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Institutional investor sells real estate portfolio for approximately $114 million


Thrivent property

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, with nearly 3 million members, is a Fortune 500 company and the largest fraternal benefit society in the nation. Thrivent Financial’s headquarters is in Minneapolis, Minn.

Challenges

  • Thrivent Financial wanted to move from the direct ownership of its national real estate portfolio to an alternative investment strategy.
  • NorthMarq won the assignment to market Thrivent’s portfolio of 22 properties in Houston, Denver, Phoenix and Minneapolis.

Solutions

  • To be efficient and achieve the broadest market exposure, each member of the NorthMarq Investment Services
    team took responsibility for one of the four markets in the Thrivent Financial portfolio.
  • NorthMarq hired two other firms to assist with the property dispositions in Phoenix, Houston and Denver. These firms marketed individual assets to the local and regional prospects. As the lead broker, NorthMarq simultaneously marketed the complete portfolio to institutional buyers.
  • Thrivent Financial elected to maximize value by splitting the portfolio and selling it to two institutional investors.
  • The 2.6-million-square-foot, 22-property portfolio sold for a combined total of nearly $114 million.