COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
October 2024

• Transaction is the firm's third acquisition in Boston in the last 12 months.
• The acquired building has a state-of-the-art design, LEED Gold certification, and is
located in the heart of the Back Bay, Boston's most exclusive residential and office area.
• The asset is 81% leased to blue chip firms such as Alo and Google, which has the largest
shop in New England.


Madrid, October 16, 2024 – Azora has completed the purchase of a modern office building in Boston,
located at 149 Newbury Street, for $101 million. This "trophy" mixed-use building offers 45,495
rentable square feet for offices and luxury retail spaces across five floors. The asset features cuttingedge design with LEED Gold certification and is situated along the Newbury Street commercial
corridor, surrounded by luxury shops and restaurants in Boston's exclusive Back Bay neighborhood.


The building is 81% leased to top-tier tenants. The ground floor is fully leased to two major tenants:
Google, which operates its first high-tech store in New England, and Alo, an exclusive sportswear
tenant.


Only the third floor of the asset is available to let and Azora plans to convert its 9,586 sq ft into ‘ready
to move in’ offices, given the demand in the area for this type of space.


As Ignacio Gil-Casares, Managing Partner of Azora Exan, comments: “We are pleased to have
acquired such a high-quality asset, which aligns with the strategy we began to implement in the US in
[month] last year. We continue to believe in the value of trophy office assets in major U.S. cities, and
149 Newbury is the perfect example, combining an excellent location, high occupancy by top-tier
tenants, and the potential to achieve higher returns by leasing the remaining space through the
creation of speculative spaces. We are confident in the potential value generation for this asset in the
short to medium term."


Azora entered the U.S. market through its partnership with Exan, establishing Azora Exan in December
2021. Currently, Azora Exan manages office, industrial, retail, and residential assets in the U.S. valued
at $1.7 billion. The acquisition of this new office building marks the third transaction of its kind in the
Boston market over the past 12 months, having acquired 801 Boylston Street for $39m and 7 Post
Office Square for $41m.


Additionally, Azora has recently agreed with Advenir, a U.S. real estate investment and management
company, to create a strategic alliance aimed at managing and developing affordable rental housing
in key U.S. markets. This alliance, which starts with over $3 billion and 14,000 units under
management, has an investment target exceeding $3 billion.

MULTIFAMILY
October 2024
  • Unified Firm Will Invest Heavily in U.S. Multi-Family and Single-Family Build-To-Rent
  • Azora is a $11 Billion AUM alternative investment management firm with a proven 20-year investment track record across diverse asset classes including residential, hospitality, logistics, and renewable energy.
  • Advenir is a national leader in traditional multifamily and purpose built, single-family home rental communities with nearly $5 Billion invested in muti-family and single-family rental communities since its inception in 1996, representing today over $3Bn assets under management across a portfolio of more than 14,700 rental units owned or under development in 10 U.S. states.

Miami, FL, and Madrid, Spain – October 3, 2024 – Azora, a Spain-based global investment firm, and Advenir, a US-based real estate investment and management corporation, are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership aimed at creating attainable rental housing in key markets across the US. This $3Bn+ partnership comes at a strategic time where a housing shortage combined with a challenging capital markets environment has created an opportunity for compelling investment in both development and acquisitions in the housing space. The deal creates a new, combined corporation, Advenir Azora, that will be a vertically integrated platform spanning acquisition, development, asset management, property management, and fund services capabilities, ensuring a full-spectrum approach to investor value creation and resident well-being.

“Investing in and with Advenir is a further expression of Azora’s long-term conviction to help create quality multi-family and single-family rental homes in the US,” said Mr. Fernando Pérez-Hickman, Managing Partner and Head of Azora America. "More than just good business, this endeavor will help countless families. Advenir’s operational excellence, local expertise, and similar principles make them an ideal partner as we continue to seek value in investment opportunities across the United States.”

