The firm.
HFT Investors is a private family office in San Diego. We invest the family's own capital in retail and industrial property, and we manage the family's land on Hawaiʻi Island.
The Hawaiʻi land came first. It has been held for generations, including the decades when holding it was the harder choice, and it is managed for preservation and agricultural use rather than return. It is not for sale.
San Diego is held on the same assumption of permanence. We look for property that covers its costs from the day we take it on, in places where land is genuinely scarce, and we underwrite for the years the market disappoints. Because there is no fund and no outside investors, we can decline nearly everything we see — and commit quickly when something is right.
We track our markets whether or not we are buying. When a window opens, we would rather already know the asset than start learning it.
We do not market ourselves and we do not publish our holdings.
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Our Approach
How we operate.
No Deployment Pressure
We are not obligated to buy. That is a position rather than a limitation: it lets us hold out for terms that actually work.
Conservative Underwriting
We model weak years, not strong ones. Where the case depends on the market cooperating, we pass.
Ready To Move
We track our markets continuously and underwrite before we need to. When something fits, we can commit without a lender or a partner to persuade.
Long Holds
We buy without an intended exit date, and we stay close to the assets and the tenants. The Hawaiʻi land has been held for generations; we expect the same here.
Hawaiʻi Island
Unhurried. Never unprepared.
Why these markets?
San Diego, California
We have owned property in San Diego for decades. Coastal land here is limited, so a well-located building continues to perform long after the cycle that produced it. We buy for that durability, and we are content to wait for it.
Hawaiʻi Island
Hawaiʻi Island is where the family is from. The land has been held for generations and is managed for preservation and agricultural use, not as an investment position.