About

Urbane Capital Management is a South Florida-based real estate investment and development firm that focuses on infill properties for value-add repositioning, adaptive re-use and ground-up development, as well as distressed asset transactions. Our firm is focused on fast growing markets in Florida and the Southeast with strong demographic tailwinds. Additionally, it is also focused on value-add opportunities in the New York City market. Urbane’s principals have collectively more than 60 years of experience in executing complex real estate opportunities through multiple real estate cycles.

Urbane’s Investment Principles are the foundation of its investment process:

  • We aim to be good stewards of our partner’s capital
  • We aim for superior risk-adjusted returns
  • We aim to revitalize existing or develop new properties that are a source of pride for its’ occupants and neighbors
  • We are asset creators and not asset gatherers
  • We believe strong execution and asset management are keys to success of any project
  • We treat our service providers and service partners with integrity and honesty

Prior to Urbane, Amin is a 20-year veteran in the real estate industry and has developed over 2 million square feet of real estate as a principal in various emerging markets including the United Arab Emirates, India, and Brazil. Amin has been actively investing since the early 1990s and has developed valuable judgment and skills necessary for real estate investing in volatile markets. Amin is a South Florida native and holds a Bachelors from Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Prior to Urbane, Nitin was a partner at Orion Real Estate, Atlanta. Nitin has more than 20 years of experience in both public as well as private real estate investments.  He has extensive institutional equity and capital markets experience from his stints at Nomura Securities and as a REIT Equity Analyst at Fidelity Investments, Boston. Nitin is a trained Architect and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

STRATEGY

Overview

1. DEVELOPMENT

  • Expertise in ground up development
  • Expertise in sourcing and executing complex deals across various asset types


2. OPPORTUNISTIC

  • Focus on markets that exhibit strong demand drivers
  • Focus on most favorable demand-supply property types within those markets
  • Opportunistically focus on properties in markets / property types that may be currently out of favor


3. VALUE-ADD

  • Strong focus on finding and executing on value-add deals, especially in out of favor sectors
  • Enhance property through superior execution and asset management

Geographic Focus

Urbane’s core focus on development and value-add opportunities are in the South Florida (Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach) and Orlando markets. The firm has a secondary focus on the Southeast growth markets of Charlotte, Atlanta and Research Triangle Park. These markets are exhibiting strong growth due to demographic shifts that are expected to persist over multiple real estate cycles.

Urbane is also has an opportunistic focus on New York City which happens to be the premier gateway city of the US and the #1 City in the World. We are focused on capitalizing on current dislocation in the market to acquire value-add assets.

Team

Urbane’s core team has more than 60 years of ownership, development, origination, underwriting and execution experience of real estate opportunities across multiple geographies and real estate cycles.

Amin Jamal
Co-Founder & Managing Principal

Nitin Jain
Co-Founder & Principal

John Morris
Principal

Investments

Urbane Capital focuses on three strategies: Development, Value-Add, and Opportunistic.

8Hundred North Townhouses, Fort Lauderdale

Marinascape Avant & Oceanic Towers, Dubai

Bayside Residences,
Dubai

Marina Boulevard Retail,
Dubai

Superstone Riviera Grand Residences, India

1300 Miami Rd Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

749 SE 15th St Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

Park Slope Luxury Condos,
New York

LC44 Corporate Office,
Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo Affordable
Apartments (MCMV)

Tambayan Hostel and Gastrobar, Manila

SureStay Hotel by Best Western, Metro Clark

Our Development strategy is focused on place-making and delivering a very high quality product.

8Hundred North Townhouses, Fort Lauderdale

Marinascape Avant & Oceanic Towers, Dubai

Bayside Residences,
Dubai

Marina Boulevard Retail,
Dubai

Superstone Riviera Grand Residences, India

1300 Miami Rd Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

749 SE 15th St Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

Park Slope Luxury Condos,
New York

LC44 Corporate Office,
Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo Affordable
Apartments (MCMV)

Tambayan Hostel and Gastrobar, Manila

SureStay Hotel by Best Western, Metro Clark

Our Value-Add strategy is focused on sourcing the right opportunities where we can increase returns through superior execution.

1300 Miami Rd Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

749 SE 15th St Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

8Hundred North Townhouses, Fort Lauderdale

Marinascape Avant & Oceanic Towers, Dubai

Bayside Residences,
Dubai

Marina Boulevard Retail,
Dubai

Superstone Riviera Grand Residences, India

Park Slope Luxury Condos,
New York

LC44 Corporate Office,
Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo Affordable
Apartments (MCMV)

Tambayan Hostel and Gastrobar, Manila

SureStay Hotel by Best Western, Metro Clark

Our Opportunistic strategy is focused on investing in contrarian assets and themes across different geographies.

Park Slope Luxury Condos,
New York

LC44 Corporate Office,
Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo Affordable
Apartments (MCMV)

Tambayan Hostel and Gastrobar, Manila

SureStay Hotel by Best Western, Metro Clark

8Hundred North Townhouses, Fort Lauderdale

Marinascape Avant & Oceanic Towers, Dubai

Bayside Residences,
Dubai

Marina Boulevard Retail,
Dubai

Superstone Riviera Grand Residences, India

1300 Miami Rd Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

749 SE 15th St Apartments,
Fort Lauderdale

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