{"id":1004167162,"date":"2017-02-21T02:24:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004167162"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:28:59","slug":"cim-group-announces-partnership-to-attract-japanese-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cim-group-announces-partnership-to-attract-japanese-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"CIM Group Announces Partnership to Attract Japanese Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Keith Loria, Contributing Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004167163\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/Tatsuo-Yasunaga.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004167163\" data-attachment-id=\"1004167163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cim-group-announces-partnership-to-attract-japanese-investors\/tatsuo-yasunaga\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/Tatsuo-Yasunaga.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tatsuo Yasunaga\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tatsuo Yasunaga&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tatsuo Yasunaga&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/Tatsuo-Yasunaga.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004167163 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/Tatsuo-Yasunaga.jpg\" alt=\"Tatsuo Yasunaga\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/Tatsuo-Yasunaga.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/Tatsuo-Yasunaga.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/Tatsuo-Yasunaga.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004167163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tatsuo Yasunaga, Mitsui\u2019s president &amp; CEO<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles and Tokyo<\/strong>\u2014A strategic partnership between CIM Group LLC and Mitsui &amp; Co. Ltd. will look to expand both organizations\u2019 growth initiatives in real estate and infrastructure investments across North America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u00a0are\u00a0excited\u00a0to\u00a0partner\u00a0with\u00a0Mitsui to\u00a0position\u00a0CIM\u00a0to be\u00a0the first\u00a0choice\u00a0for Japanese investors\u00a0interested in\u00a0real estate and infrastructure investments\u00a0in North America,\u201d Avi Shemesh, CIM Group\u2019s co-founder\u00a0&amp; principal, said in a prepared release. \u201cThis partnership will allow CIM to better meet the growing needs of our investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitsui will invest $450 million to $550 million in CIM that will be utilized to fund CIM\u2019s continued growth and it also committed capital to multiple CIM funds. Adjustments will be made based on terms of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur investment in CIM was the culmination of a systematic search\u00a0for a best-in-class manager in\u00a0the\u00a0real-asset management business,\u201d Tatsuo Yasunaga,\u00a0Mitsui\u2019s president &amp; CEO, said. \u201cInvesting in CIM\u00a0is consistent with our strategic plan\u00a0to expand Mitsui\u2019s real-asset management business to the U.S.\u00a0and\u00a0to\u00a0enhance Mitsui\u2019s global\u00a0assets under management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through the partnership, Mitsui will enter the U.S. real estate asset management market for the first time and will enhance its steady profit base with CIM positioned at the core of its international asset management strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsui has\u00a0deep experience in\u00a0listing and managing public Japanese\u00a0REITs, private fund management and partnering\u00a0with investment managers. In addition, through its\u00a0wholly owned subsidiary,\u00a0Japan Alternative Investment Co., Ltd., it is a leading advisor to Japanese institutional investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitsui &amp; Co. has committed between $450 million and $550 million to fund real estate and infrastructure projects across North America. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":1004167163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21783,1594,21742,15],"tags":[33194],"class_list":["post-1004167162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-investment","category-los-angeles","category-latest","category-west","tag-cim-group"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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