What COFE Properties does

COFE Properties is a privately held, vertically integrated commercial real estate investment firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, with regional offices in Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston. The firm acquires, repositions, and manages Class B industrial and office assets in infill submarkets across Florida, Georgia, Texas, and the Carolinas, with a cumulative transaction footprint exceeding six million square feet over twenty-plus years. Its strategy targets small-bay, multi-tenant industrial parks serving last-mile logistics and e-commerce distribution, and smaller-suite suburban and boutique office properties (Coral Gables, Kendall, Aventura, and similar submarkets) leased to professional and medical tenants.

The company's underlying technology stack centers on proprietary property management software used to underwrite acquisitions, manage repositioning, and run institutional-quality operations, accounting, and reporting across the portfolio. COFE supplements this with investor and tenant web portals (cofe.investorcafe.app and a securecafe3-based tenant login) for account management and capital-relationship workflows. There is no public disclosure of APIs, integrations, mobile applications, or AI/ML capabilities.

COFE's revenue is generated primarily through rental income from its industrial and office portfolios, with leasing executed through a combination of on-site property management and a broad network of third-party commercial real estate brokers including JLL, CBRE, Avison Young, Foundry Commercial, Fairchild Partners, Holt Lunsford Commercial, APEX Industrial Real Estate Advisors, CPI Property Advisors, and Transwestern. Pricing is quote-based per individual lease and not publicly disclosed. Ownership is private with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or external funding rounds.

Name

COFE Properties

Legal name

COFE Properties

Website

https://cofeproperties.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

COFE Properties is a privately held Miami-based real estate investment firm that acquires, repositions, and manages Class B industrial and office properties in infill markets across Florida, Georgia, Texas, and the Carolinas, serving small-bay logistics tenants and small-suite office users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commercial Real Estate Rental Income: COFE Properties generates revenue through the acquisition, repositioning, and management of industrial and office properties. The company collects rental income from tenants across their portfolio of multi-tenant Class B industrial and office assets in infill urban markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

COFE Properties is a privately held real estate investment firm that acquires, repositions, and manages income-producing Class B industrial and office properties in infill urban markets across Florida, Georgia, Texas, and the Carolinas. The firm generates revenue primarily through rental income from a multi-tenant portfolio of small-bay industrial parks and suburban/urban boutique office spaces, supported by proprietary property management software and hands-on local asset management.

Product overview

COFE Properties is a privately held real estate investment firm offering a full-service platform for industrial and office properties. The company operates through two core product lines—Industrial Properties (small bay, multi-tenant warehouse/industrial parks) and Office Properties (suburban and urban boutique office spaces)—complemented by its proprietary property management software that facilitates efficient acquisition, management, and repositioning of assets. Additional platforms include investor and tenant portals for account management. The company focuses on acquiring, repositioning, and managing Class B industrial and office assets in infill markets across Florida, Georgia, Texas, and the Carolinas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Properties Multi-tenant, small-bay industrial parks located in infill markets across Florida, Georgia, Texas, and the Carolinas, leased to businesses needing last-mile delivery, e-commerce distribution, and small-bay warehouse space near population centers and demand generators.
• Office Properties Suburban and urban boutique office properties in markets such as Coral Gables, Kendall, and Aventura, featuring suites that can be efficiently demised into smaller units to serve professional and medical office tenants with diversified rent rolls.
• Investor Portal Secure online portal for COFE investors to access account information and portfolio data.
• Tenant Portal Online tenant login portal enabling tenants to manage rental accounts for industrial and office properties owned by COFE.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 6 million SQ.FT. of industrial and office assets acquired and sold since 2002

