News & Announcements

Portland, OR, August 10, 2016

Charter School Capital, the nation’s leading provider of funding for charter schools, including growth capital and facilities financing, announced today that its facilities arm, American Education Properties (AEP), has acquired three charter school facilities from American Charter Development (ACD) for $19.1 million. Charter school facilities acquired include St. Cloud Preparatory Academy and San Jose Academy and Preparatory High School in Florida for $10.3 million and $3.9 million, respectively, and High Point Academy in Texas for $4.9 million. Under the terms of the deal, AEP will assume the current lease terms for all of the schools and will invest in facilities improvements and additions at two of the three properties.

Dallas, TX, January 25, 2016

Safe Harbor Marinas made its formal debut as the largest owner and operator of marinas in the country at the International Marina & Boatyard Conference in Fort Lauderdale.  Safe Harbor, which formed last year and is backed by American Infrastructure MLP Funds, announced that it recently completed acquisitions from four marina owners and operators and has plans to aggressively grow through future acquisitions.  

Jericho, NY, August 13, 2015

Inc. Magazine ranked Tunnel Hill Partners No. 1934 on its 34th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Timberland, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, LinkedIn, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 5000.

Portland, OR, January 24, 2015

We are excited to announce that American Education Properties (AEP) has acquired Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy’s (CASSA) building in a transaction worth approximately $4 million. This investment ensures that CASSA will continue to provide quality education to its 330 K-8 students, today and into the future.

El Segundo, CA, November 13, 2014

Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP (Nasdaq:LMRK) (the "Partnership") announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 2,650,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership ("Common Units") at $19.00 per Common Unit. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase from the Partnership up to 397,500 additional Common Units at the $19.00 per Common Unit price. The Common Units are expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on November 14, 2014 under the ticker symbol "LMRK." The offering is expected to close on or about November 19, 2014.

Portland, OR, September 9, 2014

Part of $500mm in innovative financing to meet charter schools’ growing demand for facilities

With growing enrollment and nearly one million students on charter school waiting lists nationwide, charter school leaders need to find facilities that meet their needs, both now and in the future. American Education Properties, LLC (AEP), launched in June of this year, addresses this increasing challenge. AEP is a collaboration between Charter School Capital, the nation’s leading provider of working and growth capital to charter schools, and American Infrastructure MLP Funds (AIM), a leading private investment firm specializing in real property, infrastructure and natural resources businesses.

The distribution of the first $75 million of $500 million in facilities funding marks one of the largest of its kind to date. This investment supports facilities at nine schools in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, and Washington, D.C., which educate roughly 4,550 Imagine Schools students, as well as students at two charter schools run by independent operators in Arizona and California.