Laird Norton Company (LNC) is a single-family office and diversified holding company in its eighth generation, with significant investments in real estate, financial services companies, and private equity funds. For more than 150 years it has been a long-term investor that values lasting partnerships over quick profits. LNC is based in Seattle, WA and is actively looking to make long-term equity investments of between $5 million and $50 million in lower middle market operating companies and commercial real estate. It focuses on the Western United States, including the Rocky Mountain States, and British Columbia. It places patient equity capital in leading lower middle-market companies in consumer brands, building materials, and asset management. Since it invests from its own capital base, it can structure transactions in ways private equity firms cannot match, and it is never a forced buyer or a forced seller. With a long-term investment horizon, LNC bases decisions on reasonable return rates and sustained growth rather than arbitrary holding periods and rigid IRR clocks.
| Investor | Type | Based in | Focus | AUM | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEI Investments | Fund of Funds | Oaks | Multifamily · Industrial | $1.5T | 4 |
| Blackstone Group - Fund of Funds and Secondary | Fund of Funds | New York | Multifamily · Industrial · Core | $1.1T | 16 |
| New York Life Investment Management | Asset Manager | New York | Multifamily · Industrial · Co-investment | $740B | 5 |
| Brookfield Asset Management | Asset Manager | Toronto, Canada | Multifamily · Industrial · Opportunistic · Joint venture | $690B | 12 |
| KKR | Asset Manager | New York | Multifamily · Industrial · Core · Co-investment | $553B | 11 |
| Ares Management | Asset Manager | Los Angeles | Multifamily · Industrial · Core | $546B | 16 |
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