Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners Closes Seventh Discretionary Equity Fund

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners (“WDIP”) announced the successful closing of its seventh discretionary equity fund, Fund VII, a $135 million value-add and opportunistic vehicle focused on middle market multifamily and industrial real estate across the U.S.

Fund VII, managed by Brian Cornell, Ryan Castle, Marcus Duley, and Mitch Resnick, has already seeded eight investments, totaling over 50% of its capital commitments, and is well on its way to fully deploying into what the team believes to be an exceptionally favorable market. The fund targets 15%+ net returns and 1.5x+ net multiples by capitalizing on underutilized and mispriced assets with actionable value enhancement plans. The fund’s core focus is on middle market deals with equity checks ranging from $5 million to $25 million, targeting investments that often fly under the institutional radar.

“Fund VII is a smaller, tactical equity vehicle designed to deploy capital quickly and efficiently in a space ripe with current opportunity and limited competition amongst equity providers,” said Cornell, managing director and head of equity at WDIP. “Our goal is to provide investors with a diverse portfolio of 2024 and 2025 vintage investments benefitting from cyclical pricing lows, strong long term demand fundamentals, and higher stabilized yield profiles that can withstand higher interest rates and generate very attractive risk adjusted returns.”

Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners ("WDIP") is a real estate private equity firm which manages capital on behalf of endowments, foundations, pension plans, private funds, insurance companies, family offices and high net worth individuals. With $6.3 billion of assets under management, WDIP invests debt and equity capital in value-added, opportunistic, distressed, and special situation transactions through a series of private funds, joint ventures and separately managed accounts. Over the past 18 years WDIP has invested $16.6 billion in debt and equity across 610 transactions. WDIP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD), one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory services firms in the United States. Our ideas and capital create communities where people live, work, shop, and play. The diversity of our people, breadth of our brand and technological capabilities make us one of the most insightful and client-focused firms in the commercial real estate industry. For more information, visit www.wdinvestmentpartners.com.

All investments have risk of loss and WDIP cannot guarantee any investment strategy will achieve its goals and objectives. Nothing herein is an offer to sell any security, including an interest in any private fund.

About Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) is one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory services firms in the United States and internationally. Our ideas and capital create communities where people live, work, shop, and play. Our innovative people, breadth of our brand, and our technological capabilities make us one of the most insightful and client-focused firms in the commercial real estate industry.