M. Safra & Co. is a family investment office and investment manager in São Paulo, set up to manage the Safra family's assets separately from affiliated banks. Founded in 1998, it began managing outside investor capital in 2008, applying the same team and principles to external funds as to the family portfolio. Its documented real estate activity includes large commercial property in New York, with office and retail space. In 2013 it joined Zhang Xin's family investment group to acquire a 40% stake in Manhattan's General Motors Building, a 2-million-square-foot office tower with extensive retail space and an implied value of about $3.4 billion. The deal shows the firm taking part, alongside international partners, in an institutional-scale U.S. property investment. For real estate sponsors, M. Safra & Co. is a family-office investor with family wealth under management, experience partnering on a major direct property acquisition, and a history spanning São Paulo and New York.
| Investor | Type | Based in | Focus | AUM | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Neuberger Berman - Fund of Funds and Secondary | Fund of Funds | New York | Multifamily · Industrial · Co-investment | $538B | 17 |
| Temasek | Sovereign Wealth Fund | Singapore | Industrial · Office · Joint venture | $311B | 5 |
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