We built this to bring capital partners to Real Capital Partners who would never find you on their own

I am Chris Harris, co-chairman and CEO of Real Capital Partners, and in the next 5 and a half minutes I want to walk you through why we built an investment holding company instead of a fund, what a capital partner relationship actually looks like when the principals run the businesses rather than just allocate to them, and how you take the next step if the model makes sense for your portfolio.

Real Capital Partners is not a blind-pool fund. It is an investment holding company with deployable capital for middle-market operating platforms. Rob Consalvo and I started the firm because we believe that the best way to create long-term value in a capital-intensive sector is to build and operate the businesses from the inside, not to write a check and wait for a quarterly report. In 2012 we launched iStorage with friends-and-family capital, grew it to 70+ self-storage facilities across 13 states, recapitalized with a state pension fund in 2014, and sold the entire platform to National Storage Affiliates on the NYSE and Smart Stop Self Storage for a combined $700 million in 2016.

The current portfolio is 3 operating platforms. Store Space is our flagship: 100+ self-storage facilities across the United States with a portfolio valuation exceeding $1 billion. We have completed $330+ million in recapitalizations over the past 2 years and have approximately $400 million in future equity commitments in the pipeline. Storage360 is our proprietary SaaS platform for the self-storage industry, built in-house and beta-tested on the Store Space portfolio since 2019. Sud Stop is our third platform: a premium, subscription-based express car wash company with 33 locations across the Southeast.

Rob Consalvo, our co-chairman and president, spent 2 decades in self-storage operations and formerly served as president and chief technical officer of Storage Rentals of America. Vince Toenjes, our chief legal officer, spent 25 years in commercial real estate law and was the general counsel behind the $1.3 billion sale of LifeStorage to NYSE:LSI. Edward Moran, our chief investment officer, led the acquisition of 100+ properties and 7.5 million square feet for Store Space. Every member of the leadership team has built, operated, and exited real assets.

Capital partners invest alongside Real Capital Partners into the operating platforms directly. This is not a fund-of-funds structure and there is no layered management fee between the LP and the asset. The alignment is straightforward: we run the business, we co-invest into every deal, and our economics are tied to the same outcome as yours.

If the operator-led model and the track record behind it line up with how you prefer to deploy capital, the next step is a 30-minute introductory call with a member of the leadership team. You will see the full portfolio, the pipeline, and the terms before any commitment is discussed. Thank you for the time. I look forward to the conversation.