Testimonials

"I would like to acknowledge our appreciation for the professionalism and hard work that everyone at BridgePoint Ventures put forth in partnering with our firm to promote our current development, the Mandarin Oriental, Chicago.

As a result of the combined sales efforts of BridgePoint's sales team and affiliate relationships, the $223 million in total sales of Mandarin units allowed Palladian Development to secure its construction financing with our bank. Furthermore, the sales momentum generated by BridgePoint's participation has provided us with a unique competitive advantage especially in a market environment such as the one we currently find ourselves in.

Please extend my thanks to everyone at BridgePoint and we look forward to working with you on future projects."

Chris Kenny
Kenny Construction
Chief Financial Officer
Palladian Development
The Mandarin Oriental Chicago

 

"We were originally introduced to Bridgepoint Ventures in early 2009, at a time when the market was at a real low point of its depression, and we were looking for new ways to increase our rate of sale and go against that market.

Since that first introduction little more than a year ago, we have processed transactions on over £40million GBP worth of real estate with Bridgepoint and its partners across two of our UK based development projects, even in this stagnant market. That's almost 200 individual units in addition to our traditional sales avenues, which continue in tandem as they had done previously. We've not had to sacrifice other good working relationships in favour of the Bridgepoint approach.

We do retain a commitment to Bridgepoint's investors on these projects based of the investment strategy we have chosen, but the bottom line for us has been the injection of new business we have been able to write over this crucial period.

As with any new relationship, it's been a voyage of discovery for both Bridgepoint and us over the first year. However, we now have a solid platform and relationship in place with the Bridgepoint team, and we are jointly looking forward to the launch of new projects in 2010.

As a property developer trying to find the right platform in a difficult market, we are happy that we are heading in the right direction with Bridgepoint. I would happily recommend their services to any industry colleagues."

Andrew Green   Developer                                                                                                                               

"Having worked closely with BridgePoint Ventures over the last year, I have been impressed with the efficiency, transparency and general expertise that this property investment leader has been able to offer us.

Through presenting us with unique investment strategies and really thinking "outside the box" to help us move forward with our development in especially difficult market conditions, they effectively sold out our initial project with them in the space of just 7 months, achieving unit sales in triple figures. A truly impressive performance given that other developers were being left high and dry from the global market fall-out.

We will certainly be working closely with them in the future and benefiting from their highly effective sales operation and their innovative and exclusive investment strategies.

Providing you are a forward thinking company which is open to applying unique sales strategies to achieve sales, I would be confident in recommending the BridgePoint service and expertise to anyone who is serious about selling property even in the toughest market conditions."

Paul Ellis Managing Director                                                                                                                                      The Skelwith Group

"As a longtime investor in both the real estate and stock markets, I have come to realize that although both offer great opportunity; that opportunity comes with great risk and volatility. Since preservation of capital has become high on my priority list for investing, the BridgePoint investment model has been ideal. Offering downside protection, minimum fixed returns, great upside potential and minimal risk makes partnering with BridgePoint an integral part of my investment strategy. I have found the BridgePoint management team to be energetic, hard-working and possessing an innate ability to continually adapt and modify the model to continuously allow partners such as myself the ability to profit in today's very difficult real estate environment. Over the last twelve months, I have invested in five BridgePoint projects; two of which have been completed, returning both my original investment and a handsome profit. The bottom line is the BridgePoint model works because it is completely engineered to protecting the investing partner's capital."

Stephen Cormier
BridgePoint Client
Ex CEO of Oil Distribution Company
Marco Island, Florida

"Thank you BridgePoint for once again making it happen for us partners. I don't know how you do it, but you do even with today's difficulties in the real estate/lending market. Thank you for always doing exactly what you say you're going to do and for all of the due diligence you do so I don't have to. We're so excited to have another BridgePoint project completed. Receiving a profit plus interest check is always a fun thing to celebrate."

J and M Cottrell
BridgePoint Client
Commercial Aviator
Hermitage, TN

"I have been very impressed by Bridgepoint's commitment to myself as a valued long-term partner, rather than a disposable client. In these troubled times, that refreshing attitude really stands out from the crowd."

