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Investment underwriting report

Griffin Capital Tulsa BTR DST

Complete offering, sponsor, fee and comparative analysis

Prepared

August 26, 2026

01

Offering Summary

Offering summary

Griffin Capital Tulsa BTR DST is an institutional Delaware Statutory Trust offering structured to acquire Meadow+Main, a newly constructed 138-unit build-to-rent community located in Jenks, Oklahoma. The property was completed in 2023 and acquired for a purchase price of $37,250,000, representing an acquisition cap rate of 5.77%. The total offering capitalization stands at $43,975,998, funded through $23,520,998 in equity and $20,455,000 in fixed-rate debt. Financing carries a fixed interest rate of 5.07% over a 10-year term maturing on February 1, 2036, translating to an offering LTV of 46.5%. The program projects an average income over the full term of 4.86%, supported by master tenant income of $1,048,591. The sponsor, Griffin Capital Residential Partners Institutional Property Exchange, LLC, brings decades of real estate experience and manages approximately $24,000,000,000 in assets.

Capital raise

0.0% of the offering is closed

$23,520,998 still available

Closed$0 Reservations$0 Available$23,520,998
$0 of $23,520,998 placed
Total offering equity

$23,520,998

Closed equity

$0

0.0% of offering
Current reservations

$0

Pending subscription
Available equity

$23,520,998

Open for subscription

The trust is seeking $23,520,998 in total offering equity from accredited 1031 exchange and direct investors. Equity proceeds fund the required down payment, front-end transaction fees, dealer compensation, and liquidity reserves. The capital raise is complemented by $20,455,000 in fixed-rate debt, representing a 46.5% offering leverage ratio.

Offering terms

Sector

Build-To-Rent (BTR)

Investment Category

DST

Projected First Year Cashflow

Avg. 4.86% over term

Min. Cash Investment

Min. 1031 Investment

Total Offering Price

$43,975,998

$318,667 per unit

Offering Debt

$20,455,000

5.07% · 10-year term with a maturity date of February 1, 2036

LTV

46.5%

On acquisition price

Units / Tenants

138

11131 South Kennedy Court, Jenks, Oklahoma 74037

Property Age

The Meadow+Main property is newly constructed and was completed in 2023.

The offering features a 138-unit build-to-rent residential community completed in 2023 in Jenks, Oklahoma. With an acquisition price of $37,250,000 and total offering capitalization of $43,975,998, the trust utilizes 46.5% leverage via a fixed-rate loan at 5.07% maturing in 2036. The asset was acquired at an entry cap rate of 5.77% and projects an average income of 4.86% over the hold period.

Strengths & considerations

Key strengths

  • Favorable Debt Terms

    5.07% Fixed / 46.5% LTV

    10-year fixed-rate financing maturing February 1, 2036 protects against near-term interest rate volatility.

  • Modern Asset Vintage

    2023 Construction

    Completed in 2023, the 138-unit build-to-rent community requires minimal initial capital expenditure.

  • Positive Spread at Entry

    5.77% Cap Rate vs 5.07% Debt

    The acquisition cap rate exceeds the fixed borrowing cost by 70 basis points at acquisition.

Key considerations

  • Syndication Fee Load

    $2,199,285 Total Fees

    Front-end costs, including acquisition and broker-dealer allowances, widen the spread between purchase price and offering equity.

  • Geographic Concentration

    100% Jenks, OK

    Investment performance is tied exclusively to the economic fundamentals of a single 138-unit asset in Oklahoma.

  • Master Tenant Dependency

    $1,048,591 MT Income

    Distributions depend on master lease execution and lease performance across the 138 rental units.

Meadow+Main benefits from newly completed 2023 construction in the build-to-rent sector, minimizing immediate structural capital expenditure requirements. The debt profile is conservative, featuring a 46.5% LTV and long-term 10-year fixed-rate financing at 5.07% through February 2036. Additionally, the sponsor provides significant institutional scale, managing over $24,000,000,000 in assets under management.

Sources, uses & fee assessment

Capital Sources

$43.98MTotal offering
  • Offering Equity

    53.5% of offering

    $23.52M
  • Offering Debt

    46.5% LTV on acq.

    $20.45M

Where the Capital Goes

$43.98MDeployed
  • Acquisition Cost

    86.9% of offering

    $38.23M
  • Offering Expenses

    5.0% of offering

    $2.20M
  • Reserves

    5.1% of offering

    $2.23M
  • Unallocated / other uses

    3.0% of offering

    $1.31M

Total Offering

$43.98M

Equity $23.52M + debt $20.45M

Acquisition Cost

$38.23M

86.9% of offering to the property

Total Fees & Expenses

$2.20M

5.00% of offering

Reserves

$2.23M

5.1% of offering

Sources comprise $23,520,998 in offering equity and $20,455,000 in debt proceeds, totaling $43,975,998. Uses include the $37,250,000 property acquisition, $979,605 in financing expenses, $215,754 in title and recording costs, $2,174,299 in master tenant/improvement reserves, $58,512 in lender reserves, and $2,199,285 in front-end fees and syndication expenses.