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJLL serves as a key leasing broker for COFE Properties, handling office properties including Westside Plaza, Aventura View The Offices, and Dadeland Square (The Greenery Mall). JLL brokers including Doug Okun, Steven Hurwitz, Rafael Romero, and Katie Fernandez-Espinosa represent COFE in Miami market leasing transactions.
• CBREmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCBRE serves as leasing broker for the Charleston Industrial Portfolio, handling the 307,492 SQ.FT. industrial portfolio in North Charleston, SC. Contact includes Robert Barrineau, Brendan Redeyoff, and Tim Raber.
• Avison YoungcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAvison Young handles leasing for Lake Orlando Industrial Park, a 292,360 SQ.FT. shallow bay industrial park in Orlando, FL. Contact includes Lisa Bailey, SIOR.
• Holt Lunsford CommercialcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHolt Lunsford Commercial serves as leasing broker for Presidential Distribution Center (135,094 SQ.FT. in Richardson, TX) and other Texas properties. Also provides property management services through CPMI.
• Foundry CommercialcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFoundry Commercial handles leasing for Airport Business Center (50,000 SQ.FT. in Atlanta, GA). Contacts include Jordan Camp, Reid Hanner, and Heather Sargent.
• Fairchild PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFairchild Partners handles leasing for multiple COFE properties including Tamiami Industrial Park, Kendall Summit Office Park, and Tamiami Trade Park. Contacts include Maria Juncadella, Jonathan Lay, and Veronica Restrepo.
• CPI Property AdvisorscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCPI Property Advisors handles leasing for Sunrise Warehouse Park (225,000 SQ.FT. in Sunrise, FL) and multiple other properties. Contacts include Blanca Torres, David Bays, and Cheryl Baker.
• APEX Industrial Real Estate AdvisorscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAPEX Industrial Real Estate Advisors handles leasing for Atlanta-area industrial properties including Chattahoochee Industrial Park, Cobblestone Industrial Park, and Whittier Mill Industrial Park. Contacts include Andy Head, Trey Weghorst, and Kristian Lewis.
• TranswesternminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTranswestern handles leasing for Greens Logistics Park (291,175 SQ.FT. in Houston, TX). Contacts include Craig Bean and Carter Jones.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• JLL Income Property Trust: Non-traded diversified REIT sponsored by JLL investing in industrial, office, and apartment properties; relevant comparable as a multi-product commercial real estate vehicle sharing similar property types and institutional reporting standards.
• LXP Industrial Trust: Diversified industrial REIT spanning infill and conventional industrial properties; relevant comparable for the leasing dynamics, rent growth, and capital structure considerations COFE faces.
• First Industrial Realty Trust: Large publicly traded industrial REIT with significant infill portfolio across major U.S. markets; serves as a broader benchmark for tenant base, asset class dynamics, and pricing trends relevant to COFE's industrial portfolio.
• PS Business Parks: Diversified owner of office and industrial flex parks in suburban infill markets; relevant broadly for COFE's suburban boutique office exposure and flex/industrial tenant overlap.

Direct peers

• Rexford Industrial Realty: Southern California infill industrial REIT; the most direct public-market analog to COFE's strategy of acquiring and repositioning infill industrial assets near demand generators in supply-constrained markets.
• Westmount Realty Capital: Private Dallas-based commercial real estate investment firm focused on industrial and office in the Sunbelt, sharing COFE's geographic focus, value-add orientation, and Texas regional office presence.
• EastGroup Properties: Sunbelt-focused public REIT specializing in multi-tenant small-bay industrial properties—a direct public-market analog to COFE's core industrial strategy of acquiring infill Class B industrial assets in high-growth southern markets.
• Crow Holdings: Large private commercial real estate investment firm with substantial industrial and office portfolios in Sunbelt markets; highly comparable operating model and acquisition criteria as a private competitor.
• Terreno Realty Corporation: Public REIT focused on infill industrial properties in major coastal markets; closely mirrors COFE's infill/barriers-to-entry thesis and small-bay multi-tenant leasing model.

Emerging players

• Dermot Company: Private commercial real estate investment manager with overlapping industrial and multifamily focus in select markets; useful as a same-tier private peer benchmark for acquisition criteria and operating approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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