Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., incorporated on July 9, 2007, is a real estate investment company. The Company owns, operates, and invests in real estate both on its own and through its investment management platform. It focuses on multifamily and commercial properties located in the Western United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Japan. It also provides real estate services primarily to financial services clients. Its segments include KW Investments and KW Investment Management and Real Estate Services (IMRES). KW Investments invests in multifamily, residential and commercial properties, as well as loans secured by real estate. IMRES provides real estate-related services to investors and lenders, with a focus on financial institution-based clients. As of December 31, 2016, it had an ownership interest in approximately 39 million square feet of property globally, including 25,943 multifamily rental units.
KW Investments
The Company invests its capital in real estate assets and loans secured by real estate either on its own or through its investment management platform. Its equity partners include public shareholders, financial institutions, foundations, endowments, high net worth individuals and other institutional investors. It invests in various product types through the KW Investments segment, such as multifamily; commercial; loan originations/discounted loan purchases; hotel; residential and other, and cash, marketable securities, and net hedge asset. It focuses primarily on apartments in supply-constrained and infill markets. As of December 31, 2016, it held investments in 25,943 multifamily apartment units across 141 properties primarily located in the Western United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Japan. It sources, acquires, and finances various types of commercial real estate, which includes office, industrial, retail and mixed-use assets. As of December 31, 2016, it held investments in 258 commercial properties, totaling over 18.1 million square feet, located throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain and Italy. It acquires and/or originates loans secured by real estate. Its acquisitions and originations include individual notes on real estate property types, as well as portfolios of loans purchased from financial institutions, corporations and government agencies. It also converts certain loans into a direct ownership in the underlying real estate collateral. It pursues for sale housing acquisition opportunities, including land for entitlements, finished lots, urban infill condominium sites, and partially finished and finished condominium projects. It also invests in marketable securities.
KW Investment Management and Real Estate Services
IMRES includes both its investment management platform, as well as its third party services business and offers a line of real estate services for the lifecycle of real estate ownership to clients that include shareholders of the Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Plc (KWE), financial institutions, institutional investors, insurance companies, developers, builders and government agencies. IMRES has five lines of business: investment management, property services, research, brokerage, and auction and conventional sales. As of December 31, 2016, it managed approximately 59 million square feet of properties for the Company and its investment partners (including KWE) in the United States, Europe, and Asia, which included assets it had ownership interests in and third party owned assets. Its investment management division provides acquisition, asset management and disposition services to its equity partners, as well as to third parties. As of December 31, 2016, it had five closed end funds for which it served as general partner and manager and separate accounts with partners. Its Meyers Research (Meyers) is a consulting practice and provider of data for residential real estate development and new home construction. Its Zonda is a housing industry solution for business analysis, real-time market data reporting, and economic and housing data. Its brokerage division represents tenants and landlords on site selection, negotiation and occupancy. The division also specializes in marketing programs customized to client objectives for various types of investment grade and income producing real estate. The auction and conventional sales division provides marketing and sales strategies for various types of commercial and residential real estate, including single-family homes, mixed-use developments, estate homes, multifamily dwellings, new home projects and conversions.
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The company trades on NYSE exchange. The company headquarter is located in California, CA. The company was established in the 1977.| Ticker | KW |
| Long Name | Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc. |
| Short Name | Kennedy-Wilson |