A Land Advisors Company
What We Do
Landmark Capital, a real estate capital advisory firm disciplined in finance and private equity, works with owners, investors, and developers of commercial real estate and residential land. Our knowledge of capital allows our clients to focus on executing their business plans: to acquire, entitle, develop and operate an active portfolio of real estate investments.
News
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Beach-Side Mixed Use Project Refinanced
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA—Landmark Capital has arranged a $16-million bridge loan for the Shopoff project which will replace an industrial facility near the ocean. Landmark Capital Advisors, a real estate capital advisory firm disciplined in structured finance and private equity, has […] -
Falling Behind
It’s incredible how quickly things change. Just a few years ago, conventional wisdom was that it would take an eternity to work through the excess inventory created by the housing bust and subsequent foreclosure crisis. In reality, banks proved […] -
$19,500,000 Bridge Loan to Recapitalize Flex Office Building
Challenge of the assignment: At the time of closing, a structural remediation program to mitigate foundation movement was only 50% complete. In addition, the majority tenant at the property (85% of GLA) had an open termination option which they could exercise […] -
6,900,000 Bridge Loan – No Prepayment Penalty
Landmark Capital secured $6,900,000 of short-term bridge financing to replace a maturing land loan on a 251-acre site with final plat approval for 329 residential lots in, Douglas County, CO. Challenge of the assignment: Secure short-term, non-recourse debt financing to […] -
$14,000,000 Joint Venture Equity to finance the acquisition, development and construction of 152 residential units in Oxnard, CA.
Challenge of the assignment:Persuading a capital partner to invest in a project located in a secondary market with a relatively large number of lots. Solution: Landmark Capital had the resources and the collaboration to analyze the opportunity, identify a qualified […] -
Closing Secondary-Market Deals With Equity Providers
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Focusing on return metrics, a team’s ability to execute, location and what makes the specific project unique from its competition will make equity providers take notice on secondary-market deals, Landmark Capital Advisors’ director of business developmentTom Farrell tells […] -
Lopsided Housing Rebound Leaves Millions of People Out in the Cold
Homeownership rate continues to decline as credit issues, student loans and high prices lead more to rentThe U.S. housing market has soared back, with prices just 2% shy of that record high. But while the recovery has been stronger than […] -
The Power Of Real Estate Industry Education
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Landmark Institute opened the door to a network of a wide range of industry professionals across all asset types, giving participants the chance to build relationships not only with each speaker, but also between one another, Landmark Capital […] -
Homebuilding And The Oil Industry: A Correlation, Or Not?
Amid a deflationary mentality, can price and wage growth turn the market around? By Adam Deermount Lead Story… CNBC posted a Bankrate.com study recently that found that more Americans prefer cash to stocks or real estate as a means of […] -
Tank Commander
We spend a lot of time talking about the San Francisco housing market, and rightfully so: it’s a microcosm of all that is wrong with restrictive zoning in closed-access US cities and the poster child for NIMBY obstructionism. As such, San Francisco […] -
When Foreign Investors Hit Trouble
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—What happens when a market largely driven by foreign investors begins to slow or become oversupplied while those investors’ currency depreciates against the dollar? We spoke exclusively with Landmark Capital Advisors’ managing director Adam Deermount about how US […] -
Why California Impact Fees Are So High?
Part 1: As you can see below, California’s fees are absurd compared to the rest of the country and there is indeed a very high correlation between the cost of impact fees and the level of housing growth. The six […] -
Mind The Gap
MIND THE GAPA land development investment specialist looks at an uneven housing recovery.The Washington Post posted a fascinating series recently with interactive maps last week about the tremendously uneven recovery in the US housing market. The first story focused on […] -
$5,400,000 Equity Placement
Landmark Capital is pleased to announce the successful capitalization of 46 to-be-built single-family homes and townhomes in Cotati, Sonoma County, CA Challenge of the assignment included: Gaining a capital partner’s confidence to enter a market considered as secondary by institutional […] -
Is The Construction-Labor Shortage To Blame?
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Analyses that report that labor shortages may not be responsible for sluggish housing activity could be misleading, Landmark Capital Advisors’ managing director Adam Deermount tells GlobeSt.com. Deermount says that recently CNBC posted excepts from a Goldman Sachs published […] -
$1,275,000 Bridge Loan
Landmark Capital arranged financing for the acquisition of 21 acres of unentitled land fronting I-10 in suburban Phoenix, AZ. Challenge of the assignment: The subject property was unentitled land being sold REO from a regional bank. The borrower was seeking […] -
$6,000,000 Bridge Loan
Landmark Capital arranged financing for the acquisition of a 117 unit hotel building in downtown Los Angeles, CA. Challenge of the assignment:Although very well located, the property had been recently removed from the City of Los Angeles’ Residential Hotel Ordinance […] -
How The Industry Is Failing Young Professionals
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Traditionally, there has been a void in training for young professionals entering the commercial real estate marketplace, Landmark Capital Advisors’ president and managing director David Kidder tells GlobeSt.com. Enter the Landmark Institute, a program the real estate capital […] -
The Real Reason Millennials Aren’t Buying Homes
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—In reaction to a recent CNBC article “Millennial homebuyers: Go Big, or Go Home,” Landmark Capital Advisors’ managing director Adam Deermount tells GlobeSt.com that Millennials are holding off on buying homes, in part, because many of them want […] -
$28,200,000 Equity Placement
Landmark Capital is pleased to announce a successful recapitalization of a flex office building. Challenge of the assignment included: The transaction was a recapitalization and restructuring of a legacy tenant-in-common investment that had been in bankruptcy. At the time of […] -
Landmark Completes JV Equity Recap Deal
Newport Beach-based Landmark Capital Advisors completed a complex joint-venture equity financing deal for The Ranch at Eastvale, a development planned for two million square feet of industrial and commercial space. The capital advisory firm brought Summit Development together with two […] -
Recapitalization of 76 Net Acres in Eastvale, CA – Joint Venture Equity Partnership
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — On behalf of Summit Development and two Southern California family office investors, Landmark Capital Advisors, a real estate capital advisory firm disciplined in structured finance and private equity, is pleased to announce […] -
$9.0 Million JV Equity Transaction for Phase I of a 283-Acre Project in Camas, WA
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016 — Landmark Capital Advisors, a real estate capital advisory firm disciplined in structured finance and private equity, announced a successful $9.0 million equity capital raise for Phase 1 of the Green Mountain Master Plan Community […] -
Landmark Capital: Moderator at Crittenden National Conference in April, 2016
Landmark Capital Advisors, a member company of Land Advisors Organization, announced today that Tom Farrell, Director of Business Development, will be moderating a panel at the Crittenden National Real Estate Conference held on April 17-19, 2016 in San Diego, California. The panel’s discussion, […] -
Will 2016 Be the Turning Point for Housing?
