Within the southwest, CNI’s areas of focus have been Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson), Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston), and Colorado (Denver-Metro and surrounding area) – areas that have historically experienced some of the highest population growth in the United States.
CNI’s land acquisitions are preceded by an exhaustive due diligence process to mitigate as many risks as possible prior to acquisition. After the acquisition, a predetermined path to optimized value is followed which may include different stages of entitlement (zoning, annexation, land planning, etc.) or simply holding the parcel for appreciation while awaiting the path of growth to reach the target parcel.
CNI does not perform tasks considered to constitute “development” activities which enables investors to enjoy the potential for tax-deferred reinvestment of liquidated proceeds in addition to attractive returns. CNI’s investor model contains two critical components – all investments are unleveraged and CNI (and related entities) takes up to 50% of each investment. That is, each investor has the certainty that CNI is fully focused on each investment and no “ticking” interest clock supersedes fundamental real estate-based decision-making.