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Company Profile

Anchor Valley Partners (AVP) is a fully integrated real estate investment and development company founded in 2013 by Sidhardha Lakireddy and Christopher Brawer. AVP has a reputation for its strong real estate operating capability (it manages over 1,000 beds through its management arm, Square One Management Inc.), extensive market knowledge and local relationships.

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Who We Are

Anchor Valley Partners (AVP) is a fully integrated real estate investment and development company

AVP is headquartered in Berkeley, California and invests in four major platforms: value-add student housing and multifamily properties, in-fill development projects, boutique commercial properties, and farms. The investment focus is primarily on Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, and the Central Valley.

AVP directly invests in projects alongside accredited investors. AVP’s portfolio has a market value of approximately $600 million.

Commercial RE Projects

Beds Manageged

Million Dollar Valuation

Key Team Members

Co-founder

Sid Lakireddy

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Co-founder

Christopher Brawer

Co-founder

Sid Lakireddy

Sid co-founded AVP and Square One Management and has managed, developed, acquired, and repositioned real estate throughout Northern California since 2003.

Sid has 3rd party managed in excess of 3,500 student housing beds and more than 200,000 square feet of commercial office and retail space. Sid led investment partnerships acquiring approximately 1,000 student beds that he owns and manages today under AVP’s operation arm, Square One Management. In total, he has completed over $300M in real estate acquisitions and investment partnerships. Sid served on the Chancellors Task Force for Student Neighbor Relations at UC Berkeley.

He is the past President of the California Rental Housing Association. Previously, he was the President of the Berkeley Property Owners Association from 2010-2016.

Sid received his B.S. from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California, a Post-Baccalaureate in Finance from Columbia University in New York, and a Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in California and is a member of the State Bar in California.

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Co-founder

Christopher Brawer

Chris co-founded AVP and has been involved in real estate acquisitions, development, research and finance since 2002.

Prior to AVP, Chris was a SVP with Shore to Shore Properties (S2S), a boutique real estate investment company with approximately 6,000 units. Prior to S2S, Chris launched Orion Equity Partners, a real estate investment company which repositioned Class B properties in transitional neighborhoods into Class A assets. Before launching Orion, Chris was a Vice President in charge of multifamily research for Rosen Consulting Group and oversaw market reports nationally in 78 U.S. markets.

Chris began his career in 2002 as an Investment Advisor with Hendricks-Berkadia, the nation’s largest real estate firm focused exclusively on the sale of multifamily property. Throughout his career, Chris has been involved in the acquisition of over $400M of multifamily assets and the financing of over $1B.

Chris holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and an M.A. from Columbia University in New York. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), has a Real Estate Broker’s license and is a licensed Mortgage Loan Originator in California.

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Anchor Valley Partners
2040 Bancroft Way, Suite 301 | Berkeley, CA 94704
T 510.900.5205
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