Firm Overview
Formed by Rising Realty Partners and G2 Investment Group, Rising, LLC (Rising) is a real estate investment, development, and operating platform specializing in creating world-class commercial properties. Core competencies include land and property acquisition, development and entitlement, repositioning, property management, asset management, and construction management. Rising executives have been creating value for investors in California commercial real estate markets for over four decades by striking the perfect balance between dynamic vision and trusted best practices. Rising is both opportunistic and prudent in its investment and asset acquisitions, utilizing proven wealth creation strategies and successful asset value enhancements for its investments. Rising currently manages over 3M square feet of office space in the greater Los Angeles area.
Investment Strategy & Opportunity:
Rising, LLC is raising permanent balance sheet capital to create long-term enterprise value and to acquire, develop, or finance real estate assets based on changing market cycles. With over 80 years of collective experience, the Rising, LLC team has deep relationships with experience in sourcing and structuring off-market transactions.
What makes Rising, LLC unique is its diverse revenue streams.
-Asset, property, and construction management, ground up development
-Rising is also set to launch in the next 60 days its first investment fund with Colony Capital as its lead investor. The raise will be $500M.
-Rising has created an ISP (Internet Service Provider) company, 5×5 Telecom, that is present in all Rising owned and managed properties as well as many non-Rising properties.
-Rising’s long-term strategic vision also includes the development of many other complementary revenue streams, including a captive insurance company, a fund strategy, a real estate mergers & acquisitions business, and a parking company.
-Investors in Rising will also have the opportunity to participate in sidecar co-investments on asset-level GPs as well as in direct investments on other select assets.
Permanent capital facilitates a flexible, relative value investment strategy with a diversified range of ancillary revenue opportunities. Rising, LLC investors will have the opportunity to participate in a dynamic investment platform that will aggregate a diverse portfolio of attractive real estate investments into a scalable investment management business to create lasting platform value.
Executive Bios
Nelson C. Rising
Chairman & CEO, Rising Realty Partners
Nelson Rising is a veteran of 40 years in the real estate industry and the Chairman and CEO of Rising Realty Partners, LP. He has led two large publicly traded real estate companies, chaired the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and built some of the most iconic buildings and new communities in California and the West. Mr. Rising has also served as a top political strategist to some of the most powerful elected officials in the United States. Prior to forming Rising Realty Partners, Mr. Rising was President & CEO of MPG Office Trust, Inc., the owner of over half of the institution-quality office space in downtown Los Angeles. From 1994-2005, Mr. Rising served as Chief Executive Officer of Catellus Development Corporation. During his tenure, he oversaw the company’s successful evolution from a railroad land company to a diversified development company and a real estate investment trust. Catellus merged with ProLogis in September 2005 in a $5.5 billion transaction.
Mr. Rising currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of The Irvine Company, which controls over 98 million square feet of commercial, office, residential and resort properties in coastal California. He also serves on the board of Foley Timber & Land Company. Mr. Rising is also a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committees of the California Institute of Technology and the W.M. Keck Foundation.
Christopher C. Rising
Founder & President, Rising Realty Partners
Christopher Rising manages the day-to-day business activities of Rising, while also serving on its Investment Committee. Drawing on his experience as Senior Vice President, Asset Transactions at MPG Office Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPG), Christopher is skilled at managing acquisitions and creative development. At MPG, he worked directly with the CEO to improve finances through debt reduction and restructuring.
Christopher currently serves as a member of the Board of Regents of Loyola High School and chairs the Investment Committee. He is also Treasurer and a member of the Board of River LA and he chairs the Finance and Fundraising Committee. He is a member of the San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the Young President’s Organization. Christopher is also a member of the board of LA Phil and the Board of Overseers at Loyola Law School.
Todd Morley
Founder & Chairman, G2 Investment Group
- Todd Morley is founder and Chairman of G2 Investment Group. He also co-founded investment firm Guggenheim Partners LLC, which has over $300 billion assets under management. He served on the Guggenheim Board as well as on its Executive Committee. G2 was founded in 2009, when Mr. Morley identified an opportunity with several partners to build an investment group that creates and sustains profit for individuals, families and institutions. The firm acts on the principle that investments in basic “pillars” of human need – food, water, energy, shelter, health care, communication, education – often create asymmetrical return profiles, many of which act as a hedge against inflation.
Mr. Morley is a Series A financier for Amplify, Hint Inc., and Blueline Grid and principal investor and architect of enterprises including Rising Holdings, MB Global Partners, i(x) Investments, Threat Pattern and Forbes Private Capital Group. From 2010-2014, Mr. Morley served as Chairman of Forbes Private Capital Group, a private equity formation group co-sponsored by the Forbes family. Mr. Morley currently serves on the Board and the Investment Committee of MB Global Partners, an international private investment group and i(x) Investments, an impact investing platform Mr. Morley co-founded. Mr. Morley also serves on the Lycée Français de New York Endowment Investment Committee.
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