Center Capital

What Center Capital does

Center Capital Partners LLC is a privately held alternative real estate investment firm founded in 2021 by Alex Valner and Jordan Moelis and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The firm operates a multi-platform investment model across four distinct verticals: Sky Harbour Group (aviation hangars, NYSE: SKYH), Terminal Logistics (Industrial Outdoor Storage), CA Industrial (infill industrial in partnership with Authentic Capital Group), and a Student Housing Portfolio concentrated in Isla Vista near UC Santa Barbara. As of 12/31/2025, Center Capital reports $600M+ in Gross Asset Value, $400M+ in Assets Under Management, 45+ properties, and 10.6M+ gross square feet under management and investment.

The firm applies a three-phase platform-building methodology — Proof of Concept, Strategic Growth, and Institutional Recapitalization — designed to aggregate fragmented assets in less-institutionalized real estate sub-sectors and progress them toward institutional scale. Center Capital's underlying "product" is its investment platforms and proprietary capital structuring capability rather than a technology product; investor access is facilitated through a JuniperSquare private investor portal. The investment team of roughly 13 professionals draws from senior roles at Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, Northwood Investors, Canyon Partners, Eastdil, Serengeti, Ares, and Wells Fargo, with notable shareholder Ken Moelis (founder/executive chairman of Moelis & Company).

The firm generates revenue through management and advisory fees plus carried interest on its fund platforms, following a standard private equity real estate fund structure. Capital is raised directly from institutional LPs, family offices, and co-investment partners (e.g., Authentic Capital Group, TPG Angelo Gordon, KeyBank as credit partner), and deployed into targeted sub-sectors. The go-to-market is relationship-driven institutional capital raising with no retail or consumer distribution channel.

Name

Center Capital

Legal name

Center Capital Partners LLC

Website

https://centercp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Center Capital Partners is a privately held alternative real estate investment manager that builds and scales thematic platforms across aviation, industrial outdoor storage, infill industrial, and student housing, serving institutional LPs and family offices through direct capital-raising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Real Estate Investment Management

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJANAE

Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing)

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Real Estate Advisory & Consulting (Investment, Strategy)

SECONDARYFSAEALAI

Institutional Capital Introduction (LP/Family Office/Endowment Matching)

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Placement Agents & Capital Raising Intermediation

SECONDARYBPAHADAB

Corporate Finance & Capital Advisory

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Strategy & Corporate Finance Advisory

Keywords

• Alternative real estate investing
• Industrial outdoor storage
• Aviation hangar development
• Student housing investment
• Real estate platform building

Headquarters

HQ city

Beverly Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management and Advisory Fees: Center Capital generates revenue through management fees and carried interest on its alternative real estate investment platforms, similar to a private equity real estate fund structure. The firm raises equity from institutional LPs and co-investors, deploying capital into niche sub-sectors and earning fees on deployed capital and fund performance.
2. Fund Performance / Carried Interest: As a platform investor and GP, Center Capital earns carried interest on fund returns, particularly on platforms like Terminal Logistics Fund II and CA Industrial where institutional capital is pooled for deployment across IOS and industrial assets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Center Capital Partners is an alternative real estate investment firm that builds institutional-scale investment platforms across fragmented real estate sub-sectors, including Industrial Outdoor Storage (Terminal Logistics), aviation hangar infrastructure (Sky Harbour Group, NYSE: SKYH), infill industrial (CA Industrial), and student housing. The firm raises capital from institutional investors, family offices, and LP partners into fund vehicles and deploys that capital into operating real estate platforms, earning management fees and carried interest on fund performance.

Product overview

Center Capital Partners operates as a multi-platform alternative real estate investment firm with four distinct investment platforms: Sky Harbour Group (aviation real estate/hangar campuses), Terminal Logistics (Industrial Outdoor Storage for containers/equipment/trucks/trailers), CA Industrial (infill industrial asset acquisition), and Student Housing Portfolio (student housing near universities). The firm has $600M+ GAV and $400M+ AUM across 45+ properties totaling 10.6M+ gross square feet. The platforms were built through aggregation of assets in fragmented, emerging sectors, progressing from proof-of-concept to institutional-scale operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Terminal Logistics: Leading Industrial Outdoor Storage and Logistics platform focused on consolidating fragmented IOS assets for containers, heavy equipment, trucks, and trailers storage.
• CA Industrial
• Student Housing Portfolio
• Sky Harbour Group

