Tampa, FL — Founded 2014

Strategic Real Estate
Investment

A full-service real estate investment firm with over 50 years of combined experience in acquisition and management of retail and mixed-use assets.

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What We Do

Full-Service Real Estate Solutions

Together with East Coast Management, we provide comprehensive services for all of our properties.

Asset Management

East Coast Acquisitions provides in-house asset management services across its portfolio.

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The asset management platform oversees the strategic performance of each property through detailed analysis, financial monitoring, and operational oversight throughout the asset's life cycle, with the objective of maximizing investor returns while mitigating risk.

Property Management

East Coast Management provides comprehensive property management services, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the portfolio.

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Responsibilities include budgeting, expense control, vendor management, tenant coordination, and operational execution designed to maintain property quality while improving operations.

Leasing

Leasing services are provided in-house through East Coast Management, which actively manages tenant relations, new leasing opportunities, renewals, and tenant mix strategy.

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This integrated approach allows for proactive leasing decisions that enhance occupancy, strengthen tenancy, and drive long-term value creation.

Construction Management

East Coast Management provides construction management services for tenant improvements, capital improvement projects, and property repositioning initiatives.

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Construction oversight focuses on cost control, timely execution, and maintaining the quality standards of the portfolio.

Our Approach

Investment Philosophy

East Coast Acquisitions focuses on necessity, service-driven retail and grocery anchored retail centers located in core and robust secondary markets which possess high barriers to entry.

Founded in 2014 by Elliot Sasson and Chris Wild, ECA has built a portfolio of over $500M in commercial real estate assets across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

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50+ Years Combined Experience
$500M+ Portfolio Value
23 Properties Acquired
3M+ Square Feet
Acquisition Criteria

What We Look For

Markets

New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Tampa Bay, Orlando, Nashville, Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham

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ECA focuses on core markets such as New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C. and secondary markets with underlying “core” market fundamentals such as Tampa Bay, Orlando, Nashville, Atlanta, and Raleigh-Durham. Driving characteristics include market liquidity, population growth, diversified employment sectors, institutions of higher education, and state capitals.

Asset Classes

Multi-tenant grocery-anchored retail, mixed-use urban projects, last-mile/light manufacturing industrial assets

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ECA maintains a strong focus on multi-tenant grocery-anchored retail, mixed-use urban projects, and last-mile/light manufacturing industrial assets. ECA employs a real estate first approach, focusing on projects in dense infill locations with irreplaceable underlying real estate possessing excellent visibility, curb appeal, and traffic.

Price

$5MM – $100MM deal size with levered equity checks of $5MM – $30MM per transaction

Value-Add Strategies

Outparcel development, arbitrage opportunities, sub-market economies of scale, and redevelopment programs

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ECA derives asset level value from a myriad of strategies including outparcel development, arbitrage opportunities, sub-market level economies of scale and lease-up through aggressive capital expenditure projects, merchandising, and redevelopment programs.

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