Accredited Investors · Private Multifamily

You are an Institution.
Invest like one.

Partner directly with a $12B+ AUM owner/operator on the same multifamily and industrial deals we put our own balance sheet into. No middlemen. No blind pools. 20%+ Lightstone co-investment in every offering.

$12B+ AUM · 27.6% Net IRR Since 2004 · 40 Years Across Cycles
Lightstone DIRECT · The Advantage Watch Now (1:42)
Mitchell HochbergPresident, Lightstone
Hidden Lakes Apartments · Grand Rapids, MI
Why we are putting Lightstone capital next to yours in Grand Rapids.
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$12B+
AUM Portfolio
27.6%
Net IRR On Realized
Investments Since 2004
2.54x
Net Equity Multiple
Realized Since 2004
20%+
Lightstone GP
Co-Investment Per Deal
40 yrs
Across Multiple
Economic Cycles
01 Open Investment

The current offering: Hidden Lakes Apartments.

A 384-unit, free-market garden multifamily community in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Value-add. Four-year hold. Lightstone is committing 20%+ of the equity and underwriting the deal off our 25,000-unit national operating data set.

Open For Investment · Multifamily
Hidden Lakes
Apartments
Grand Rapids, Michigan · Garden Multifamily · Value-Add
384
Units
4 yr
Hold Period
$100K
Minimum
Strategy
Value-AddFree-market, garden multifamily
Target IRR
Disclosed on callAvailable to qualified investors
Target Cash-on-Cash
Disclosed on callQuarterly distributions modeled
GP Co-Invest
20%+Lightstone equity in every deal
02 The Lightstone DIRECT Advantage

Four things that make this different from a syndication.

01 / Skin In The Game

20%+ co-invest on every offering.

The typical syndicator puts in 1% to 5%. Lightstone commits a minimum of 20% of the equity in every Lightstone DIRECT deal. Your interests and ours move in the same direction, by an order of magnitude more than the industry norm.

02 / Cycle-Tested

40 years. $12B+. Multiple cycles.

Lightstone began in 1986 with an $89,000 acquisition. Today the portfolio spans 25,000+ multifamily units, 15M+ square feet of industrial, and 26 states. We have realized a 27.6% net IRR and 2.54x net equity multiple on investments exited since 2004.

03 / Vertically Integrated

We own the operating stack.

Acquisitions, asset management, property management through our affiliate Beacon, and capital formation all sit inside one firm. That gives us live operating data across thousands of units to inform underwriting on each new deal, instead of relying on third-party comps.

04 / Single-Asset Access

Pick the deal. Not a blind pool.

Every Lightstone DIRECT offering is a single, named asset with full underwriting and a dedicated point of contact on our Capital Formation team. You see the property, you see the numbers, you decide whether to commit. No blind-pool fund commitments.

03 Our Track Record

From one property to a $12B+ portfolio.

In 1986 we bought a two-family home for $89,000. Forty years later we operate one of the most innovative privately-held real estate firms in the United States, across multifamily, industrial, hospitality, and mixed-use.

1986
Founded with an $89K acquisition of a two-family home
2004
$481M AUM. Established public, non-traded REIT
2010
$275M REIT acquisition completed
2017
Transferred Prime Retail Outlets to Simon Properties for a $1.6B profit
2021
Acquired a 7,810-unit suburban Detroit multifamily portfolio for $1B
2025
$12B+ AUM. Lightstone DIRECT opened to individual accredited investors
04 Leadership

Proven operators you can actually call.

Founder & Chairman
David Lichtenstein
Founded Lightstone in 1986 with a single two-family home and built it into a $12B+ portfolio. Sits on the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York and serves on multiple national real estate and policy boards. Provides strategic oversight on every transaction the firm underwrites.
President · Day-to-Day
Mitchell C. Hochberg
30+ years in residential, hospitality, commercial, and mixed-use real estate. Founder and 20-year CEO of Spectrum Communities. Former President & COO of the Ian Schrager Company. Served on the Board of Belmond (NYSE: BEL) until its sale to LVMH in 2019. Provides strategic guidance to Lightstone DIRECT on a day-to-day basis.
05 Take A Seat At Our Table

Talk to our Capital Formation Team.

Tell us your accreditation status, your check size, and the asset class you want exposure to. We will share full underwriting on the open deal, walk through historical performance, and answer everything before you commit a dollar.

Direct · 30-Min Briefing
Schedule a private call with the Lightstone DIRECT team.
Accredited investors only · No sales pitch · Underwriting shared on the call
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If your capital deserves a true co-investor, this is the table.

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