retail space in two buildings, the project was completed in the spring of 2019 and sold to a domestic pension fund in September 2019. Sale proceeds and cash flow on ELV’s $20 million LP equity position yielded attractive results over a four-year period of development, leasing, and exit.
