Adam Williams

Adam D. Williams is the co-founder and managing partner at Denali Properties in Dallas and sits on the Associate Council of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Capital Markets and Finance
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Economy, Market & Trends
Value-Add and Opportunistic Investment
The primary conversation in the commercial real estate market today revolves around the substantial amount of equity capital chasing high-quality core investments as prospective buyers exhibit a high level of interest in the stability of income and an overall lower risk level. For reasons that have yet to be fully explored, there is comparatively little discussion of value-add and opportunistic space.

Value-add and opportunistic investments traditionally have been considered higher-risk strategies that use significant degrees of leverage to maximize the total return of an investment. Value-add opportunities generally involve Class B or C assets in high-quality locations that can be significantly improved operationally or rehabilitated to increase cash flow. Leverage approaching 65 percent can be used both to enhance returns and to finance part of the renovation capital.

May 1, 2010
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Matthew Cypher
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