Institutional Capital for
Commercial Real Estate
Development
National Land Management is a real estate investment and capital solutions platform that invests equity and provides structured credit facilities to experienced developers pursuing hotels, multifamily, office conversions, data centers, and other land-based commercial projects.
25%
Sponsor Equity Alignment
The firm focuses on opportunities where the sponsor or its investors have committed approximately 25% of the required project equity, ensuring alignment, disciplined underwriting, and execution-ready capital deployment.
01 — About
A U.S.-based investment platform focused on institutional-scale potential.
National Land Management is a U.S.-based investment platform focused on selectively deploying capital into commercial real estate development opportunities with strong sponsorship, defined business plans, and institutional-scale potential.
The firm partners with developers and project sponsors who have demonstrated meaningful financial commitment and require a capital partner capable of structuring and delivering equity and credit solutions to advance projects through acquisition, development, repositioning, or stabilization.
Our approach is grounded in selectivity, capital discipline, and a rigorous evaluation of both asset-level fundamentals and sponsor execution capability.
Selectivity
Rigorous evaluation of asset fundamentals and execution readiness.
Capital Discipline
Structuring that enhances project viability and aligns risk-adjusted outcomes.
Sponsor Capability
Partnering strictly with developers showing demonstrated financial commitment.
02 — What We Do
Institutional capital solutions tailored to developer-backed commercial projects.
Equity Investment
We invest project-level equity alongside experienced sponsors in transactions where meaningful sponsor capital has already been committed. Our equity strategy is focused on opportunities where capital can be deployed to unlock value through development, repositioning, or operational improvement, with a clear pathway to monetization or long-term performance.
Capital Structuring
We design capital stacks that integrate sponsor equity, institutional capital, and appropriately structured financing, ensuring alignment, durability, and execution throughout the lifecycle of the project.
Structured Credit Facilities
We provide or arrange structured credit facilities designed to support projects that fall outside conventional bank lending parameters, including development-stage, transitional, and asset repositioning opportunities. Our capital is deployed with a private equity mindset—focused not only on pricing, but on structure, alignment, and execution certainty. Each transaction is evaluated holistically, incorporating sponsor strength, asset quality, capital stack integrity, and a defined path to value creation.
Facilities are structured to accommodate the practical realities of commercial development, including timing, entitlement, and capital sequencing. Interest rates are structured to be competitive with, and in many cases below, those offered by traditional commercial banks for comparable transactions, while providing materially greater flexibility in underwriting, structuring, and closing. Our objective is not simply to lend, but to structure capital in a manner that enhances project viability and maximizes risk-adjusted outcomes.
Project Underwriting
We underwrite opportunities based on sponsor capability, asset fundamentals, development thesis, and execution feasibility, prioritizing transactions where value creation is clearly defined and risk is disciplined.
03 — Target Sectors
Asset classes we target
Hotels
Ground-up development, repositioning, branded and independent assets, and adaptive reuse opportunities.
Multifamily
Market-rate, mixed-use, and workforce housing developments in high-growth markets.
Office Conversions
Adaptive reuse of underutilized office assets into residential, hospitality, or mixed-use environments.
Data Centers
Land-backed digital infrastructure projects supported by power availability, connectivity, and experienced sponsorship.
Other Commercial Projects
Select land-based commercial opportunities with a defined execution and capital thesis.
04 — Investment Criteria
Selective engagement
National Land Management selectively engages in transactions that demonstrate:
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Experienced sponsorship with a credible execution track record -
A defined development or repositioning strategy -
Approximately 25% sponsor or investor-seeded equity -
A clear path to development, stabilization, or exit -
A capital structure that supports disciplined underwriting and downside protection
05 — Current Focus
Geographic & Sector Priorities
Data center development across the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Hospitality acquisition, development, and repositioning throughout the Southeastern United States.
Industrial and office development projects across Guatemala, El Salvador, and Belize.
Hospitality and multifamily development opportunities within the United Arab Emirates.
We pursue a limited number of opportunities where sponsor quality, asset fundamentals, and capital structure support high-conviction investment.
We are not a volume-driven capital provider.
Our role is to align capital with execution, improving the probability of successful project delivery through thoughtful structuring, disciplined underwriting, and transaction execution.
06 — The Team
Our Leadership
The National Land Management team reflects deep experience across real estate investment, hospitality, capital structuring, and operational execution, with long-standing relationships across institutional partners and global hospitality brands.
Principal
Don Walter
Don Walter is a principal of National Land Management and a Founding Partner at Semina Innovation Management Company. He leads institutional strategy and capital formation and focuses on structuring and deploying capital across real estate, energy, and infrastructure projects.
Country Manager, Latin America
Fernando Paiz
Fernando Paiz is President of FREZLER Holdings and Chairman of Cahabon Holdings, Ltd. He serves as National Land Management’s Country Manager for Guatemala and throughout Latin America. He brings more than five decades of experience across real estate development, hospitality, and infrastructure.
Principal
Shane Pomojambo
Shane Pomojambo is a principal with experience in design-build construction, real estate development, hospitality, and operational execution across commercial projects.
Principal & Country Manager, UAE
Robin Luu
Robin Luu is a principal of National Land Management and serves as Country Manager for the United Arab Emirates. She focuses on development origination and capital alignment across international markets.
Languages: English, Spanish, Mandarin
Advisors
Shabir Walji
President of Camden Holdings and CEO of Camden Hospitality Group, with experience managing over 12,000 hotel rooms across North America and the Caribbean.
Christopher Bourne
Retired U.S. Marine and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Innovation at HUD, with deep experience in government and institutional programs.
Dr. Jim Hill
Founder of Organizational Performance Systems and former U.S. Marine officer and Sun Microsystems executive, specializing in organizational performance and systems execution.
07 — Contact
Present Your Project
National Land Management engages with experienced developers and sponsors seeking equity investment or structured credit solutions. Submissions should include a concise overview of the project, capitalization, required capital, and timeline.