In the News

December 2005

Starwood Asset Management, LLC relocates to Galleria with assistance of Kellogg Partners

STARWOOD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, subsidiary of STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL, LLC, a privately held global investment management firm based in Greenwich, CT, that specializes in real estate-related investments on behalf of select private and institutional investor partners, is relocating from Interstate North to Galleria 400. Founded in 1991, Starwood is one of the nation’s most active and successful real estate investors having acquired a highly diversified portfolio, which includes residential and commercial land development, multifamily, hotel, office, retail, mixed use, industrial, health clubs, golf and mezzanine debt. Since inception, Starwood has completed over 380 transactions representing assets in excess of $14 billion. Public companies created by Starwood have gone on to acquire an additional $20 billion in assets.

James Pitts, Principal with commercial real-estate firm Kellogg Partners, assisted Starwood with their real estate needs. The company signed a 5 year lease for approximately 5,000 sf, commencing in March of 2006. Connie Engle of Childress Klein represented the Landlord in the transaction. “Kellogg Partners did a great job of understanding our needs and finding the right solution for us” commented James Kane of Starwood.

About Kellogg Partners: Kellogg Partners is an African American-owned commercial real estate services firm based in Atlanta, Ga.  The company has extensive national experience with tenant representation assignments for Fortune 500 companies and high grow technology companies on data centers, industrial transactions, retail automotive site selections, and national office transactions including strategic consulting on HQ relocations, regional office consolidations, lease acquisitions and dispositions.