CIP Real Estate Information

CIP Real Estate (“CIP”) is a full service real estate investment and management company based in Irvine, California, focused on the acquisition, development, repositioning and management of industrial and business parks. Founded in 1995, CIP has completed more than $1.3 billion in real estate transactions, and owns and manages over 9.2 million square feet of quality real estate throughout California, Nevada, Georgia, Texas, North and South Carolina. CIP Real Estate’s principals, Eric Smyth and Robert Strom, combined their backgrounds in development, investment, finance, law, management and marketing to create a business that was built on service and driven by results. The Company’s core business plan remains acquiring and creating value in real estate assets and co-investing with institutional partners. In order to implement its business plan, CIP established a $700 million industrial portfolio investment program with New York-based Almanac Realty Investors, LLC. Almanac, a Neuberger Berman company, is a leading provider of growth capital to private and public real estate companies. From the time of its funding in 1981, the group has raised over $6.5 billion related to a wide array of real estate opportunities and committed over $5.2 billion to 43 different companies in North America. Guided by its founders, the Company’s educated and experienced team of professionals provides institutional level asset management, financial analysis, modeling, due diligence, accounting and financial reporting, as well as a full spectrum of traditional real estate services in property management, leasing and marketing and construction management. CIP’s headquarters are in Irvine, California and the Company has full-service management offices in Riverside, Upland, Las Vegas, Hayward, Atlanta, Charlotte and Dallas. For further information on CIP Real Estate, please visit www.ciprealestate.com.