Robert D.
Real Estate Investor
United Kingdom

"Thanks for the opportunity. It's easy to blame others when things go wrong and over the past few years most of my investments went south, except for BridgePoint's. Although the Mandarin Oriental project did not get off the ground, which is understandable in this economy, we did not lose a dime of our six figure investment. That's incredible and a function of BridgePoint's knowledge and professionalism, not to mention your ethics in putting the partners first in the equation. Feel free to have anyone call me regarding BridgePoint. Thanks again."

K and M
Investors
California

"I represent a private equity group with a diverse client base within the residential and commercial development community. The financing requests we typically receive require complex capital structure arrangements and lately, possess exceedingly conservative underwriting standards. A shrinking in the supply of liquidity pools for developers has created the need for a strategy to improve project strength and create a definable, measurable exit strategy. Working with one such Southwest based developer; we were introduced to BridgePoint Ventures. We were negotiating and underwriting a multi-phase, multi-site residential development requiring significant pre-sales as a funding condition. Prior to engaging BridgePoint in June, our experience within the pre-sale community was very limited due to its vague operational platform and organic housing demand remaining at exceedingly high levels for multiple quarters.

Their business model has recognized the key relationship between builder and bank, reduction of risk. Quality projects could not be confidently engaged without a defined exit strategy in times of inventory surplus. BridgePoint's pre-sale strategy provides builders and developers with a time management tool in construction financing and can assemble the necessary instruments in a precise, agile, and transparent manner that unlocks access to funding sources previously out of reach. Not only are they a valued partner in our financing executions, they are a significant "value add" during the underwriting process. I have worked closely with all members of BridgePoint Ventures' senior staff and find their ability to execute at market speeds makes them an invaluable tool in our commercial and residential financing offerings. We look forward to a mutual development of our business relationship and can recommend the same."

David Globke
Real Estate Investment Banker

"My firm has led the financing efforts on behalf of the $500 million Mandarin Oriental Chicago hotel and condominium project. I have been extensively involved with BridgePoint Ventures, which is investing in a large number of Mandarin Chicago units. I can unequivocally recommend BridgePoint as a credible, sophisticated, reliable and effective participant in the development of our project. BridgePoint worked with us and our construction and mezzanine lenders to tailor its investment program to our needs. They have been flexible in accommodating the many requirements of our project and its investors and lenders, and have achieved all of the presale commitments which they undertook, on a timely basis. Furthermore, their extensive team of professionals has been a pleasure to work with. I will be pleased to speak to any person considering doing business with BridgePoint to more fully discuss my own favorable experiences."

Stuart Lederer
Managing Director
APC Realty Advisors
Strategic Partners

I have been asked to write this letter of reference because my company, PropertyVestors, has been a partner of BridgePoint Ventures and I have worked intimately with members of their Executive Team - most specifically Eric Jafari and Chris Cormier. In fact, BridgePoint Ventures has been one of our premier partners for over two years. Accordingly, I have no hesitation in recommending them as a company with which to do business. PropertyVestors is a real estate investment firm advising over seven hundred investors. Due to the fiduciary relationship we have with our clients, we perform thorough due diligence on investment opportunities prior to offering them to our clients. I have personally invested funds into a number of their direct investment opportunities including their most recent offering - the Mandarin Oriental in Chicago. In each of the opportunities, I have been impressed with their streamlined approach and I am quite comfortable in endorsing the individuals I have worked with at BridgePoint.

As far as a company with which to do business, BridgePoint is one of the most creative and solution oriented firms I have worked with. They have consistently adapted to the dynamics of the real estate environment continuously evolving their investment strategies and documentation to hedge and profit from the market conditions. Their thorough documentation and due diligence process has helped protect our clients from the recent US market downturns experienced in 2007/08. Based on our experience, any investor, both private and institutional alike, should be very pleased to partner with BridgePoint. Whether you are investing in their capital enhancement product, structured distressed notes and/or investing in any of their domestic and/or global alternative investment funds, rest assured that you are in good hands.

Shawn Barry
Principal
PropertyVestors LLC