Our team includes Aera Energy LLC, Brooks Street and Cherokee Investment Partners. Together, we have a proven history of re-purposing brownfield and industrial properties to create beautiful places and communities that have the utmost respect for the land. We have created and partnered with Newport Banning Land Trust to restore Banning Ranch.
Newport Banning Land Trust
Newport Banning Land Trust, our non-profit partner, will partner in the transformation of this industrial oil field and serve as stewards for the Newport Banning Ranch nature preserve. The Land Trust is a community-based environmental organization focused on community engagement, education, habitat restoration and hands-on environmental activities. For more information, visit www.newportbanninglandtrust.org
Aera Energy.
Aera Energy LLC is one of California’s largest oil and gas producers. As a leader in the industry of the 21st century, Aera is characterized by its excellent environmental performance, innovative business practices and active community involvement. Aera has substantial landholdings throughout the state including active development and entitlement projects in Orange and Los Angeles Counties. For more information, visit www.aeraenergy.com
Brooks Street
Brooks Street is a fully integrated real estate company with offices in Newport Beach and Walnut Creek, California. The firm is presently executing on more than $1.5 billion worth of real estate projects including brownfield remediation, urban infill, adaptive reuse, mixed-use and master-planned communities. The company’s debt and equity relationships include some of the most prominent and active institutions in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.brooks-street.com
Cherokee Investment Partners
Cherokee is an investment company that combines capital with creativity, experience and resolve to generate superior social, environmental and economic returns. Since 1990, Cherokee has invested in more than 550 environmentally contaminated or brownfield real estate assets across the U.S., Canada and Europe. Cherokee is the world’s only known ISO 14001 certified private equity manager with a total of five investment funds since 1996, with aggregate commitments exceeding $2 billion. Additionally, Cherokee has managed or invested in over 70 venture companies in environmental remediation, renewable energy, waste-to-energy, energy management and other fields. For more information, visit www.cherokeefund.com
