Eyzenberg & Company, a real estate investment bank with offices in Miami, New York and Washington DC, recently structured a ground lease and appointed a developer for a $95 million, 10-arce, 500,000+ square foot 400-unit multifamily property, located in Bonita Springs Florida. PROFILEmiami had the exclusive opportunity explore the process with David Eyzenberg, the founder of Eyzenberg & Co. and one of the industry leaders in ground leases.

Challenges

The landowner was master planning a 68-acre mixed-used site and was seeking an alternative structure to monetize the various components of the development. Though the optionality of converting land into a fixed income asset via a ground lease was appealing, the suburban location on the west coast of Florida was perceived to be a deterrent to the structure.

Solutions

Eyzenberg & Company conducted a broad marketing process focused on experienced multifamily developers. To better access a broader market, other intermediaries were invited to present the opportunity to their client base. A ground lease was structured such that potential future economic ambiguity was minimized thus creating an attractive development opportunity for would be builders. Potential bidders and their capital partners were educated on the ground lease structure and its inherent benefits. Ultimately a leasehold developer was selected and all of the lessors desired business terms were achieved.

About Eyzenberg & Co.

Eyzenberg & Company is a commercial real estate investment bank led by David Eyzenberg. Eyzenberg & Co. is one of the industry's leading ground lease and capital advisory firm delivering full capital stack solutions for existing, transitional, and to-be-built commercial real estate projects. Affiliated entities Eyzenberg GroundCap (an institutionally backed private equity vehicle specializing in the creation and acquisition of leased fee positions) and Eyzenberg GreenCap (a joint venture with leading C-PACE firm, Greenworks Lending) provide innovative proprietary capital solutions for CRE transactions. With offices in New York, Miami, Washington D.C. Metro, and Philadelphia, Eyzenberg & Company is one of the fastest-growing real estate capital advisory firms in the U.S.