Advenir & Azora create $3BN+ partnership to address national housing shortage

ADVENIR & AZORA CREATE $3BN+ PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS NATIONAL HOUSING SHORTAGE

• 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.