Situation
TK Fund focused on underutilized commercial assets in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. The portfolio was assembled during a period that included the COVID-19 pandemic.
Built in the Field / Real estate private equity
Turning underutilized Corktown assets into a performing portfolio.
A real estate operating story about capital, acquisitions, leasing, asset strategy, and patient revitalization.
Alex's role
As Managing Partner, Alex co-founded and scaled the real estate private equity firm, raised capital, executed acquisitions, and managed long-term portfolio strategy.
Source-backed outcomes
Concrete results from the operating history.
- Raised $3.75M in capital.
- Executed three strategic acquisitions.
- Assembled a two-block commercial portfolio totaling 50,000 square feet.
- Achieved 100% occupancy.
- Increased office rental income from $14K to $90K per month within four years.
What was hard
The work required capital, timing, leasing discipline, asset repositioning, and decisions under uncertainty.
Systems that mattered
- Capital raising
- Acquisition process
- Leasing cadence
- Portfolio reporting
- Long-term asset management
OwnerOS lesson
Revitalization is an operating system problem: capital, operations, positioning, reporting, and patience have to work together.
Client relevance
Why this matters for founder-led businesses.
Founder-led businesses often have value trapped in underused assets, weak cadence, or unclear information. Better systems make that value easier to see and unlock.
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