We are a Dallas based real estate investment company

We believe the success of an office investment is primarily driven by the operator/sponsor’s ability to execute a business plan.

About Us

Menyon Capital Partners (“MCP”) sees a broad opportunity in flex and light industrial sectors. Our investment strategy is to acquire flex industrial, flex office, shallow bay distribution/warehouse, and light manufacturing. We focus on industrial submarkets anchored by business- and consumer-oriented user demand. It should be noted, as our presence is established in a particular market, we may expand our investment strategy to include limited new development.

A fresh idea for a boring product type! Historically, industrial has been considered a generic type of commercial real estate asset. Due to Covid, the expectation for work/life balance, collaboration and efficiency has created the need for investment operators to be adaptable and proactive, while re-thinking how to accommodate evolving user demand. We plan to create our own ”brand” in an otherwise bland and disjointed marketing and ownership model. As such, we believe the hidden upside potential from acquiring flex and light industrial is due to the numerous, smaller size tenant base and lower initial capitalized cost (i.e. capex and re-letting cost). We intend to operate prudently but enthusiastically to produce attractive risk-adjusted returns across all market cycles. Given the recent increases in interests, we are confident that our investments will generate 8-10% cash on cash returns, and 15-20% IRR’s.

Our competitive advantage emanates from 28 years of collective experience that consist of institutional investments as principals, corporate real estate and tenant representation. Our competitive advantage translates into the following attributes: an in-depth knowledge of the factors driving user demand; extensive contact network that will generate investment opportunities; ability to acquire with discipline; situationally aware that executing a business plan requires a sense of urgency. We believe our skill sets give us a unique advantage over other flex industrial investors and sponsors.

Investment Strategy

Going into 2023, we anticipate headwinds from the economy slowing down, coupled with rising interest rates. We believe the timing is right to execute our strategy. Real estate is a dynamic asset class. Capitalizing on the pricing arbitrage from a sale of a property driven by circumstances that undermine value, establishes an attractive basis in an investment; your ability to execute a realistic business plan generates the return, while making your partners money.

It is proven that a prudent, unemotional, and enthusiastic approach to operating real estate will produce attractive returns across all market cycles. As such we have targeted markets that have the following attributes:

  • Leasing demand exceeds supply
  • Year-over-year job growth
  • Liquidity
  • Rising interests will create buying opportunities, potential to underwrite based on market fundamentals, and higher IRR’s
  • Potential for higher going-in yields than can be achieved in primary markets
  • We anticipate the spread widening from at least 50 – 150 basis points
  • Market net lease structure, lower and lower tenant improvements
  • Meet or exceed objective location underwriting criteria
  • We can create our own “brand” in an otherwise, bland and disjointed ownership model; we see having a unified brand that is created and expanded denoting “quality ownership and management” even with a premium rental structure
  • With a long-term commitment to ESG and diversity, we see a broader opportunity to implement a fresh approach to acquiring flex and light industrial, which historically has been a generic asset class. In the post Covid era, work/life balance has become a priority that has impacted the way business owners and companies make decisions that determine the best location for their operations.
  • Each investment will have three of the following demand drivers:
    • Proximity to major transportation systems, proximity to major employment centers and proximity to residential areas, ideally supported by strong demographics.
    • Supply Constrained-In fill sub-markets/barriers to entry.
    • Discount to replacement cost.
  • We are targeting major cities in Texas and secondary cities within the Sunbelt:
    • Texas – Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin (in order of priority).
    • Secondary Markets – El Paso, TX, Lubbock TX, Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA, Waco, TX, Oklahoma City, OK, Tulsa, OK, Birmingham, AL, Montgomery, AL, Huntsville, AL, Jacksonville, FL, Tampa Bay, FL, Gainesville, FL, Tallahassee, FL, and Little Rock, AR.
  • Our hold periods will vary based on the source of capital, but ideally, we will hold assets from three to ten years, depending upon the opportunity and investment time horizon.
  • Over the next four to five years, our goal is to acquire and assemble enough critical mass to effectuate the raising of a discretionary fund or a crowdfunding platform.
  • With exception of the primary Texas markets, we are seeking secondary markets with a population between $300K-$1MM
  • Underperforming to stable near commercial and consumer populated areas; need of rebranding/repositioning, extenuating circumstances influencing an owner to sell
  • Flex Industrial (25%-50% office space); light manufacturing/sale leasebacks (5- to 10-year terms); light warehouse and shallow bay distribution
  • Flex industrial: Dock high/grade level, 25%-50% office (or less), 2/1,000 parking: Light manufacturing /Sale Leasebacks, land for exterior storage, front/rear loading, dock high, heavy power, 80-110’ truck court
  • Multi-tenant value add, core-plus, stabilized- 75%-100% Occupancy, single tenant (sale leasebacks)
  • Transaction Size: $3MM – $20MM; up to $100MM for portfolios
  • 25-120 K SF single asset investment
  • Class B & C; Class A on a select basis
  • 70’s, 80,’s & 90’s and earlier vintages
  • 65%-70% LTC; Subject to the strategy will see bridge capital, fixed rate debt
  • 15-20% leveraged IRR
  • 8-10% cash on cash
  • 1.5-2.0 X equity multiple
  • 3–10-year hold period
  • CapEx, TI, LC budget 2-5% of the purchase price.