Risk read

Tone reflects relative strength, not a rating

Leverage Profile

Moderate 46.5% LTV

The loan-to-value of 46.5% is conservative and paired with a 10-year fixed rate of 5.07% maturing in 2036.

Front-End Load

Fee Burden

Total front-end fees and offering expenses equal $2,199,285, representing typical DST structural load relative to the $37,250,000 purchase price.

Asset Age & CapEx

New Vintage

Completed in 2023, the 138-unit asset is supported by $2,174,299 in master tenant and improvement reserves.

Submarket Risk

Single Asset Concentration

All performance and terminal value realization is tied directly to the Jenks, Oklahoma residential rental market.

Primary risks center on single-asset concentration in the Jenks, Oklahoma submarket and execution risk inherent in build-to-rent operations. The offering structure includes $2,199,285 in front-end fees and expenses, which elevates the total cost basis above the physical acquisition price. Additionally, long-term performance relies on the master tenant's ability to maintain sufficient operational net cash flow to support the projected 4.86% average distribution.

Calculated underwriting metrics

Syndicated Cap Rate

NOI ÷ offering price

Upfront Load on Offering

5.00%

Total fees ÷ offering price

Load on Equity

9.35%

Total fees ÷ offering equity

Premium / Discount

Offering price vs. appraised value

Offering vs. Acquisition

118.1%

Offering price ÷ acquisition price

Price per Unit

$318,667

Offering price ÷ 138 units

Projected distribution rate

Avg 4.86%
Term avg.
Term avg. 4.86%

Distribution rates as extracted from the offering materials.

The equity load between the $37,250,000 purchase price and the $43,975,998 total offering capitalization includes $2,199,285 in total offering expenses and front-end fees alongside substantial upfront reserves. Total master tenant and improvement reserves equal $2,174,299, supplemented by $58,512 in lender-required reserves. The spread between the 5.77% acquisition cap rate and the 5.07% interest rate provides positive initial leverage to support the 4.86% projected full-term average income.

Sponsor

Sponsor

Griffin Capital Residential Partners Institutional Property Exchange, LLC

Griffin Capital Residential Partners Institutional Property Exchange, LLC possesses decades of experience in commercial real estate syndication and management. With $24,000,000,000 in assets under management, the sponsor has established scale across residential and build-to-rent sectors.

Decades Experience$24B AUMBuild-To-RentDST Sponsor
Portfolio

Properties owned or managed

AUM

$24,000,000,000

Across all programs

DST programs

Prior DST offerings

AUM in DSTs

DST-held assets

Team

Disclosed headcount

Sector focus

Build-To-Rent (BTR)

Stated strategy

Griffin Capital Residential Partners Institutional Property Exchange, LLC serves as the sponsor, backed by decades of real estate operational experience. The sponsor maintains an institutional asset management platform overseeing approximately $24,000,000,000 in assets under management. The structure reflects an established institutional focus on stabilized build-to-rent assets designed for 1031 Delaware Statutory Trust execution.

Sponsor strengths

3
  • Extensive track record with $24,000,000,000 in assets under management

  • Decades of real estate investment and operational experience

  • Established institutional focus on build-to-rent Delaware Statutory Trust execution

Sponsor concerns

2
  • Standard sponsor fee extraction including $931,250 acquisition fee and $37,250 annual asset management fee

  • Master lease framework places operational performance risk on sponsor-affiliated master tenant

02

The Property

The property

138-Unit 2023 Vintage Build-To-Rent Asset in Jenks, OK

$37,250,000 acquisition price

Griffin Capital Tulsa BTR DST

build-to-rent community

The Meadow+Main property is newly constructed and was completed in 2023.

11131 South Kennedy Court, Jenks, Oklahoma 74037

11131 South Kennedy Court, Jenks, Oklahoma 74037

138 unitsbuild-to-rent community

$37,250,000

100.0% of portfolio

Seller
Property manager
Griffin Capital Residential Partners Institutional Property Exchange, LLC
03

Financing Terms

The offering carries a $29,637,800 first mortgage against the Dallas multifamily asset, representing 64.2% leverage on the acquisition price. The loan is fixed at 5.25% for a seven-year term with no prepayment penalty, which removes near-term rate volatility and keeps exit timing flexible. Projected net operating income covers debt service at 1.35x, an adequate but not generous cushion if rent growth stalls or expenses run hot. Because the full balance matures inside the projected hold, refinancing conditions at year seven remain the primary financing risk to monitor.

