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Adventure Entertainment Cos. has new website.

The Adventure Entertainment Cos., an affiliate of StoneCreek Partners (“SCP”), has launched a new website at AEC Creative – in Beta form. Some of the client experience and specific projects that have been listed here along with SCP experience will be moved over to AEC Creative.

The Adventure Entertainment Cos. (AEC) is a conceptual design and project implementation company, focused on themed attractions, location-based entertainment, and outdoor recreation. AEC regularly collaborates with StoneCreek Partners during the project feasibility and conceptual design stages of client assignments, providing early “previsualization” of potential site organization, project massing and relative scale, and exploration of guest scripting and experience.

AEC has also established ventures with 3rd-party organizations for the operation of niche destination facilities in outdoor recreation (GoBOLD Adventures), creative campuses (Monumental Studios), and living stories (StagePlex). These new ventures are led by highly-experienced professionals in these industries, including Paul Bierman-Lytle, Justin Zoladz, and Robert “Bob” Johnson, among others. The purpose of Adventure Entertainment Cos. having a new website, is to prepare for more direct-to-consumer communications about these coming destination facilities. The Adventure Entertainment Cos. is committed to the creation of destination experiences for major project as well as smaller intra-regional locations, that combine the outdoor recreation, extreme sport, themed, and location-based entertainment industries.

Due diligence consultants - Transaction Consultants and Negotiators

U.S. Acquisitions Program – Owner Representation

30.08.2018 Due Diligence Consultants, Transaction and Dealmaking Projects

Nissho Iwai American Corp. (Sojitz) | Acquisition program representative for U.S., for Nissho Iwai American Corp. (now Sojitz Corp.)

StoneCreek Partners was retained by Nissho Iwai American Corp. (NIAC, now Sojitz) as owner’s representative for their North American acquisitions program. The retainer relationship included solicitation and screening of investment proposals, initial investment suitability and feasibility evaluations for NIAC, and in select instances, preliminary deal structuring and due diligence support for prospective acquisitions.

Two select examples of additional detailed due diligence support were Calhoun Beach Club and Condominiums situated along the shoreline of Lake Calhoun in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, and, Newport-Banning Ranch located in Newport Beach, California. Sojitz was formed in 2004 by the merger of NIAC and Nichimen Corporation.

Global Real Estate Consultants - office and industrial

Due Diligence for Science Park

19.08.2018 Due Diligence Consultants, Office and Industrial Facilities Consultants, Project Consultants for Sub-Saharan Africa, Real Estate Consultants

Due diligence for science park, and technology incubator, envisioned for the Destiny Africa Ecosphere mega-development planned for George, South Africa. Destiny Africa Science & Technology Park was envisioned as a cutting-edge research and development facility as part of an economic development strategy for the George region of South Africa. The business park was intended to specifically include select life sciences companies as part of the initial tenant mix.

The park was designed to operate in close association with major regional colleges and universities, as well as South African and international companies. A project of KDMC, the 456-hectare Destiny Africa development in George was to include a business incubation park, a knowledge park, and the science and technology park. George is a city in South Africa’s Western Cape, on a coastal stretch known as the Garden Route.

Due Diligence for Science and Technology Park

StoneCreek Partners prepared various due diligence in connection with the project. A feasibility analysis of the market support for such a facility, with extensive review of comparable projects in other world regions in order to benchmark the facility standards for Destiny Africa.

As part of the due diligence for this science and technology park, a detailed evaluation of the long-haul convention and conference business was included with the work.

The overall project was master-planned to include retail and commercial developments such as hotels, destination conference/meeting facilities, shopping areas and residential property.

According to the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation, … a science park is an organisation managed by specialized professionals, whose main aim is to increase the wealth of its community by promoting the culture of innovation and the competitiveness of its associated businesses and knowledge-based institutions. To enable these goals to be met, a Science Park stimulates and manages the flow of knowledge and technology among universities, R&D institutions, companies and markets; it facilitates the creation and growth of innovation-based companies through incubation and spin-off processes; and provides other value-added services together with high quality space and facilities. The expressions “technology park”, “technopole”, “research park” and “science park” encompass a broad concept and are interchangeable within this definition. The acronym STP (science and technology park) is used to refer to all of these expressions.

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Hong Kong Faithrise – Acquisition Due Diligence

19.08.2018 Due Diligence Consultants, Transaction and Dealmaking Projects

Hong Kong Faithrise Investment Holdings Limited | StoneCreek Partners acted as a real estate due diligence and consultant and owner representative to the acquisition process, to this PRC-based investor pursuing a coastal California golf resort (development site) acquisition. Work included issues of project feasibility and hotel management company alternatives for this new development situated to include two existing championship golf courses.

Established in Hong Kong SAR, Faithrise Group (the “Group”) is a new capital and products operation group. As of year-end 2014, the Group had approximately USD $325 million under direct management, with new capital infusion in 2015-2016 that will take the Group’s assets under management to well over USD $500 million. Through wholly-owned affiliates, Faithrise Group has established outbound investments throughout the U.S., Canada, and now in Spain. In 2014, the Group formed Faithrise Capital Spain S.L. (Madrid) to facilitate its acquisition of Barcelo Sancti Petri Spa Resort, a 5-star resort in Cadiz. In 2013, Faithrise Group acquired SimpliFlow Competitive Sports in Toronto, which is now expanding in Canada and soon to the U.S. and Europe.

Real Estate Consultants - Office and Industrial

Feasibility & Due Diligence – The Edge Flex-Tech Office Park

19.08.2018 Due Diligence Consultants, Office and Industrial Facilities Consultants

GE Capital | Real estate project consultants for feasibility analysis to support lender’s analysis of planned flex-tech office development. StoneCreek Partners prepared a market feasibility evaluation of this El Segundo (Los Angeles County) flex-tech office park, as part of underwriting for a loan by lender GE Capital to the project’s developer. Study included review of comparable facilities throughout Southern California.