Strategy
There are numerous micro locations and investment themes that have been overlooked by much of the investment capital that clusters around the traditional, large-cap market. The firm’s strategy does not seek to change the skyline or take preventable risk; it is driven by empirical research on investment opportunities that yield above market returns.
Vault concentrates on developing and managing small to mid-cap development projects, along with existing cash generating assets balanced across multiple sectors and return profiles. Target return profiles range from value-add to opportunistic and in certain exceptional circumstances, core-plus type returns on standing assets with limited repositioning potential are achieved.
Founders
Robert Zecher is a co-founder and the CEO of Vault and is responsible for deal origination and day-to-day project execution.
From 2012-2017 Robert served as a senior executive at Capital Partners. As the CEO of its Americas operation and Global General Counsel, Robert had a unique, hands-on view of the development cycle. Robert started his career at Shearman & Sterling LLP as a private equity fund lawyer.
Benjamin Rinzler is also co-founder and Partner of Vault. Ben is a third-generation real estate operator with more than three decades of experience developing and managing commercial, residential and hospitality assets throughout New York City, the Hamptons and the Hudson Valley.
As founder and principal of Madison Property Management (now merged with Vault Development Partners to form Vault Capital Partners) Ben has built a vertically integrated platform known for acquiring and repositioning distressed or underutilized properties into best-in-class assets, including the two largest commercial centers in Water Mill, NY and a growing boutique hotel portfolio in Hudson, NY.