Mr. Stephen Vecchitto, CEO and Founder of Advenir, remarked, “The housing shortage in America is more than 5 million homes, exacerbating the gap between a rising cost of ownership vs. more attainable costs of renting. Bringing together the global, financial power, residential knowledge and credibility to attract institutional capital of a company like Azora with Advenir’s deep expertise and experience in real estate development and management, will help us achieve our goal of growing our current portfolio and pipeline of 4,700 purpose-built single-family residences to 10,000 units, while expanding our ability to acquire existing properties. We believe the time is now to double-down on residential living, and our combined company is poised to take advantage of this market dislocation.”

Azora Advenir is expected to deploy more than $3 billion over the next five years in hopes of developing at least 10,000 new single-family rental homes and acquiring 5,000 existing units.

MULTIFAMILY
September 2024

AEDAS Homes delivers a 184-unit rental development to Brisa in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid

SENIOR LIVING
July 2024

Romano Senior acquires 11 care homes from the DomusVi Group for 92 million euros

MULTISTRATEGY
June 2024

Azora buys an office building in the centre of Madrid

HOSPITALITY
June 2024

The transaction includes the acquisition of hotels ‘Le Berger’ and ‘Jardin Secret’ alongside two adjacent buildings which will be repositioned into a hostel

HOSPITALITY
May 2024

Azora further strenghtens its hotel portoflio in Portugal with the acquisition of Praia d´El Rey Hotel 5* & Golf Resort

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
May 2024

Azora acquires office building in Boston

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
May 2024

Azora launches ML28 Madrid urban hub, the first urban campus in the center of Madrid

HOSPITALITY
April 2024

Azora acquires two urban hostels in Dublin and Barcelona

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
March 2024

Azora strengthens position in the U.S with $12.8M acquisition of a logistics facility in Miami, Florida

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
March 2024
MULTISTRATEGY
February 2024

Azora, in collaboration with Core Capital, launches Quetta platform to invest more than €500M into Iberian Data Centers.

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
November 2023

mylight150 secures €100m to accelerate the expansion of its solar self-consumption & smart energy management solutions in Europe. 

MULTISTRATEGY
November 2023

Azora acquires the Planetocio leisure center in Madrid on behalf of its Multi-strategy vehicle

MULTIFAMILY
October 2023

Azora secures c. EUR 640 million financing package for Spanish affordable residential rental platform - Nestar

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
October 2023

Azora and CBRE launch European competition to identify companies specialized in the decarbonization of Real Estate

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
September 2023

Azora strengthens its position in the US with the acquisition of two iconic buildings in Boston and Miami, with a $57M investment

MULTISTRATEGY
July 2023

Azora secures €270M for new South European focused Multi-Strategy vehicle

MULTIFAMILY
May 2023

CaixaBank awards Azora the management of its housing portfolio

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
May 2023

Azora announces the listing of MilePro on BME Growth

HOSPITALITY
May 2023

Azora launches decarbonization pilot targeting 25% energy reduction across 7-hotel portfolio in Spain

MULTIFAMILY
May 2023

AEDAS Homes delivers 160 BREEAM-certified turnkey units to Nestar for rent in Madrid

MULTIFAMILY
May 2023

Azora achieves second close of US Multifamily fund and launches Spanish investment vehicle to channel overseas capital into strategy

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
May 2023

Azora launches European Growth Equity strategy to invest in lower mid-market companies that address decarbonization of real assets

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
April 2023

Azora acquires strategic stake in tech-enabled carbon procurement company Abatable with $13.5 million investment

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
February 2023

Azora strengthens its position in the US with $78M commercial portfolio acquisiton

MULTIFAMILY
February 2023

AEDAS Homes delivers a sustainable, 128-unit Build to Rent development in Alcalá de Henares to Nestar

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
January 2023

Azora consolidates its position in the logistics sector, closing 2022 with 8 assets that represent a total investment of c. €100M