Capstone Real Estate Investments, LLC (“CREI”) and its affiliates employ over 240 team members either based at its headquarters in Birmingham, AL or at one of its owned or managed properties.
CREI offers a vertically integrated set of experience that includes real estate investment, acquisitions, redevelopment, finance, accounting, construction, property management, and graphic design. Each team member plays an integral part of our mission to build value through sustainable competitive advantages at each owned or managed property.
We seek to deploy capital through our student housing and conventional multifamily housing strategies across the United States. CREI considers any type of acquisition, whether it be core, value-add, distressed, bank foreclosure, as well as note purchases.
Capstone Real Estate Investments, LLC currently owns and/or operates 21 assets and serves more than 19 university markets spread across Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.
CREI’s unique real estate investment approach enables us to acquire and reposition a wide variety of asset types including garden-style, midrise, cottage, mixed-use, fractured condominium, hotel, and office.
As a growing organization seeking to build our team, we are looking for talented candidates who are hard-working, resourceful, reliable, professional and dedicated to the highest standards of excellence.
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The Preserve Tuscaloosa is a 1993-vintage, purpose-built student housing property serving the University of Alabama market. At acquisition, the garden-style property encompassed 680-beds with two- and four-bedroom floorplans. CREI’s renovations included a full reconfiguration of unit interiors to develop new floorplan types, comprehensive common area upgrades, and new amenities. CREI completed renovations and delivered the repositioned asset in Fall 2021.
The Flatts Starkville is a 2015-vintage, purpose-built student housing property serving the Mississippi State University market. At acquisition, the garden-style property encompassed 536-beds with two-, three- and four-bedroom floorplans. CREI’s renovations included creating new floorplans, transformation of unit interiors and common areas, and refreshed amenities. CREI completed renovations and delivered the repositioned property in Fall 2023.
Standard On Main is a 2009-vintage, 236-unit conventional multi-family property in Akron, OH. At acquisition, the midrise property was positioned as off-campus student housing serving the University of Akron market, with floorplans ranging from one-bedroom to four-bedroom apartments. CREI’s renovations included delivery of new floorplans, unit interior upgrades, and common area and amenity refreshes. The repositioned and re-branded asset delivered in Spring 2023.
Auburn, AL
Relationship: 3rd Party Managed
Date Acquired: March 2008
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 242 beds
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2008
Fayetteville, AR
Relationship: 3rd Party Managed
Date Acquired: Third Party
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 471 beds
Building Type: Mid-rise
Renovations Completed: N/A
Tallahassee, FL
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: January 2014
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 433 beds
Building Type: Mid-rise
Renovations Completed: 2017
Tallahassee, FL
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: May 2013
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 216 beds
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2014
Hattiesburg, MS
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: January 2016
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 480
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2017
Oxford, OH
Relationship: 3rd Party Managed
Date Acquired: February 2014
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 436
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2017
Lubbock, TX
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: October 2013
Lease Type: Student
Units: 276
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2014
Corpus Christi, TX
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: November 2022
Lease Type: Conventional
Units: 161
Building Type: Cottage
Renovations Completed: 2023-24
Akron, OH
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: August 2020
Lease Type: Conventional
Units: 263
Building Type: Mid-rise
Renovations Completed: 2021-23
Oxford, OH
Relationship: 3rd Party Managed
Date Acquired: March 2011
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 418
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2015
Hattiesburg, MS
Relationship: 3rd Party Managed
Date Acquired: Third Party
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 403
Building Type: Cottage
Renovations Completed: N/A
Salisbury, MD
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: December 2018
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 498
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2020
Starkville, MS
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: June 2022
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 448
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2023
Murfreesboro, TN
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: April 2021
Lease Type: Conventional
Units: 346
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2022-24
Lafayette, LA
Relationship: Third Party Management
Date Acquired: Third Party
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 575
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: N/A
Indianapolis, IN
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: April 2022
Lease Type: Conventional
Units: 261
Building Type: Mid-rise wrap
Renovations Completed: 2022-24
Toledo, OH
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: May 2014
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 301
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2015
Kent, OH
Relationship: 3rd Party Managed
Date Acquired: December 2011
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 520
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2013
Tuscaloosa, AL
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: December 2019
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 460 beds
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2021
Dekalb, IL
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: September 2014
Lease Type: Student
Beds: 496
Building Type: High-rise
Renovations Completed: 2015
Lafayette, LA
Relationship: Own & Manage
Date Acquired: November 2023
Lease Type: Condos & Apartments
Units: 144
Building Type: Garden
Renovations Completed: 2023-2024