Comunidad Realty Partners
Comunidad Realty Partners (CRP) is a dynamic real estate investment firm specializing in multifamily apartment communities in densely-populated Hispanic neighborhoods. Core to its investment strategyphoto_whoweare is creating culturally-relevant, inclusive communities that are tailored to the various ethnicities living at its communities.The company specializes in acquiring and repositioning apartments in infill locations and implementing its proprietary cultural management platform which includes specific cultural upgrades and community-oriented resident services and programs. CRP uses its multifamily lifestyle brand “Buena Vida Community” at its properties to represent its mission of delivering an unparalleled experience of enhanced multifamily living by providing more than just a home but a lifestyle. The firm was founded on a simple principle: enrich lives through enhancing communities while creating value for all stakeholders involved. The firm takes a holistic approach to its investments through symbiotic stakeholder integration of residents, staff, vendors, the greater community, the environment, and investors in order to truly maximize economic and social returns. Its investment philosophy is predicated on fostering innovative lifestyle improvements that align with its residents wants and needs and differentiate the living experience in order to create long-term value for residents and communities in a socially responsible way. Additionally, the firm is focused on “green” environmental improvements that reduce its properties’ energy footprint while reducing utility costs for residents. Investment Criteria: - Minimum 150 Units - Individual assets or Portfolio acquisitions - B & C-Class Assets - Core-plus & Value-Add Assets - Primary and Secondary MSAs in Sunbelt States - Markets that exhibit strong job and income growth, population and household formation growth, and constrained workforce housing supply. - Hispanic demographic density of min. 15% in Zip Code - Near Job Centers, Hispanic Retail, and Transportation Nodes/Public Transit Comunidad Realty Partners Target Markets 1 Southwestern States: Texas – Austin/San Antonio/Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston/El Paso; New Mexico – Albuquerque/Santa Fe; Oklahoma – Oklahoma City/Tulsa 2 Mountain States: Arizona – Phoenix/Tucson; Nevada – Las Vegas/Reno; Colorado – Denver/Colorado Springs 3 Western States: California – Los Angeles/Orange County/San Diego; Oregon – Portland; Washington – Seattle
Real Estate Specialization
| Multifamily |
| Urban Infill |
Investment Type
| Acquisition/Fee Simple |
| Multi-property portfolios |
Investment Style
| Core+ |
| Value-add |
| Development |
Juan Antonio Marquez
J. Antonio Marquez serves as Principal and Managing Partner of Comunidad Realty Partners, a Quez Capital company. He is responsible for strategic planning, capital raising efforts, and sourcing acquisition opportunities for the firm. He is involved in business plan formation on new acquisitions, value-add strategy implementation, and Hispanic marketing efforts. Mr. Marquez has 15 years of experience with his family’s group of companies targeting the Hispanic demographic and has managed his family’s commercial portfolio totaling over 1.5 million square feet of office, retail, and industrial space. He has been involved in commercial/multifamily real estate transactions working with GE Capital, Goldman Sachs, and Principal Real Estate Investors. Mr. Marquez graduated cum laude from California Polytechnic – San Luis Obispo and attended the University of Southern California’s Lusk Center for Real Estate where he focused his postgraduate studies in urban real estate with emphasis in affordable/workforce housing through the Stan Ross Program in Real Estate.
Santiago Rivera Torres
Santiago Rivera Torres serves as Managing Director at Comunidad Realty Partners, a Quez Capital company. He oversees day to day operations across the portfolio including capital improvement projects, ancillary income services and cultural services & programs implementation. He also is involved in establishing and developing the firm’s commercial partnerships and strategic alliances as well as supporting capital raising efforts and investor relations. Mr. Rivera Torres has worked in the Real Estate and Construction sector in Mexico and U.S. for the last 12 years; his experience ranges from working on family-owned projects on developments in Baja under a joint venture with Hines Real Estate and low income housing projects in Mexico. The Rivera Torres family has been involved in $3 billion USD in housing (400,000 units), hotels & resorts, industrial parks, retail/mall development, and infrastructure development throughout Mexico.
Rachel Deitemeyer
Rachel Deitemeyer serves as Principal of Comunidad Realty Partners, a Quez Capital company. She is responsible for the financial aspects of the company and involved in tax matters, cash management, and risk management components of the operation. In addition, she oversees lender and investor reporting and instrumental in the strategic direction of the company. Previously, she worked with Biomed in San Diego and Lockton Companies, the world’s largest privately-held insurance company.