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Post-housing crisis, the residential market needed to return to a “healthy” inventory level to aid the recovery, but the recovery is still hobbling along, Landmark Capital Advisors’ managing director Adam Deermount tells GlobeSt.com. This is evidence that what […] -
Building a Better Capital Stack
The world of real estate financing, in its more complex forms, can seem opaque and typically plays out far behind the scenes of a commercial-property transaction, either in the secondary market or already in motion as part of a project’s […] -
How CRE’s Capital Structure is Changing
IRVINE, CA—The traditional demarcation line between debt and equity is becoming less clear for a variety of reasons, Landmark Capital Advisors’ president and managing director David Kidder tells GlobeSt.com. With Landmark’s director of business development Tom Farrell preparing to moderate […] -
Can Buyers Afford Homes in Good School Districts?
IRVINE, CA—Builders can look for opportunities to build more starter homes or condos in neighborhoods in good school districts, understanding that they can get a premium for those homes, RealtyTrac’s VP Daren Blomquist tells GlobeSt.com. As we recently reported, well more than half […] -
Landmark Capital Successful Closing – 5,200,000 Construction Loan
Landmark Capital is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $5,200,000 construction loan. Proceeds will be used to finance the construction of a 60,000 square foot, phase 2 industrial project with 30 for-sale condominium units located in West Covina, […] -
Can Developers Start Work Without Financing?
LAKE FOREST, CA—In unique situations where the borrower has confidence in the lender’s ability to perform, some developers feel safe in beginning constructionbefore financing is in place, Landmark Capital Advisors’ managing director Adam Deermount tells GlobeSt.com. As we recently reported, […] -
Landmark Capital Advisors Complete $100 Million Land Transaction
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 23, 2015 — Landmark Capital Advisors, a real estate capital advisory firm disciplined in structured finance and private equity, and SunRanch Capital Partners announced a successful $100 million financing for Portola Center South. Proceeds will be […] -
Non-Recourse $100M Transaction Closes
LAKE FOREST, CA—GlobeSt.com has learned exclusively that Landmark Capital Advisors has completed a $100-million refinancing and development loan for Portola Center South, a 626-home community on a 95.5-acre site here. The firm completed the complex transaction on behalf of SunRanch Capital Partners, a partnership between Sunrise Co. and Baldwin and Sons, two […] -
Access to Capital Continues to Improve for Homebuilding Industry
The new home market continues to show steady, albeit, slow improvement. General sentiment at the recent International Builders Show in Las Vegas could be categorized as cautiously optimistic for 2015. The primary drivers of new home sales, including healthy job […] -
Landmark Capital Advisors Completes Complex 76-Acre Transaction in Eastvale
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Landmark Capital Advisors, a real estate capital advisory firm disciplined in finance and private equity, announces that it has arranged $5.0 million of joint venture equity capital for the re-entitlement of 76 net acres of land. The parcel […] -
Opportunities Exist in Sub-Institutional Equity
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—As GlobeSt.com reported last week, Land Advisors Capital of California has rebranded itself as Landmark Capital Advisors and has hired David Kidder as managing director to lead its expansion into the commercial sector. We caught up with Kidder to discuss his goals in his new position, […] -
Globe Street Exclusive: How This Firm Finds Debt/Equity Fit
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Each group of providers has a different “box” in which they like to play, so matching the right deal with the right provider is a challenge, Landmark Capital Advisors’ new director of business development Tom Farrell tells GlobeSt.com exclusively. We […] -
Landmark Capital Advisors Welcomes Tom Farrell as Director of Business Development
Continuing to build on its success in finance and private equity working with owners, investors, commercial developers, home builders and residential land developers, Landmark Capital Advisors, a real estate capital advisory firm with offices in Newport Beach and the San […] -
Land Advisors Capital of California Rebrands as Landmark Capital Advisors To Expand Into Commercial Market; Names David Kidder to Managing Director
Newport Beach, CA (December 2, 2014) — Recognizing the opportunity to build on its success arranging equity and debt for residential home builders and land developers, Land Advisors Capital of California, a real estate capital advisory firm with offices in […]