INVEST IN VALUE-ADD REAL ESTATE

Transforming distressed multifamily assets

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Setting a new benchmark

for workforce and student housing

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“Doing well by doing good”,

is the motto we live by at Riaz Capital

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We're helping solve

the Bay Area housing crisis

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Our Innovative Housing Solution

Affordable by Design

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Riaz Capital is a development and asset management company focused on addressing the changing housing needs of the urban workforce in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We create stylish and functional homes that meet the needs and budgets of the middle-income workforce, a group that is greatly underserved by current housing supply.

Our principals have been successfully operating in the Bay Area since 1977. Currently, we own and operate ~1,500 units with building sizes ranging from 6-140 units and are in development on another ~3,300 new units.

Riaz Capital is a real estate developer-operator and asset management company addressing the lack of quality, affordably-priced housing for California’s urban workforce. Our mission is to provide convenient, high-quality, and financially accessible multifamily housing to underserved middle-income professionals.

At the core of our solution to the Bay Area housing crisis is the micro-living model - a synthesis of our years-long experience in small-format housing, student housing, traditional multi-family, and co-living. Our projects emphasize architectural design and creativity, walkability, use of open space, cost-efficiency, and personal privacy.

Operating in the Bay Area since 1977, Riaz Capital’s roots go back two generations. Today, we have ~$750+ million in real estate assets and 3,600 units under management and development.

The Five Pillars of Our Investment Strategy

By adhering to our principles, we consistently create value.

CYCLE RESISTANT

RESIDENT EXPERIENCE

EFFICIENT BUILDER

STRONG CASH FLOW

ESG AND IMPACT

We owe our success to our strategy of creating value for both residents and investors. The design-conscious, energy-efficient homes we build create a premium-quality residential experience that is affordably priced for California's middle-income professionals while our capital-efficient operations and quick development timeline generate strong cash flow for investors.

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TEAM

Riaz Capital brings together a team of over 30 talented real estate professionals with a deep understanding of the residents and investors we serve. Our offices in Oakland are in close proximity to many of our projects. We work where our residents live.

Principal and Founder Riaz Taplin brings a keen eye for design and an unmatched understanding of both ends of the real estate market, based on over 18 years of experience managing every step of the real estate life cycle.