Products and services

• Sky Harbour Group A publicly listed aviation real estate company (NYSE: SKYH) that develops and manages the first nationwide network of private airfield facilities and private hangar campuses for business aircraft across the United States. Investors gain exposure to aviation infrastructure real estate through this public equity holding.
• Terminal Logistics

Quantifiable outcome

• IOS rents rose 123% since 2020 across 15 top markets with vacancy rates averaging 4.9%, significantly outpacing bulk warehouse performance.
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Sky Harbour GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Center Capital acted as an instrumental early investor and continues to act as an ongoing partner to Sky Harbour Group (NYSE: SKYH), an aviation infrastructure development company. Center Capital's equity investment and visionary partnership was pivotal in scaling the platform as it piloted the first nationwide Home-Basing Solution network for private jet owners and operators. Sky Harbour focuses on building and managing private hangar campuses across the United States.
• Authentic Capital GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCenter Capital Partners and Authentic Capital Group formed a programmatic partnership to assemble a portfolio of infill industrial assets through the CA Industrial platform. The partnership prioritizes discount to replacement cost and risk-adjusted returns, with a long-term strategic focus on the sector's secular growth. CA Industrial evaluates each opportunity on an asset and market-specific basis.
• Deep Field Asset ManagementsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerJordan Moelis, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Center Capital, also serves as Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager of Deep Field Asset Management, an investment advisory firm making public and private equity investments. This represents an affiliated platform connected through the co-founder.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AEW Capital Management: AEW Capital Management is a global real estate investment management firm managing capital across core, value-add, and opportunistic strategies. Director of Finance & Accounting Abby Cinotto previously held fund finance roles at AEW, and the firm represents a broad incumbent peer in real estate investment management.
• StepStone Group: StepStone Group is a global private markets investment manager focused on fund-of-funds, co-investments, and separate accounts. Director of Finance & Accounting Abby Cinotto previously led fund finance at StepStone; it represents a broader incumbent peer in the private real estate investment ecosystem.
• Crow Holdings Capital: Crow Holdings Capital is a Dallas-based institutional real estate investment manager with a longer track record and broader platform than Center Capital. It pursues similar opportunistic and value-add real estate strategies but at a much larger scale and longer history, making it a relevant broad incumbent peer.

Direct peers

• Harrison Street: Harrison Street is a leading alternative real estate investment manager focused on thematic sub-sectors including student housing, life sciences, data centers, and senior housing. It is a direct peer to Center Capital in its approach of building institutional-scale platforms in fragmented, less-institutionalized real estate sub-sectors via LP-backed fund vehicles.
• Sky Harbour Group: Sky Harbour Group (NYSE: SKYH) is a publicly listed aviation real estate company that develops private hangar campuses nationwide. It is Center Capital's first and most successful platform investment (NYSE IPO in January 2022) and operates in the same thematic aviation real estate sub-sector.
• Stockbridge Capital Group: Stockbridge Capital Group is an alternative real estate investment manager that builds thematic investment strategies across multiple property types for institutional clients. Like Center Capital, it operates a platform-building model with thematic mandates and institutional LP capital.
• Taconic Capital: Taconic Capital Advisors is a New York-based investment management firm pursuing alternative investment strategies across real estate, credit, and private equity. It shares Center Capital's model of building thematic alternatives platforms with institutional capital and pursuing opportunistic returns in less-efficient markets.
• TPG Angelo Gordon: TPG Angelo Gordon is a diversified alternative asset manager with a sizable real estate platform focused on opportunistic and value-add strategies. It is both a direct peer (as a real estate PE manager) and an actual co-investment partner with Center Capital on CA Industrial and other acquisitions.
• Northwood Investors: Northwood Investors is a privately-held real estate investment manager founded by John Kukral, focused on thematic opportunistic and value-add strategies globally. Co-founder/CEO Alex Valner previously led Western US acquisitions at Northwood; the firm shares Center Capital's LP-driven model and opportunistic real estate approach.
• Authentic Capital Group: Authentic Capital Group is a real estate investment manager that partnered with Center Capital to form the CA Industrial programmatic platform for infill industrial acquisitions. It is a direct peer in industrial real estate and an active co-investment partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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