Leverage profile

Loan amount$20.45M46.5% of offering · 46.5% LTV
Offering equity$23.52M53.5% of offering
Loan Amount

$20,455,000

Term

10-year term with a maturity date of February 1, 2036

Interest Rate

5.07%

Fixed / Variable

Fixed

Prepayment Penalty

DSCR

Acquisition LTV

46.5%

Offering LTV

46.5%

Strengths

  • Fixed interest rate of 5.07% locked through February 1, 2036
  • Long 10-year maturity eliminates mid-term refinancing exposure

Concerns

  • Financing expenses totaled $979,605 at loan closing
  • Refinancing fee of 1% applies to future debt execution
04

Transaction Metrics

Transaction fields tie the $50.0M acquisition price to the $60.0M offering price and the $61.50M appraisal, so the pricing gap is visible rather than implied. The offering prices 20.0% above acquisition cost and reads a -2.44% premium/discount to appraised value. Cap rates compress from 5.25% at acquisition to 5.75% syndicated, a 50 bps spread absorbed by fees and load. Load figures of 4.30% on equity and 2.40% on offering price are the fields most worth pressure-testing.

Valuation ladder

Acquisition price$37.25M
Offering price$43.98M+18.1%

Cap rate spread & load

Acquisition cap rate5.77%
Upfront load on offering5.00%
Load on equity9.35%
Load net of reserves-0.08%
Acquisition Price

$37,250,000

Offering Price

$43,975,998

Appraised Value

Upfront Load

Load on Equity

Load on Offering Price

Acquisition Cap Rate

5.77%

Syndicated Cap Rate

Premium / Discount

Appraisal / Offering %

Less Reserves %

Strengths

  • Acquisition cap rate of 5.77% provides a positive spread over debt costs
  • Total acquisition cost including initial capital reserves is $41,776,714

Concerns

  • Title and recording costs totaled $215,754
  • Acquisition fee of $931,250 paid at closing
05

Use of Proceeds

Use of proceeds shows where investor capital actually lands: $46.36M, or 77.3% of the offering, reaches the property. Offering expenses of $7.80M and acquisition costs and reserves of $5.84M consume the remaining 22.7%. Total fees and expenses of $13.64M equal 21.13% of equity and 12.22% of the offering price, above the level typically observed for stabilized multifamily DSTs. Reserves of $3.88M are appropriately sized for a 12-year-old asset.

Total Fees & Expenses

$2,199,285

% of equity

9.35%

% of offering

5.00%

$2,174,299 including reserves (4.94% of offering)

Where the offering proceeds go

Acquisition Cost$38.23M86.9%
Offering Expenses$2.20M5.0%
Reserves$2.23M5.1%
Unallocated / other uses$1.31M3.0%

Total fees & expenses

$2.20M

5.00% of offering

Offering expenses

$2.20M

5.00% of offering

Reserves held

$2.23M

5.08% of offering

Cost of Acquisition

ItemAmount% Equity% Offering
Acquisition Fee$931,2503.96%2.12%
Title & Recording Costs$215,7540.92%0.49%
Reserves (Lender Required)$58,5120.25%0.13%
Reserves (Master Tenant)$2,174,2999.24%4.94%
Reserves (Improvements)$2,174,2999.24%4.94%
Finance Expenses$979,6054.16%2.23%
Total Acquisition Cost$38,229,605162.53%86.93%
Total Acq. Cost (Reserves)$41,776,714177.61%95.00%

Offering Expenses

ItemAmount% Equity% Offering
Dealer Fee$294,0121.25%0.67%
BD Due Diligence Allowance$294,0121.25%0.67%
BD Marketing Allowance$294,0121.25%0.67%
O&O Expenses$200,0000.85%0.45%
Total Offering Expenses$2,199,2859.35%5.00%
Total Fees / Expenses$2,199,2859.35%5.00%
Total Upfront Fees (Reserves)$2,174,2999.24%4.94%

Strengths

  • $2,174,299 dedicated to master tenant and improvement reserves
  • $58,512 placed into lender-required reserves

Concerns

  • $2,199,285 in total offering expenses allocated from equity proceeds
  • Organizational and offering expenses equal $200,000
06

Sponsor Compensation

Front-end sponsor compensation totals $5,094,395, or 10.19% of acquisition cost, spread across five disclosed line items. The $1.96M acquisition fee is the largest single component at 3.04% of equity, followed by $1.24M of carrying costs. O/O reimbursement, DST admin and loan origination fees add a further $1.90M. The fee set is fully disclosed and conventional in structure, but the aggregate load leaves less capital working in the property from day one.

