Our Philosophy

Acquisition Criteria
Southern California Investors acquire raw land that is well located and prime for development, adding value by steering the property through the permitting and construction processes to deliver high-quality product. Much of our development work is "build-to-suit," for tenants and/or owners we have identified in advance, yet we still insist on good location and quality design and construction because quality pays in the marketplace — in appreciation, in rents, and in returns.

In addition, Southern California Investors acquires fully-built properties that are under-valued, yet have good locations and functional attributes. We capitalize on those attributes, often rolling up our sleeves to change the look of a property, which we can then up-market, either by sale or lease.

Core Strategies
SCI has developed a specialty in the industrial- and office-building market in Southern California, where strong growth has been the norm since the close of World War II. Through our experience in the marketplace, and with help from relationships we have built in the banking, brokerage and property management fields, we find under-valued or under-used properties with high market potential that we can readily capture.

By insisting that our customer's interest comes first, we have built a string of successes and a network of relationships for whom credibility, drive and integrity stand tall above  short-term expediency as guiding principles.

Exit Strategies
Investment success depends as much on identifying and managing the exit strategy as it does the acquisition — one reason we define an exit strategy before each deal is struck.

Successful exit strategies hinge on an understanding of the dynamic aspects of the market, and on at disciplined assessment of a property's real value. When developing a project for a build-to-suit client, the exit may be concluded and the profit taken when the client assumes ownership of the project through purchase.  In other cases, imagination, experience and the ability to spot opportunities yields value which the market has overlooked.  For example, we have acquired and upgraded property, then converted it partly to office condominiums while maintaining part as offices for lease, taking an immediate cash recovery through the condo sale while maintaining strong cash flow through the leases.