New Cannabis Real Estate Investment Fund Targeting A 13.1% Annual Return – Brt Realty Trust (BRT), One Liberty Properties (OLP)

The latest offer on CrowdStreet’s Real estate investment platform (see more real estate investment opportunities) is for a fund that provides capital to cannabis operators through sale-leaseback acquisitions and initial mortgage loans backed by existing real estate.

Rainbow Cannabis Fund II is the sponsor’s second cannabis-focused fund. The first fund raised $ 47 million in capital, all of which was deployed in 16 properties as of the second quarter of 2021.

The new fund aims to raise between $ 10 million and $ 25 million and has already focused on real estate including pharmacies, cultivation, distribution and processing centers.

Investment highlights: While investing in a cannabis-related fund may sound like a high risk investment, the fund expects to meet its internal target rate (IRR) without using leverage and without taking the risk associated with debt securities.

The fund also lends 60-80% of the non-cannabis property value, which excludes the value of specific capital improvements tailored to cannabis businesses. This provides a significant amount of equity as protection in the event of a failure.

  • Minimum investment: $ 35,000
  • Target IRR: 13.1%
  • Target equity multiplier: 1.53x
  • Target average cash return: 7% – 10%
  • Target investment period: 4 – 8 years

View offer details on CrowdStreet

Deal sponsor: Rainbow Cannabis Fund II is sponsored by Rainbow Realty Group, a real estate investment firm focused on the U.S. cannabis industry.

Rainbow Realty’s management team has also been the largest investor, directors, officers and managers of One Liberty Properties, Inc. (NYSE: OLP) and BRT Apartments Corp (NYSE: BRT).
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