About

Atwater is a private real estate investment firm specializing in electrification, infrastructure, and retail assets through various debt and equity partners. Atwater was founded in 2015 and has offices in Los Angeles, California and San Antonio, Texas. Atwater currently has in excess of $125 million in Assets Under Management.  

Atwater has been active in developing EV charging stations with partners such as Electrify America and Tesla since 2020. The firm has developed eight stations in Southern California. The firm is actively seeking portfolio expansion in EV related real estate. 

Collectively, the principals have over 50 years of experience in commercial real estate development, management, acquisitions and finance. Atwater’s principals have been responsible for developing, acquiring or managing over $3 Billion in institutional real estate assets. 

Atwater has an established track record of originating, underwriting and closing value-added real estate transactions that include the finance, acquisition and development of EV infrastructure.

The firm’s core competencies include:

• EV Charging Stations: Real Estate –  Acquire real estate investment opportunities co-located with EV charging operators (e.g. Tesla, Electrify America) as tenants. The firm focuses on value-add retail sites along transportation corridors for repositioning.
• Real Estate Investment and Development – Target value-add and opportunistic investment opportunities with strategic and municipal partners. Product types include industrial, retail, and multi-family housing.
• Social Infrastructure – Provide senior & mezzanine debt platforms to provide infrastructure capital available for municipalities. The firm targets opportunities which include performance-based public-private partnerships and operating partners.
• New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) – Assist clients in securing NMTC allocation for their projects from Community Development Entities (CDE). The firm also supports CDE’s in applying for NMTC allocation from the U.S. Department of Treasury.
• Public-Private Partnerships (P3) – Collaboration with municipalities as a partner in real estate, infrastructure, and NMTC. The firm’s extensive understanding of public-private partnerships (P3) across all of its core competencies is unique to Atwater.

Atwater strives to be widely recognized for its client service, investment success, extraordinary people, and core values.