Core Strengths
ACQUISITIONS
Guardian Real Estate Services’ skilled acquisitions team seeks out, acquires and repositions multifamily assets that, through a well-timed and executed disposition strategy, can return predictable returns to Guardian and its investors. A hands-on approach guarantees that Guardian’s knowledgeable experts handle all aspects of the investment, from sourcing the deal to coordinating the due diligence investigations, negotiating the financing, and managing transactions at acquisition and disposition closings. Guardian maintains relationships with select institutional and private equity investors.
DEVELOPMENT
The development team at Guardian Real Estate Services focuses on the preservation and strategic development of workforce housing utilizing the full range of incentives and special programs required in this highly-specialized real estate sector. The company’s affordable housing experts specialize in multifamily properties with heavy rehabilitation requirements and complete complex financial transactions that comply fully with government subsidy and regulatory requirements. Particular emphasis is devoted to the preservation and production of workforce housing targeted to households with lower incomes, including households with incomes at or below 30 percent of area median income and those with incomes below 60 percent of the area median.
Guardian also develops mixed-use developments with an integral multifamily component, such as the award-winning acquisition and adaptive renovation of its new headquarters: The Crane Building. Constructed as an urban warehouse in 1909, this historic 90,000-square-foot building has been transformed into a mixed-use housing, retail and commercial property that adds impressive vitality to Portland, Ore.’s distinctive Pearl District. This project demonstrates Guardian’s multi-faceted strengths and its ability to overcome significantly complex challenges.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
At the center of Guardian’s core strengths is multifamily and commercial property management. The company’s commitment to employee training and development, technology, and accounting systems sets it apart as a leader in the region’s multifamily property management field. Guardian Real Estate Services’ longevity and success is attributed directly to a management philosophy dedicated to quality control and accountability for performance. The company is acutely aware that the physical appearance of a property and the efficiency of its operations are critical to yielding financial results for its investor owners. The Guardian team of community managers works tirelessly to ensure owners that properties are well-maintained, run smoothly and display the high-quality curb appeal that attracts and retains the caliber of residents every owner desires.
In-depth training and education at Guardian encompasses a full range of issues essential to successful performance, including: resident retention to increase returns, effective marketing and competent compliance with fair housing and landlord-tenant laws. This training equips managers to run a property smoothly and efficiently, while also preparing them to handle unexpected, challenging situations.
In order to achieve maximum return for investors, Guardian deploys state-of-the-art technology and sophisticated accounting systems to monitor operating costs and ultimately evaluate property performance. More than 80 percent of Guardian’s properties are also audited by independent accounting firms. This extraordinary third-party oversight ensures that internal controls are continually tested and that financial reports have absolute integrity.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Consistently striving for operational excellence, Guardian offers exacting asset management services to clients and investors. Periodic sales and rental rate comparable analysis, market overview, and performance oversight enable Guardian to offer expert buy/sell/refinance analyses and recommendations. As warranted, Guardian also tracks important property particulars such as loan covenants, prepayment burn-off dates and balloon dates for its clients. In addition, comprehensive annual site visits are scheduled to assess market conditions and property capital needs. Site visits may also involve a return analysis, capital improvement planning and execution and project management services.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Construction management at Guardian embodies the firm’s attention to detail in all aspects of its business. From major redevelopment and rehabilitation with total costs in the tens of millions to the smallest painting or reroofing project at a fee-managed property, the Guardian team excels in finding the most cost-efficient method of achieving the desired result. Involvement of the Guardian construction management professionals is an integral component of the planning and execution of all projects.