Equity Capital Management

Equity Capital Management

Equity Capital Management
Type	Private Ownership
Industry	Private Equity Real estate investing
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Key people	Shelby E. L. Pruett, Founder James G. Koman, Founder
Revenue	Undisclosed
Website	www.ecm-funds.com

Equity Capital Management, LLC (ECM) is a private equity real estate investment firm specializing in the corporate sale leaseback and net lease markets.

History

The firm is based in Chicago with offices and affiliates in New York, St. Louis, and Bern (Switzerland). The founders of Equity Capital Management have made over $1 billion in net lease investments since 1989. Affiliates of Transwestern Investment Company have historically committed significant capital to ECM’s Funds. Transwestern has made over 425 property investments totaling in excess of $8.6 billion through a series of institutional real estate funds.

Investment Focus

ECM invests primarily in the following areas: sale leasebacks and net lease investment to corporations with investment grade credit. Corporations have included AT&T Inc., Fiserv, Walgreens, DuPont, Deutsche Telekom.

Investment Funds

ECM invests through a series of private limited liability companies and REIT’s and its investors include a wide variety of pension funds, money managers, non-for profits, high-net-worth, and other institutional investors:

• ECM Income & Growth Fund III
• ECM Diversified Income & Growth Fund
• ECM Income & Growth Fund
• ECM International Real Estate Fund

Source: Preqin

External links

• Equity Capital Management (company website)