MacFarlane Partners

MacFarlane Partners is a minority-owned real estate investment management and development firm that acquires, develops and manages properties on behalf of some of the world’s largest pension plans and institutions, as well as for its own account. Founded by Victor B. MacFarlane in 1987, the firm pioneered the urban investment concept among institutional real estate managers in the 1990s and today is a leading investor in and developer of properties that promote smart growth, urban revitalization and sustainability in urban and high-density suburban submarkets of top-tier metropolitan areas nationwide. It invests in and develops properties directly and through joint ventures with other developers and investors. With more than 30 years of experience as an investment manager for institutional investors, MacFarlane Partners has built an impressive track record that spans multiple real estate cycles and a broad range of property sectors, capital structures and investment strategies, including core, value-added and opportunistic. Since launching its urban real estate program in 1996, the firm has invested in $13 billion in urban properties totaling eight million square feet of commercial space and 15,000 multifamily housing units. Among the properties it has developed directly or in partnership with others are the Time Warner Center and Level BK in New York City; Park Fifth and the Hotel & Residences at L.A. Live in Los Angeles; Bay Street Emeryville and Venn on Market in the San Francisco Bay Area; and Anthology, 55 M Street and North Bethesda Market in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area. Current projects now in the predevelopment stage include Angels Landing in downtown Los Angeles; Mandela Station in Oakland, Calif.; and Freedom West 2.0 in San Francisco. The firm’s objective is to achieve investment success while making a difference in the communities in which it invests. It is headquartered in San Francisco and operates a regional office in Los Angele