100 Years Leading-Edge Capital Expertise

Debt Capital

Creative debt structuring and placement for institutions, owners, and developers.

Ackman-Ziff is a global leader in structuring and placing creative debt capital for institutions and real estate owners and developers. The depth and breadth of 100 years of experience enables the firm to creatively blend existing debt products with leading-edge, innovative capital market solutions.

The firm has institutional capabilities in building a wide variety of debt facilities, including acquisition financing, permanent financing, interim financing, debt recapitalization, construction financing, renovation financing, and forward take-out financing.

Representative mandate

$375,000,000

Structure

Mixed-Use Refinancing

Location

New York, NY

Structured Finance

Structured debt solutions that maximize leverage and minimize higher-cost equity.

Ackman-Ziff has unique expertise in developing structured debt solutions that minimize higher-cost equity by achieving maximum leverage and blend senior and sub-debt at various leverage levels.

The firm utilizes vertical structuring and horizontal syndication processes to tranche debt facilities among various risk profiles, resulting in optimal structure, pricing, and terms.

Representative mandate

$250,000,000 / $110,000,000

Structure

Construction, Subordinate (Mezzanine/Preferred Equity)

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Equity Placement

Industry-leading equity placement backed by institutional investing expertise.

Ackman-Ziff's equity practice comprises professionals who have invested for the most prestigious and sophisticated investment managers in the world.

Beginning with a thorough analysis of deal elements, AZ equity professionals underwrite transactions based on real-time knowledge of the ever-changing capital markets to match the right equity structure and partner with each client's unique circumstances.

Representative mandate

$79,000,000 / $16,700,000

Structure

Acquisition / Value-Add

Location

Franklin, IN

Investment Sales

Holistic disposition strategies that maximize returns and create liquidity.

Complementing Ackman-Ziff's capital markets expertise, the Investment Sales team looks at real estate assets and portfolios holistically, tailoring disposition strategies to efficiently maximize returns, reduce risk, and create liquidity.

The team coordinates recapitalization strategies across all asset classes and pairs capable investors with appropriate acquisition financing.

Representative mandate

$218,000,000

Structure

Office Condominium Sale

Location

New York, NY

Loan Restructuring

Creative resolutions across the capital stack for under-performing assets.

Ackman-Ziff offers institutional and entrepreneurial real estate owners comprehensive capital advisory services, including loan restructuring.

The firm represents clients with loans throughout the capital stack — first mortgages, mezzanine debt, and preferred equity — and across hospitality, retail, healthcare, office, residential, and industrial properties nationwide.

Representative mandate

$40,000,000

Structure

Mixed-Use Development Restructuring

Location

Pennsylvania

Loan Sales

Advisory for whole loans, loan portfolios, and REO dispositions.

Ackman-Ziff's Loan & REO Sales Group provides advisory services related to the sale of individual whole loans, loan portfolios, and real-estate-owned assets.

The group includes former bankers and legal professionals who work collaboratively to provide an integrated approach to resolving issues that arise during the life cycle of a loan.

Special Situations

Institutional capital structures for non-traditional real estate-related assets.

Ackman-Ziff's Special Situations Group develops institutional capital structures for complex assets including single family rentals, ski resorts, non-performing loans, farmland, mortgage servicing rights, and sports-related real assets.

The group is known for understanding risk, reward, and liquidity in highly complicated and esoteric real asset classes.

Representative mandate

$125,000,000

Structure

Single Family Rental Debt

Location

Southwest U.S.

Equity and Credit Solutions for Infrastructure

Bespoke equity and credit solutions for infrastructure and alternative assets.

Ackman-Ziff's team harnesses the natural arbitrage between traditional and non-traditional capital sources by creating bespoke equity and credit solutions that are optimally priced and creatively structured.

Independent thinking and proven relationships afford the firm the ability to create highly-tailored credit and equity solutions for infrastructure and alternative assets across the U.S.