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Colony Capital, LLC Overview

Overview
Colony Capital, LLC is a privately-held independent global real estate investment firm founded in 1991 by Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. Colony Capital has an extensive global footprint and corresponding infrastructure, with over 200 employees operating in a total of 13 offices in the following 10 countries: China, England, France, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan and the United States. This global infrastructure provides Colony Capital’s acquisition team with proprietary market knowledge, exceptional sourcing capabilities and the local presence required to identify and execute complex transactions. Since inception through the beginning 2009, Colony Capital established 30 investment vehicles, including dedicated private domestic and foreign investment funds and investment-specific co-investment vehicles, raising an aggregate of approximately $15.7 billion of capital, which has been invested in most major sectors of real estate, including investments in our target assets.

Through the identification of supply-demand source imbalances in capital, product types and information availability, Colony achieves attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in real estate and real estate-related debt investments, non-performing loans, distressed assets, real estate-dependent operating companies, and select commercial and residential development opportunities throughout the world.

Strategybuilding
Colony employs the entrepreneurial investment strategy which has been successfully executed over the past seventeen years. This strategy is designed to consistently achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns by minimizing competition with other capital sources, while maximizing value through intensive post-acquisition management.

Three themes define this strategic approach:

• Cautious Contrarianism: during downturns or secular changes, investing in out-of-favor sectors or markets to exploit misalignments

• Exploitation of Inefficiencies: capitalizing on information advantages to identify micro-market imbalances and secure investments on favorable terms

• Value-added Management to Optimal Exits: creating capital appreciation opportunities through repositioning, restructuring, development, and intensive management

Colony has effectively applied its investment strategy throughout a variety of market conditions. As competitive pressures in the U.S. portfolio sector reduced expected yields, Colony expanded the geographic and product scope of its investment activities while maintaining the discipline of its historically successful strategy.

For more information on Colony Capital, LLC, please visit its homepage www.colonyinc.com.

 

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