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Become a Side-by-Side Owner with Manzo Freeman Development

The Landing at One Chestnut is owned and operated by Manzo Freeman Development (MFD). ‍The MFD team brings over 40 years of expertise in managing and developing industrial properties in the New England submarket.

Offerings

Why Invest in Nashua, NH?

Our next IPO, The Landing at One Chestnut, is situated in downtown Nashua, New Hampshire—a city that’s thriving because of its favorable demographic profile, tax policies, and proximity to major economic centers.‍

Offerings

Introducing our Newest Asset: The Landing at One Chestnut

We are excited to announce the IPO of our next asset, The Landing at One Chestnut in Nashua, New Hampshire. Read on to learn more about the asset, its tenancy, and the sponsor team.

Real Estate

What Depreciation Means for CRE Investors

Property depreciation can be a powerful tool for CRE investors. Read our latest piece to learn more about how depreciation can influence the total return profile of an investment.

Education

Understanding Debt Service Coverage Ratios

The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) measures an ability of a property to meet its debt obligations. It’s expressed as the ratio between an asset’s net operating income (NOI) and its debt service costs.

Real Estate

A Framework for Real Estate Portfolio Construction

The goal of this article is to offer practical guidance on how to begin building a real estate portfolio, and how the risk and return profiles of different assets fit together.

About Lex

How Trading Works on LEX

This article explores one of the primary advantages of investing in CRE with LEX: access to liquidity through our secondary marketplace.

Real Estate

LEX vs. REITs & Direct Ownership

Traditionally, investment in commercial real estate has been done through real estate investment trusts (REITs) or direct property ownership. How do these investment approaches differ, and how does LEX fit in?

Education

Making Sense of Cap Rates

Cap rates are one of the most commonly used metrics in real estate, but what do they measure and how are they used? This explainer will answer those questions and run through a hypothetical example.

Education

Breaking Down IRR

You may have heard about Internal Rate of Return (IRR), it's one of the most frequently used metrics for evaluating real estate deals. But how is it calculated, what does it measure, and what are its shortfalls?

About Lex

What Separates LEX from the Competition?

From secondary trading to pass-through taxation and more, learn about the features that separate LEX from competitors in the real estate investing space.

Offerings

TESLU Declares Q2 Distribution to Investors

286 Lenox Ave (TESLU) declared a distribution of $1.92/share. The ex-date is July 25, and the payment date is Aug 2. Learn more about TESLU and distributions on LEX.

Real Estate

Owners Looking To Recapitalize Have Been Faced With Unattractive Options. Until Now.

The following feature was originally published on Bisnow.com and written by Julia Troy, in collaboration with the LEX team. We are republishing a version of it on the official LEX Blog with permission below.

Education

Understanding the 286 Lenox NAV per Unit & 1-U | Ticker: TESLU

On May 18, 2022, TESLU filed an SEC 1-U to announce the status of its recent public offering, its assessment of NAV per Unit, and its expected distribution for the fiscal second quarter ending June 30, 2022.

Offerings

IPO Complete: 286 Lenox Now Trading as “TESLU”

We are excited to announce a major milestone for LEX and our community of investors. LEX closed our first-ever publicly available offering, the 286 Lenox IPO in New York City.

About Lex

State Income Tax Considerations

LEX structures the securities we offer as publicly traded partnerships to give investors the tax benefits of direct commercial real estate ownership. While each individual taxpayer has unique circumstances, investing...

About Lex

We Raised $15M to Take More Buildings Public

Today, we're thrilled to share that we've raised a $15M Series A to accelerate our mission, grow our team, and expand the number of buildings we bring investors. We’ll be able to take more buildings public, faster...

About Lex

How Distributions Work on LEX

One of the benefits of investing in Commercial Real Estate is generating income via rent payments from tenants. LEX investors receive their proportionate share of rental income from the property when that income is di...

Real Estate

5 Reasons to Invest in Real Estate with LEX

We hope you’ve enjoyed learning more about the LEX mission and investment opportunities in commercial real estate. In this post, we explore some of the core value propositions of the LEX platform.

Real Estate

Goodbye Waitlist. Hello 286 Lenox Ave

We’re excited to share that 286 Lenox Avenue, a commercial office and retail property located in New York’s Harlem neighborhood, is being added to the platform. Beginning today, Nov 3, shares of 286 Lenox Ave are...

Real Estate

Real Estate Valuation Methods

As you think about diversifying your portfolio into Real Estate, or building onto your existing Real Estate holdings, it’s important to understand basic concepts related to Real Estate valuation.

Real Estate

8 Ways Real Estate Investing Can Make You Money

At LEX, our mission is to empower wealth creation by solving real estate’s access and liquidity problems. Learn how investing in real estate can help you create wealth and generate income.

Real Estate

Tax Benefits of Real Estate Investing

The Internal Revenue Code contains several provisions allowing owners of real estate to both defer when their taxes are due and to classify a portion of what might otherwise be treated as income as capital gains, which..

About Lex

Lifecycle of a LEX Deal

LEX offers a new way to invest in individual commercial real estate buildings. While we’ve designed our platform to be simple and intuitive, it’s important that our investors understand how the LEX investment process...

Company Culture

Learn About Our Mission

Our mission at LEX is to empower wealth creation by solving real estate’s access and liquidity problems. Real estate deserves liquidity, and all investors deserve access. Solving these two problems in the real estate...

Real Estate

What Is a REIT? Real Estate Investment Trusts Explained (Pros, Cons, Alternatives)

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have generally been the best available option for individual investors eyeing commercial real estate. Is that changing?

Real Estate

The ‘Holy Grail’ For CRE: How To Create Liquidity In An Asset Without Selling

Company Culture

A Letter from our Founders

Office buildings, train stations, multi-family highrises, shopping centers, industrial warehouses - alone, these are little more than steel, concrete, and glass. What makes these structures worth tens or even hundreds...