Sentinel Real Estate is an independently owned real estate investment management firm established in 1969, with a longstanding track record of managing institutional quality real estate assets for global investors.
Headquartered in New York City, Sentinel maintains corporate offices in Europe, the UK and Australia and a broad operational footprint supporting investments across multiple markets and jurisdictions. The firm has experience developing, acquiring and managing diversified multifamily and commercial real estate properties.
Sentinel operates a vertically integrated investment platform with in‑house capabilities spanning acquisitions, asset management, and property operations, including on‑site management. The firm’s senior leadership team is characterized by long tenure and deep institutional knowledge, supporting continuity, discipline, and consistency in execution.
Universal is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and is the leading global leaf tobacco supplier. Tobacco sourcing and processing has been the Company’s principal focus since its founding in 1918. The largest portion of the Company’s business involves procuring and processing flue-cured, burley, and dark air-cured leaf tobacco for manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. Today, we are a global business-to-business agri-products supplier to consumer product manufacturers, that sources and processes leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients. Through our plant-based ingredients platform, we provide a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce high-quality, specialty vegetable- and fruit-based ingredients as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for human and pet food end markets. Universal conducts business in more than 30 countries on five continents and employs over 25,000 permanent and seasonal workers. Domestically, Universal employs over 1,000 permanent and seasonal workers, and its revenues ending March 31, 2022, were slightly over $2.1 billion.