Part A - Description of Advisory Business
Description of Firm
ABR Capital Partners is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”). We provide real estate investment management
services for qualified domestic and international individuals and institutional investors, such as
public and private pension plans, trusts, endowments, foundations and other entities, who invest
with us through closed-end, commingled investment funds that we create for their benefit. As used
in this Brochure, the words “ABR Capital Partners”, “we”, “our”, and “us” refer to ABR Capital
Partners, LLC and ABR Chesapeake Properties, LLC. We have entered into an employee leasing
arrangement with our wholly-owned subsidiary, ABR Chesapeake Company, pursuant to which it
leases its employees to us. References in this Brochure to “employees” or “our employees” refer
to those leased employees.
Time in Business
ABR Capital Partners has been in the business of organizing and managing real estate investment
opportunities for clients and investors since 1972. We initially registered with the SEC in August
2010 under the name Alex. Brown Realty, Inc. In December 2021, we converted from a Maryland
corporation to a Maryland limited liability company. In January 2023, we changed our name to
ABR Capital Partners, LLC.
Principal Owners
ABR Capital Partners is owned by (1) Knollwood Investment Fund LLC, (2) certain lineal
descendants of Alexander Brown, whether individually or through trusts formed for their benefit,
(3) Stephens ABR LLC, (4) Bravura Capital LLC, and (5) certain of employees of our wholly-
owned subsidiary, ABR Chesapeake Company. Alexander Brown founded Alex. Brown and Sons,
which was the first investment bank in the United States.
Part B - Description of Advisory Services
ABR Capital Partners provides investment management and advisory services regarding real estate
and related investments (including mortgage debt secured by real estate) on behalf of its clients.
Our real estate investments are typically limited to commercial properties located in the United
States, including retail, office, medical office, industrial, multi-family, student housing, senior
living and hospitality properties.
Pooled Investment Vehicles
As of the date of this Brochure, all of our investors invest through closed-end, private commingled
investment funds (“Funds”) that we have organized for their benefit. An affiliate of ABR Capital
Partners serves as the general partner or manager of each of these Funds.
An investor in one of these Funds holds an ownership interest in the Fund entity itself and does
not directly own real estate. The Fund entities then typically hold the underlying real estate assets
through single-asset limited partnerships and limited liability companies that are managed by
affiliates of ABR Capital Partners under joint venture arrangements with third-party operators.
Short-Term Investments
ABR Capital Partners manages cash for clients and invests client capital in interest-bearing bank
accounts and short-term liquid investments, including obligations of federal, state and local
governments and their agencies, money market funds, commercial paper and certificates of deposit
of federally-insured commercial banks, savings banks or savings and loan associations (“Short-
Term Investments”). ABR Capital Partners may establish discretionary accounts with lenders and
their affiliated investment advisers to facilitate such Short-Term Investments. Short-Term
Investments are intended to be temporary, pending distribution of such funds to clients or
investment of such funds in new or existing real estate investments.
Part C - Tailored Advisory Services
Funds
We tailor our investment advisory and management services to the specific goals, objectives and
operating guidelines of each Fund entity, which are disclosed in the Funds’ private placement
memoranda and constituent documents (e.g., limited partnership agreements).
Part D - Wrap Fee Programs
Not applicable. ABR Capital Partners does not participate in wrap fee programs.
Part E – Client Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, ABR Capital Partners managed approximately $335,450,314 of client
assets on a discretionary basis (approximately $52,223,759 of which constitutes uncalled capital
commitments from investors in Fund clients). Discretionary assets under management are
calculated based on the fair market value of such assets.
As of December 31, 2023, ABR Capital Partners managed approximately $39,964,242 of client
assets on a non-discretionary basis (approximately $36,335,000 of which constitutes uncalled
capital commitments from investors in Fund clients). Non-discretionary assets under management
are calculated based on the fair market value of such assets.
ABR Capital Partners is deemed to manage client assets on a “discretionary” basis when its clients
have given ABR Capital Partners authority to determine the real estate and related investments to
make and when to buy and sell those investments, as well as the authority to make ongoing
management decisions over the investment’s life cycle. However, even in these instances, ABR
Capital Partners’ discretion may be subject to limitations and restrictions as outlined by the client
in the investment management agreement, in investment guidelines, or in an investment policy
statement.
ABR Capital Partners is deemed to manage client assets on a “non-discretionary” basis when it
must seek the approval of a client before buying or selling a real estate or related investment on
such client’s behalf, or to make ongoing management decisions over the investment’s life cycle.