MCP Investment Criteria

Major Metropolitan cities in the sunbelt with a primary focus on Austin, Dallas/Fort. Worth, Houston & San Antonio.

Invest in submarkets with proven demand for office that have a high concentration of well educated workers.

Discount to replacement cost/& Discount to the competitive set’s ownership basis.

Prefer superior Class B office buildings in “A” locations nearby walkable retail and multi-family housing.

Prefer 50%-80% leased (assuming there is upside in the rent roll, we will evaluate opportunities that are 80%+ leased) $5 million – $25 million.

Property Investments can range from:    $15 million – $50 million.

Our Portfolio

6500 Greenville – (Dallas Suburb), Texas (Unrealized)

Class B Office Building complex totaling 114,525 SF

  • Acquired 4th Quarter 2019
  • Class “B”, seven story, multi-tenant office building totaling 114,525 SF
  • Central Expressway Submarket
  • 87% leased and occupied at acquisition
  • Core-plus investment generating a value-add projected return of 24%
  • Projected 2x multiple and 4 Year projected hold period
  • Currently 90% leased, achieved rents $3 PSF above underwriting
  • Projected sale 2024-2025

    Vineyard Centre I & II- Grapevine (Dallas Suburb), Texas (Sold)

    A Class B Two Building Office complex totaling 68,755 square feet

    Investment Rationale

    • Acquired off-market
    • Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
    • 60% below replacement cost
    • 76% occupied at purchase
    • Owned by a cash constrained TIC Partnership in an improving market
    • Re-branded the asset in the market
    • Improved occupancy to 87%
    • Executed new leases $1.50-$2.00 PSF above underwritten market rents
    • Realized IRR was 33%; 2X multiple

    Leadership

    Bobby Jefferson

    Mr. Jefferson formed MCP in 2010 to capitalize on his expertise in real estate investments. After reviewing approximately 1,200 ($180MM SF – $18B) deals, underwriting and submitting offers on (52.5MM SF-$5.2B), MCP has organically capitalized $42MM in total investments, which is comprised of three partnerships, and six office buildings totaling 382K SF. MCP currently has $17MM under management.

    Prior to forming MCP, Mr. Jefferson was VP of Investments for Parmenter Realty Partners in the Southwest region. During his tenure with the firm, he was involved in the acquisition of office investments totaling 2MM SF and valued at $200MM. His 28 years of real estate experience includes owner/operating, acquisitions/dispositions (principle and as a real estate executive) of investment properties, asset management, capital raising, leasing and corporate real estate. During his career, he has been involved in commercial real estate transactions that total over $1 billion.

    Prior to joining Parmenter, Mr. Jefferson served as an acquisitions/dispositions analyst with INVESCO Real Estate where he was involved in the acquisition and disposition of office, retail, industrial, and multifamily investment properties totaling over $700MM in value. Prior to joining INVESCO, Mr. Jefferson worked in various roles with Charter Holdings, USI, Staubach and Swearingen. Mr. Jefferson received a BBA in Finance from Baylor University in 1995.

    Art Buser

    Art Buser has been a principal and investment sales broker in commercial real estate for over 25 years. He was CEO and member of the board for a NYSE-listed REIT. In addition, he has run hotel investment sales for the two largest commercial brokerage firms; one for North America and the other being Asia Pacific.

    Evan Stone

    Evan Stone has been on all sides of the table over his career as a lender, principal, and investment sales broker. Over the last 25 years, he has specialized in the capital markets with three of the largest commercial brokerage firms, before starting his own boutique capital markets firm in 2020.

    Walt Bialas

    Walt Bialas is a seasoned real estate professional with more than 30 years of creative problem-solving experience in consulting, banking, and development. By virtue of a long-standing career in evaluating and research of real estate across the U.S., he has comprehensive knowledge of all the major markets and property types, as well as a particular strength in quickly assessing market dynamics and their implications on project feasibility.

    Jon Estreich

    Since founding Estreich & Company in 1986, Jonathan Estreich has successfully placed over $75B in debt and equity secured by office, retail, residential, industrial and hotel properties. Prior to founding the firm, Mr. Estreich was the head of real estate for New York City at National Westminster Bank USA, and a loan officer at Mellon Bank. Mr. Estreich along with Jeffrey Feil, Jay Anderson, Ramius Capital, and Morton Olshan is a founding partner in the RCG Longview debt and equity funds. The first fund was started in 1999 and over the last sixteen years they have established five debt and two equity funds. The funds have raised over $3.5 B and originated over 450 transactions.

    Previous Experience

    Properties acquired by Mr. Jefferson prior to forming Menyon Capital

    Get in touch

     214-682-2034

    bjefferson@menyoncp.com

    14555 Dallas Pkwy. Suite 100

    Dallas, TX 75254