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About Us

Cardinal Group is a vertically integrated real estate investment firm with a national footprint and management platform. We are focused on investing in the student communities, multifamily apartments, and affordable housing sectors and target assets that could benefit from Cardinal Group's in-house management, construction, and marketing expertise.

Our entrepreneurial roots enabled us to successfully deploy value-add strategies as our initial investments, and we have since grown our ownership portfolio to include all asset profiles ranging from core/core+ to ground-up development.

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Track Record

From a boutique investor to an institutional fund manager, our team and portfolio has grown exponentially since our founding in 2006.

Growth

  • Founding Partners established Cardinal as a boutique investor/operator
  • Formed Cardinal Group Construction to execute value-add strategies
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  • Acquired five student housing properties through joint ventures
  • Acquired two multifamily properties with HNW individuals and friends and family capital
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  • Continued acquisition growth with four multifamily properties
  • Performed significant reinvestment in the operating platform to position Cardinal for growth
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  • Launched Agency FIFTY3 to service the growing management platform and drive marketing efforts
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  • Raised CSH I, a $170 million value-add commingled fund backed by institutional investors
  • Acquired three student housing properties in CSH I
  • Third-party management platform experienced exponential growth of 147%
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  • Started Cardinal Group Consulting to advise investors on real estate transactions and performance
  • Established an insurance captive, Pikes Peak Captive, to mitigate risk caused by resident damages
  • Acquired three student housing properties in CSH I
  • Acquired one multifamily property
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  • Founded Turn Company to streamline the unit and make-ready process
  • Deployed remaining CSH I capital into the acquisition of two student housing properties
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  • Formed a JV with TPG and acquired an eight-property core plus/ value-add student housing portfolio
  • Grew our owned and third-party management platform to 70,000+ student housing beds
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  • Acquired four additional student housing properties with TPG
  • Student housing platform surpassed 80,000+ owned and third-party managed beds
  • Grew our conventional management platform to 6,500+ units
  • Launched an affordable housing management platform
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  • Recapitalized our eight-property CSH I value-add fund to a large private equity firm
  • Started our second venture with TPG focused on value-add student housing acquisitions
  • Launched a development vertical targeting student housing and multifamily development opportunities
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  • Received a minority investment from Whitman Peterson, enabling Cardinal to expand its ground-up development and acquisition capabilities
  • Recapitalized three assets in the first TPG programmatic venture, expanding Cardinal’s relationships with new and existing partnerships
  • Closed on our first development project, a 370-bed purpose-built student housing property at the University of California – Santa Barbara
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Notes:

  • References to "Cardinal Group Companies" or "Cardinal" refer to Cardinal Group Holdings, LLC and all of its affiliated entities, as a whole. References to "Cardinal Group" refer to Cardinal Group Investment Management, LLC and its affiliates involved in its investment activities, including its affiliated general partners and fund administrators.
  • The survey results rank managers and owners by their portfolio size at year end, and the results are released in December of the corresponding year.
  • Unit and bed count references include owned and third-party managed properties. These counts are as of year end unless otherwise noted.
  • Team size includes employees for all Cardinal affiliated verticals.
  • AUM stats are calculated based on total capitalization.

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Driving property performance and controlling investment execution, Cardinal's key in-house verticals cover everything from development and construction to marketing and management - all under one roof.

Cardinal Group Companies:

Founded: 2006 Team members: 20+
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A fully integrated investment management platform providing acquisition, development, asset management, and disposition services

Founded: 2022 Team members: 5+
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The in-house development platform is focused on all stages of the development process to identify, design, and build high-quality student housing and multifamily real estate in superior locations

Founded: 2006 Team members: 1600+
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The management platform provides operational expertise and national scale across the student housing and conventional multifamily sectors

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Founded: 2018 Team members: 5+
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The Consulting platform provides clients with data-driven research and actionable recommendations by leveraging nationwide data and analytics from each Cardinal vertical

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Founded: 2006 Team members: 5+
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An in-house construction management team providing due diligence, design, construction management, procurement, and owner's rep services to streamline the value-add renovation strategies

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Founded: 2016 Team members: 100+
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An award winning digital and design agency serving multiple real estate sectors, including student housing and multifamily

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We Are Cardinal

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At our core

The success of Cardinal’s vertically integrated platforms has always been driven by one thing: our people. We set out from the very beginning to create a culture that serves them day in and day out.

From core value number one—do the right thing, all the time—all the way to core value number ten—be humble—we work to build and maintain a diverse team that stands out for all the right reasons.

Investment Portfolio

12 North

College Station, Texas
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1515 Flats

Denver, Colorado
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Arcadia

Charlotte, North Carolina
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Arena District

Eugene, Oregon
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Bloc

Lubbock, Texas
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Campus Lodge

Norman, Oklahoma
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Copper Social

Marietta, Georgia
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Fifty Twenty-Five

San Diego, California
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Hill Place

Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Industry Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio
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Midtown Stillwater

Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Millenium

Norman, Oklahoma
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NxNW

Tallahassee, Florida
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Park East

Lubbock, Texas
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Patterson Social

Eugene, Oregon
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Quarry Trail

Knoxville, Tennessee
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RUSH

Charlotte, North Carolina
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SoL

Tempe, Arizona
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Tech Junction

Austin, Texas
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The Arrow Townhomes & Flats

Bozeman, Montana
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The Cottages at Lake Tamaha

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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The Cove

Goleta, California
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The Flats at Norman

Norman, Oklahoma
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The Union | Corvallis

Corvallis, Oregon
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The Village on Telluride

San Marcos, Texas
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The Wilde Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina
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Uptown Broadway

Boulder, Colorado
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URSA

Waco, Texas
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WestMar

Atlanta, Georgia
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