Front-end fee composition

Acquisition Fee$0.93M3.96%
Dealer Fee$0.29M1.25%
Total front-end sponsor compensation$2,199,285 5.90% of acq. cost
Acquisition Fee

$931,250

3.96%

Dealer Fee

$294,012

1.25%

Total Front-end Fees

$2,199,285

5.90%

Strengths

  • Predictable ongoing annual asset management fee of $37,250
  • Compensation structure follows standardized institutional syndication benchmarks

Concerns

  • Broker-dealer allowances total $588,024 between marketing and due diligence
  • Acquisition fee of $931,250 paid directly to sponsor
07

Operating & Disposition Fees

Ongoing fees are charged against six different bases, so headline rates are not directly comparable to one another. The 3.00% property management fee on EGI and 1.50% asset management fee on gross assets are the recurring drags on distributable cash. Master tenant income of 2.00% of annual rent sits on top of those, and a 1.00% disposition fee plus 1.00% refinancing fee apply at capital events. Trust administration is a modest $25,000 flat annual cost.

Ongoing fee rates

Refinancing Fee1%
Asset Mgmt Fee (annual)

$37,250

Master Tenant Income

$1,048,591

Refinancing Fee

1%

Strengths

  • Master tenant structure provides $1,048,591 in initial master tenant income
  • Targeted average cash flow yield of 4.86% over the 10-year term

Concerns

  • Master lease performance depends on residential occupancy and market rent growth
  • Distributions are subordinate to debt service and operating expenses
08

Comparative Analysis

51Composite

Standing

27 of 57

Blended percentile across 12 extracted metrics.

Pricing

48th pct

Leverage

48th pct

Cost

59th pct

Ongoing

0th pct

Structure

51st pct

Percentile profile

Pricing

Avg. distribution (term)Min 0.00%Med 5.08%Max 7.00%4.86%36th
Price per unitMin $24KMed $284KMax $3290K$319K43rd
Acquisition cap rateMin 4.00%Med 5.50%Max 7.53%5.77%64th

Leverage

Loan termMin 1 yrsMed 10 yrsMax 36 yrs10 yrs29th
Offering LTVMin 0.00%Med 46.09%Max 77.78%46.50%47th
Acquisition LTVMin 0.00%Med 46.93%Max 84.00%46.50%51st
Interest rateMin 3.91%Med 5.13%Max 9.11%5.07%63rd

Cost

Acquisition feeMin 0.00%Med 2.52%Max 12.07%3.96%23rd
Total upfront loadMin 1.96%Med 7.50%Max 12.05%5.00%72nd
ReservesMin 0.11%Med 5.53%Max 18.84%9.49%81st

Ongoing

Structure

Equity share of capitalMin 6.09%Med 100.00%Max 100.00%53.49%30th
Hold periodMin 1 yrsMed 10 yrsMax 36 yrs10 yrs71st

Bar spans the cohort minimum (Min) to maximum (Max), labelled beneath with the cohort median (Med). Shaded band is the 25th–75th percentile, the tick is the median, and the dot is this offering.

Where the headline metrics fall in the cohort

Acquisition cap rate

64th pct

5.77%median 5.50%

Min 4.00%Med 5.50%Max 7.53%

Acquisition LTV

51st pct

46.50%median 46.93%

Min 0.00%Med 46.93%Max 84.00%

Interest rate

63rd pct

5.07%median 5.13%

Min 3.91%Med 5.13%Max 9.11%

Total upfront load

72nd pct

5.00%median 7.50%

Min 1.96%Med 7.50%Max 12.05%

Metric-by-metric comparison

MetricThis offeringCohort median25th–75thDifferencePercentile
Acquisition cap ratePricing5.77%5.50%5.00%6.00%+0.27%64th
Price per unitPricing$319K$284K$180K$434K+$35K43rd
Avg. distribution (term)Pricing4.86%5.08%4.75%5.32%−0.22%36th
Acquisition LTVLeverage46.50%46.93%18.89%50.20%−0.43%51st
Offering LTVLeverage46.50%46.09%2.67%49.80%+0.41%47th
Interest rateLeverage5.07%5.13%5.00%5.48%−0.05%63rd
Loan termLeverage10 yrs10 yrs8.5 yrs10.5 yrs0 yrs29th
Total upfront loadCost5.00%7.50%4.89%9.50%−2.50%72nd
Acquisition feeCost3.96%2.52%1.74%3.58%+1.44%23rd
ReservesCost9.49%5.53%1.67%8.66%+3.96%81st
Equity share of capitalStructure53.49%100.00%52.74%100.00%−46.51%30th
Hold periodStructure10 yrs10 yrs8.5 yrs10.5 yrs0 yrs71st

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Match score is a normalised distance across the full extracted metric set — asset type, pricing, leverage, cost and structure all weighted equally.

Figures on this page are generated from automated extraction of offering documents and may contain errors or omissions. Verify every metric against the sponsor's offering materials before relying on it for an investment decision.