About Us
Asset management and professional services to investors and owners across the U.S. and India.
History and Background
Sorani Capital LLC provides asset management and professional services to investors and owners. The firm’s portfolio in the U.S. and India currently exceeds $500 million of assets under management, including client mandates, owner’s representation services and principal investments.
Our Philosophy
Sorani’s investment philosophy is built upon three primary pillars:
Value-Oriented Acquisitions
Structured with attractive pricing and mitigated downside risks
Conservative Leverage
Ensures an appropriate margin of safety for each investment
Activist Value-Added Approach
Applied to asset management and development execution
Current Investment Strategies
United States
- Multi-family and residential acquisitions for long-term hold that provide inflation protection and current yield
- Affordable housing development and rehabilitation, including equity joint ventures, preferred equity positions and provision of mezzanine loan financing
- Medical office investments (value-add or core-plus) in Tier I markets
- Private equity and venture capital investments in select operating platforms and vehicles-affordable housing, medical office, green energy & renewables, emerging VC funds
India
- Real estate development projects in Tier I cities, particularly for-sale residential assets that benefit from India's growing middle-class and strong demographics
- Provision of venture capital, private equity, consulting & advisory services to micro-finance, micro-credit, mortgage brokers/bankers and renewable energy platforms and companies
Flexible Investment Structures
- Transaction-specific GP/LP vehicles for global institutional investors (with fee simple ownership or structured ground lease of the underlying real estate)
- Long-duration trusts designed to provide up-front tax benefits for U.S.-based HNW investors
- Pooled fund platforms and single-project vehicles for NRIs, PIOs and India-based investors
Asset Management Expertise
Sorani’s activist value-added approach to asset management and development execution is based upon its management team’s extensive track record in the United States and India. The firm’s founder previously led asset management for a development portfolio of 20+ residential and mixed-use projects in India worth over $5+ billion (primarily in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore). In the United States, Sorani’s founder managed a $500 million mixed-use completed asset portfolio including Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton assets across five major U.S. cities (New York, Washington D.C., Miami, San Francisco and Boston). Sorani’s real estate expertise extends across multiple asset classes and includes residential, mixed-use, retail, office, hotel, parking, health club & health care operators.
20+
Projects
$5B+
India Portfolio
5 Cities
Major U.S. Markets
$500M
U.S. Portfolio
Asset Management Expertise
Sorani’s activist value-added approach to asset management and development execution is based upon its management team’s extensive track record in the United States and India. The firm’s founder previously led asset management for a development portfolio of 20+ residential and mixed-use projects in India worth over $5+ billion (primarily in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore). In the United States, Sorani’s founder managed a $500 million mixed-use completed asset portfolio including Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton assets across five major U.S. cities (New York, Washington D.C., Miami, San Francisco and Boston). Sorani’s real estate expertise extends across multiple asset classes and includes residential, mixed-use, retail, office, hotel, parking, health club & health care operators.
Investor Reporting
Due Diligence
Project Feasibility
Transaction Underwriting
Deal Structuring
Capital Raising
Development Execution
Asset Management
Tax Structuring
Public Relations
Human Resources
Staffing
Investor Reporting
Due Diligence
Project Feasibility
Transaction Underwriting
Deal Structuring
Capital Raising
Development Execution
Asset Management
Tax Structuring
Public Relations
Human Resources
Staffing