Real Estate
The Sovereign’s Capital Real Estate team deploys capital to serve tenants and enrich communities, generating attractive current income and long-term capital gains.
The Real Estate team invests in U.S.-based real estate alongside faith-driven managers who recognize the opportunity for impact within the spaces and communities that they serve. Real estate operators have the unique ability to cultivate environments in which all people can experience authentic community, redemptive relationships, and neighborly love. This includes the spaces they live, work, and gather. We pursue equity interests with an emphasis on current yield and have a preference for value-add, housing sector strategies that are led by excellent operators.
Team
Our investment team is made up of professionals with deep industry experience.
Ben Erskine
Partner, Real Estate
Cade van Raaphorst
Associate
John Coleman
Co-CEO and Board Member
Luke Roush
Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Board Member
Kathryn Armstrong
Associate, Investor Relations
Hank Bowen
Associate, Investor Relations
Paul Curbo
Advisor
Target Investment
What we look for
Operator First
We look to partner with both faith-driven and experienced operators in real estate, who are committed to providing a distinct level of care to the tenants and communities that they serve while delivering strong financial performance.
Housing Sector Focus
We believe there is long-term fundamental support for housing given a structural supply shortfall, along with advanced development of faith-driven impact strategies within the operations of multi-family housing.
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Income and Appreciation
Across our portfolio, we seek to invest in properties that offer a clear path to current income generation in addition to long-term capital appreciation
Case Studies
Launch Capital Partners
Launch Capital Partners (Launch) is a faith-driven multi-family housing operator dedicated to those affected by forced migration. Launch promotes thriving communities through its relationship-oriented property management model and community partnerships. They exist to glorify God through creative business solutions that promote self-reliance and the integration of refugees and immigrants into their new communities.
Welden Field
Welden Field is a family owned and run real estate firm that includes property management, development, construction, management and renovation services. Welden Field has invested in over 12,000 MFH homes through new construction and redevelopment strategies. Welden Field’s BAM (Business as Mission) Fund seeks to achieve social, spiritual, and financial returns for its investors through value-add multi-family housing investing.
Hilltop - Sweetwater Vista
Hilltop is a real estate investment company committed to providing service and excellence to their residents, employees and investors. Hilltop targets value-add workforce housing (B+ and A- class) in major TX markets, and the southeast using moderate leverage. They aim to partner with Apartment Life on all of their assets and are one of AL’s largest owner-partners. In Hilltop’s words: “Ultimately guided by our faith, our Core Values of Integrity, Humility, Service, Innovation, Unity, and Charity are essential to why Hilltop exists. The Hilltop family lives by our Core Values to serve our residents, love and support our team members, and wisely steward our investors’ capital.”
These case studies represent the largest holdings of our two Real Estate funds.
Testimonials
Welden Field has been in the multi-family space for almost 50 years. We have had dozens of lead investors during that time in our deals. Not one of them has brought to the table as many pieces of the puzzle as [Sovereign's Capital] has. We don’t just call them with good or bad news; we call them to help us interpret the news. They have been a great strategic partner and friend.
Chuck Welden | Welden Field
Sovereign's is more than just an investor for Hilltop; they bring genuine friendship and fellowship to our team and provide formal counsel as a part of our Advisory Board. We have called on them with difficult personnel issues and they listened carefully, asked questions, provided feedback, and then went the extra mile to survey other wise counsel in the market to gain additional perspective. The team at Sovereign's is akin to a 'brother' to us, regularly inquiring about how they can support us personally and professionally, and participating in prayer sessions with and for us. Their genuine concern extends beyond the real estate investments to the individuals involved.
David Wylie | Hilltop
Sovereign's Capital is more than just an investor in our projects; they are a trusted partner and advisor. They have demonstrated a deep understanding of multifamily real estate and provided valuable insights through their due diligence process that have helped us make better-informed decisions. Their collaborative and holistic approach to investing gives us confidence that we are aligned not just in economic terms but in the impact we want to see in our communities.
Michael Hall | Launch Capital Partners
These testimonials are provided not by clients of Sovereign's Capital Management, LLC but by portfolio companies of Sovereign’s Capital Funds which represents a material conflict of interest. No compensation has been provided for this testimonial.