Urban Investment Partners (UIP) is a real estate investment, asset and property management organization specializing in multi-family residential property investment, primarily in the Washington DC area. The firm’s core activities include the creation and management of multi property investment funds. By combining local entrepreneurial expertise with global financial strength, UIP focuses on maximizing returns for its private and institutional investors. UIP’s market expertise and cutting-edge approach is based on its multi-disciplinary skills, creativity, and customer focus. Since its founding, UIP has successfully introduced more than eight real estate funds with a total valuation of over $175 million. Participants in these funds include individual as well as institutional investors. UIP has acquired, developed and/or redeveloped residential properties totaling more than 3,600 units.

UIP is dedicated to preserving and providing affordable rental accommodations in the District of Columbia. The recent condominium conversion and luxury housing boom has left many DC neighborhoods with little affordable rental housing. UIP adds to the affordable rental housing stock by renovating and restoring underutilized housing inventory. The company purchases properties in core residential neighborhoods, at compelling values often based on deferred maintenance and a long term lack of capital improvements. Cost efficient capital investments then allow UIP to rent renovated apartment units at affordable market rates. UIP also operates many higher end (“A” rated) apartment properties.

UIP’s strength is based on its principals’ unique combination of skills, experience, and expertise. The company’s senior management team combines extensive real estate and finance experience with proven success throughout economic cycles. UIP founders Steven Schwat and Wout Coster collectively have over fifty-three years of experience in real estate investment, acquisition, finance, restoration and management. Wout Coster, a native of The Netherlands, brings diverse global funding sources to UIP, along with unmatched knowledge and skill sets to successfully execute projects from start to completion.

The company’s roots as a preeminent advisor to US, Dutch and Belgian private clients helped UIP effectively link local real estate product markets with the increasingly global real estate capital markets. With the vision and discipline that only comes from experience, UIP remains committed to providing the highest quality investment opportunities and services to the worldwide investor community.