Nimes Real Estate

What Nimes Real Estate does

Nimes Real Estate (NRE) is a privately held, family office-backed real estate investment sponsor founded in 2013 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, with a regional office in Austin, Texas. The company identifies, acquires, and repositions real estate assets across two specialized verticals — purpose-built student housing near top-tier public universities and value-add / core+ multifamily properties concentrated in Midwestern markets — and offers accredited and high-net-worth investors direct access to individual deals through private placements, supported by an investor portal hosted on Juniper Square. Its stated investment methodology is "data-driven," used to target opportunistic returns with disciplined risk management, and at exit the firm offers tax-efficient replacement investment options so proceeds can be reinvested internally rather than redeployed externally.

The portfolio comprises roughly 20 assets across 15+ metropolitan areas: nine student housing properties totaling more than 8,100 beds (including holdings in Columbia SC, Tuscaloosa AL, Ann Arbor MI, Gainesville FL, Atlanta GA, Austin TX, San Antonio TX, and Isla Vista CA) and approximately 11 multifamily properties totaling more than 4,900 units (notably concentrated in Houston and Dallas, with additional assets in Columbus OH, Charlotte NC, Indianapolis IN, Tampa FL, Atlanta GA, and Carrollton TX). Cumulative acquisition volume has crossed $1 billion. The team of approximately 14 people is led by Founder & CEO David Nazarian and President Randy Winograd, with two other Nazarian family members in operating roles and dedicated coverage across student housing, multifamily acquisitions, asset management, and tax/finance.

NRE generates revenue through real estate investment management fees and performance-based carried interest on the deals it sponsors. Go-to-market is exclusively direct-to-consumer via private, invitation-based outreach to a curated investor base; there is no public marketing, no publicly disclosed fee schedule, and no minimum-investment threshold published. Customer segments are therefore narrow by design — a select pool of individual accredited investors and family offices seeking direct real estate exposure rather than diversified fund products — which positions NRE as a boutique, relationship-driven sponsor rather than a scaled asset manager.

Name

Nimes Real Estate

Legal name

Nimes Real Estate

Website

https://nimesrealestate.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nimes Real Estate is a family office-backed real estate sponsor that acquires and repositions student housing and value-add multifamily assets for accredited investors via private placements, with a cumulative $1B+ in acquisitions across roughly 20 properties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Funds — Core-Plus (FSANAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Core Real Estate (Stabilized/Core-Plus) (FSAAAKAA), Family Office Investment Platforms & Direct Investing (PE/VC/Co-Invest) (FSAAADAH)

Keywords

• Real estate investment
• Student housing investments
• Multifamily real estate
• Private real estate sponsor
• Direct real estate investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Beverly Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Investment Management: As a sponsor of direct real estate investments, NRE generates revenue through real estate investment management fees and performance-based carried interest from investment returns. The company offers investors access to individual real estate investments and provides tax-efficient replacement investment options at exit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Nimes Real Estate is a family office-backed sponsor of direct real estate investments that employs a data-driven investment approach to deliver opportunistic returns while minimizing risk. The company acquires and repositions core+ and value-add multifamily and purpose-built student housing assets in select domestic markets, offering accredited investors direct access to individual real estate deals with tax-efficient replacement investment options at exit.

Product overview

Nimes Real Estate (NRE) is a family office-backed real estate investment sponsor offering two core investment products: Student Housing Investments and Multifamily Investments. The company operates a data-driven investment approach targeting opportunistic returns in student housing and multifamily asset classes across select domestic markets. The product portfolio includes individual property investments across student housing assets (Columbia Lofts, Hillside Commons, 400 Maynard, Social 28, The Mix, 21 Rio, Tetro Student Village, Santa Barbara Student Housing Portfolio) and multifamily assets (600 Goodale, Mintworth Commons, Lockerbie Lofts, District at Greenville, Parc at South Green, Lux on Main, Westchase Forest, Captiva Club, Urban Palms, Three Corners Portfolio, Ansley Place, and an undisclosed Columbus asset). NRE targets investors seeking direct real estate investments with disciplined risk management and offers tax-efficient exit options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Housing Investments

Quantifiable outcome

• $1 Billion+ in total acquisitions
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Greystar Real Estate Partners: Largest U.S. multifamily and student housing operator and investment manager. Directly comparable as a vertically integrated sponsor across the same two asset classes NRE targets, though at vastly greater scale.
• American Campus Communities: Public student housing REIT focused on purpose-built properties near top U.S. universities. Directly comparable asset class and university-anchored strategy to NRE's student housing vertical.
• Harrison Street: Alternative real estate investment manager with dedicated student housing and multifamily strategies. Comparable niche specialization and institutional investor base to NRE's target LPs.
• Landmark Properties: Private student housing developer and investment manager focused on off-campus properties near major universities. Closely comparable operating model and end-market to NRE's student housing portfolio.
• TruAmerica Multifamily: Private value-add multifamily sponsor acquiring mid-market workforce housing across Sunbelt and Western markets. Comparable opportunistic, value-add investment mandate to NRE's multifamily vertical.
• Core Spaces: Private developer and operator of purpose-built student housing in top-tier university markets. Comparable product type, target demographic, and value-add repositioning playbook to NRE's student housing platform.
• Waterton: Private multifamily-focused real estate investment and management firm operating value-add funds nationwide. Closely aligned investment strategy and limited-partner distribution model to NRE.
• GID Investment Advisers: Vertically integrated multifamily operator and investment manager running value-add funds across U.S. markets. Comparable fund structure, asset class, and core-plus/value-add execution model to NRE.

Broad incumbents

• Blackstone Real Estate: Largest global real estate private equity platform with dedicated multifamily (BREIT) and student housing strategies. Competes with NRE for institutional capital and mid-market deals, but at vastly different scale.

Emerging players

• RISE Real Estate: Smaller private student housing and multifamily sponsor with a similar value-add acquisition strategy in select university and Sunbelt markets. Most directly comparable by scale and stage to NRE.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nimes-real-estate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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