Blue Vista Capital Management Establishes Asia Pacific Presence with Senior Appointment

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Vista Capital Management, LLC (“Blue Vista”), a Chicago-based real estate investment management firm, today announced the appointment of Sei-Hyun Kwon as Head of Asia Pacific Region, marking the firm’s first formal on-the-ground presence in the region.

Based in Seoul, Mr. Kwon will work closely with Blue Vista’s global leadership team to support long-term engagement across the Asia Pacific region and to serve as a local point of contact for investment partners and industry stakeholders.

Mr. Kwon brings more than 14 years of experience in global real estate investment and capital markets. Prior to joining Blue Vista, he served as an Executive Vice President at IGIS Asset Management, South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, where he focused on global real estate investments across the United States and Europe. Over the course of his career, Mr. Kwon has led investment and asset management activities totaling approximately USD 2.2 billion, encompassing global real estate investments, capital raising, and financing execution in collaboration with leading global general partners.

Founded in 2002, Blue Vista provides investors access to diversified real estate equity and credit strategies across the risk-return spectrum across major and niche property types in the United States and Canada. Since inception, the firm has invested over USD 14.6 billion in total capitalization, and has recently expanded its platform through strategic joint ventures, including a U.S. self-storage investment partnership alongside a well-known global institutional asset manager and one of the largest self-storage operators in the U.S., as well as U.S. residential build-to-rent investments alongside a Japanese-based investment group and Blue Vista’s affiliated residential operator and developer PeakMade Real Estate.

“Asia Pacific is an important region in Blue Vista’s long-term global strategy,” said Stephen Chase, Managing Principal of Blue Vista Capital Management. “Sei-Hyun’s cross-border investment experience and deep understanding of institutional capital will support the firm’s continued expansion and long-term partnerships in the region,” said Stephen Chase, Managing Principal, Investor Solutions at Blue Vista.

Mr. Kwon added, “Having known Blue Vista and its team for some time, I’m excited to join a highly disciplined and capable platform with a long-standing track record. I look forward to working closely with the global team and contributing to the firm’s continued engagement across the Asia Pacific region.”

ABOUT BLUE VISTA

Blue Vista is a Chicago-based investment management firm focused on helping investors maximize returns through best-in-class real estate equity and credit strategies across the risk-return spectrum. Blue Vista offers investors the benefits of a vertically integrated platform, complementary strategies managed by experienced teams, and deep expertise as an owner, operator and lender across all property types and various markets in the U.S. and Canada. Since its inception in 2002, the firm has invested over $14.6 billion in total capitalization, with the goal of challenging the status quo, setting high standards and bringing a relationship-based, client-focused approach to real estate investing. For more information, please visit https://bluevistallc.com/.