CA Opportunity Ventures LLC

Chicago | London | UAE

CHICAGO  •  LONDON  •  UAE

CHICAGO
LONDON
UAE

Investment Areas

  • Real Estate

  • Energy

  • Financial

  • Technology

Track Record (Legacy)

  • $17B gross value of acquisitions & developments since inception

  • 100+ closed transactions

  • $9B realized investments

  • 24% realized gross IRR

  • 30+ MSA’s

CA Opportunity Ventures LLC (“CAO”) is dedicated to driving opportunistic investments in the real estate, energy, financial and technology spaces.

The platform was designed to offer CAO’s investors the resources and talent needed to achieve their respective growth goals with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

Working alongside The Thesis Investment Group (www.thesisig.com), CAO is leveraging the team’s diverse set of technical expertise and expansive network of capital relationships, CAO allows for streamlined execution and bespoken offerings across equity and debt services.

Tom Scott

Global CEO

Arshad Khan

Chief strategy officer – CSO

Syed Faisal Malik

Managing director – CXO EMEA

Mark Alberts

Managing director – COO

HISTORY over the last two decades

2004

Campus Acquisition founded by Tom Scott

2008

Delivers first two in-fill high-rise development projects; pioneering a new niche within the industry

+ Student

2012

Sells student portfolio to American Campus Communities; second largest student portfolio sale at the time

+ Senior

+ Residential

2013

Student platform sells portfolio to Kayne Anderson

2014

Student platform creates joint venture with Principal Real Estate Investors

Senior platform formalizes joint venture partnership with Wanxiang American Real Estate Group to develop four assets

2015

Senior platform formalizes programmatic development JV with Goldman Sachs

2016

Student platform forms joint venture with Liberty Mutual

2017

Student platform sells portfolio to GIC/CPP IB

Student platform forms build-to-core JV with QuadReal (BCIMC); encompassing 10 properties and nearly 4,700 beds at its inception

+ Europe PBSA

2018

CA/Liberty JV sells three student assets to European asset manager

CA/Principal JV sells six-asset student portfolio to U.S. pension fund

Seniors housing operating platform, Anthology Senior Living, launched

+ Industrial

2019

Senior platform closes two portfolio acquisitions:
14 assets; 1,285 beds

European PBSA operating platform, Novel Student, launched

US general contracting arm, Catalyst Construction, launched

2020

+ Medical Office

2021

Two CA-incubated businesses launch private REITs:
CA Health & Science Trust (“CAHST”) and
Centris Industrial

2022

CAHST internalized by capital partners

Catalyst Construction UK arm launched

+ Europe BTR

2023

ASL manages strategic sale of select portfolio holdings.

Transitioning towards a acquisition and property management strategy

2024

CA Opportunity Ventures launched!

Thesis Investment Group launched www.thesisig.com

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