Business Week
Investing with experienced real estate fund managers offers opportunities for superior returns and diversification into tangible assets. According to AV Advisors LLC, member of American Ventures, “commercial real estate is an important component - typically 5-10% - of a balanced institutional investment portfolio. Real estate diversifies a portfolio because its investment performance has a [...]
New Urban News
With the success of the McCune Charitable Foundation’s $7 million investment in New Mexico, many organizations are now encouraging foundations across the US to look the profitability of New Urbanism and smart growth projects. Philip Blumberg, CEO of American Ventures, notes that funds in New Mexico and South Florida are critical to helping [...]
Globe Street
Top real estate investment professionals emphasized the importance of a diversified portfolio of real estate assets at the recent American Ventures Fall Investment Conference in Florida. Speakers, which included American Ventures CEO Philip Blumberg, discussed real estate investment and the U.S. commercial real estate outlook. Industry professionals from across the country attended the invitation-only [...]
NCREIF
According to RealData Information Systems, an American Ventures Company, “while the third quarter office results reflect the downward trend of the general economy …gradual stabilization of office property income should translate into a modestly optimistic outlook for high quality office properties over the next four quarters.” Director of RIS, Patrick Shearer notes that while investors [...]
Houston Business Journal
As Houston’s market for commercial real estate softens, amenities once considered luxuries are now even more important in attracting tenants. In that regard many real estate investment firms are going the extra mile. Since purchasing Three Riverway on Post Oak Lane in November 2000, American Ventures has added “a 20-person executive conference center [...]