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Midwest Multifamily and Self-Storage — Acquired, Developed, and Operated.

Midwest Multifamily and Self-Storage — Acquired, Developed, and Operated.Midwest Multifamily and Self-Storage — Acquired, Developed, and Operated.Midwest Multifamily and Self-Storage — Acquired, Developed, and Operated.

A Chicago-based real estate development and investment firm — value-add and ground-up, managed hands-on.

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Our Focus

Multifamily & Self-Storage

Value-Add · Ground-Up · Operations

Value-Add · Ground-Up · Operations

The asset classes we pursue

Value-Add · Ground-Up · Operations

Value-Add · Ground-Up · Operations

Value-Add · Ground-Up · Operations

How we create value

Chicago & the Midwest

Value-Add · Ground-Up · Operations

Chicago & the Midwest

The markets we know

Disciplined investment. Active ownership.

Well-located communities are often held back by deferred maintenance and dated operations — too demanding for passive ownership, and overlooked by institutional buyers. That is where hands-on ownership and patient improvement create the most value.

We underwrite conservatively and stay directly involved from acquisition through disposition — including ground-up development, built deliberately with experienced construction partners, in the markets we know. In between, we manage actively — that operating work is where much of the value is made.

How we create value

01 · Buy & improve

01 · Buy & improve

01 · Buy & improve

Acquire value-add assets and execute the physical plan — deferred maintenance corrected, units modernized, operations tightened from day one.

02 · Build

01 · Buy & improve

01 · Buy & improve

Develop ground-up multifamily and self-storage with experienced construction partners, in markets we know.

03 · Operate

01 · Buy & improve

03 · Operate

Manage for operational efficiency — disciplined expenses, direct vendor oversight, preventive maintenance, and close attention to occupancy and revenue. Value created in the operations, year after year.

What we do

Partnership

Partnership

Partnership

Structuring investments with capital partners and co-owners, aligned from the start.

Acquisition

Partnership

Partnership

Sourcing and underwriting value-add opportunities across the Midwest.

Finance

Partnership

Development

Arranging debt and equity suited to each asset and its plan.

Development

Development

Development

Ground-up and improvement work on multifamily and self-storage — new construction with experienced building partners, plus renovation, deferred-maintenance correction, and unit modernization, directly overseen.

Management

Development

Disposition

Hands-on asset management — operational efficiencies, direct vendor oversight, and preventive maintenance that protect and improve performance.

Disposition

Development

Disposition

Selling or recapitalizing when the plan for an asset is complete.

How it works

1 · Reach out

1 · Reach out

1 · Reach out

A short note is enough to start.

2 · Fit

1 · Reach out

1 · Reach out

We measure the opportunity against our criteria.

3 · Conversation & site visit

3 · Conversation & site visit

3 · Conversation & site visit

We talk, walk the property, and verify the facts.

4 · Decision

3 · Conversation & site visit

3 · Conversation & site visit

A direct answer, one way or the other.

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Tell us about the property or opportunity, and how we can help.

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What we look for

Asset types — Multifamily · Self-Storage


Geography — Chicago & the Midwest


Profile — Existing assets with improvement or operational upside · Development sites


Engagement — Partnerships · Acquisitions · Asset-management relationships


If your property or partnership fits, we'd like to hear from you.


312-725-2099 · info@carpemontis.com · Chicago, IL

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