Founded in 1992 by Charles J. Schreiber and Peter Bren, the KBS team
is comprised of real estate professionals with extensive hands-on real estate experience.
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$0.19 Billion
1993
KBS forms its first pension fund investment vehicle for an
institutional
investor.
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$0.54 Billion 2
1994
KBS becomes a Registered Investment Advisor. KBS forms first
opportunistic
commingled fund, K/B
Opportunity Fund I, purchasing $273 Million in real estate.
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$1 Billion
1995
KBS reaches $1.0 Billion in
total
dollars invested.
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$1.59 Billion
1996
KBS forms first of five separate accounts with an institutional
investor
and a separate account with a
pension fund.
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$2.24 Billion Billion
1997
KBS forms investment account for an institutional investor.
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$3.64 Billion
1998
KBS sells Irvine Corporate Center in Irvine, CA.
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$4.62 Billion
1999
Co-founder, Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. appointed CEO. Company name
changed to Koll Bren Schreiber Realty Advisors, Company Fully Liquidates K/B Opportunity Fund I.
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$5.28 Billion
2000
KBS forms 15 institutional investment fundsto date.
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$5.47 Billion
2001
KBS changes management structure and becomes a regionally aligned and
regionally operated company.
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$5.73 Billion
2002
KBS fully liquidates its fourth fund (including two commingled
opportunistic funds). Combined, these
four funds invested over $597 Million and generated total proceeds of $921 Million.
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$6 Billion
2003
KBS exceeds $6 Billion in total
acquisition volume. Fully
liquidates first fund for an institutional investor.
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$6.71 Billion
2004
Company name changed to KBS Realty Advisors.
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$7.78 Billion
2005
KBS Capital Markets Group formed as exclusive distributor and would
go on
to distribute 7 non-listed
REITs that would invest over $15.8 Billion is U.S. real estate assets. KBS launches first of five
separate account funds with offshore sovereign wealth investor that would go on to invest over $2.3
Billion.
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$9.15 Billion
2006
KBS becomes first-ever non-traded REIT sponsor to raise over $100
Million
in less than eight months.
KBS Liquidates third fund for an institutional investor.
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$11.96 Billion
2007
KBS sells 130 Prince Street in NY for $1,723 Per square foot, the
highest
price per square foot ever at
the time for Manhattan's SoHo submarket.
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$14.46 Billion
2008
KBS exceeds $10.5 Billion in total dollars invested since inception
reaching a total transactional
volume of $14.46 Billion.
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$14.85 Billion Billion
2009
KBS ranked #3 on the top real estate buyer's list by Commercial
Property
Executive.
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$17.01 Billion
2010
KBS acquires largest acquisition to date, 1.3mm SF 300 N. LaSalle in
downtown Chicago for $655 Million.
KBS would sell the property 4 years later for $850 Million.
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$20.02 Billion
2011
KBS ranked among largest U.S. office investors by Commercial
Property
Executive, KBS total
transactional volume peaks $20 Billion.
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$23.25 Billion
2012
KBS ranked 5th Largest Office Owner Globally by National Real Estate
Investor.
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$25.81 Billion
2013
KBS acquires largest asset to date, 1.5mm-square-foot 500 W. Madison
in
Chicago's West Loop.
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$29.86 Billion
2014
KBS exceeds over 1,500 real estate assets acquired since inception.
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$31.58 Billion
2015
KBS forms 7th non-listed REIT. KBS exceeds $31 Billion in total
transactional volume.
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$33.54 Billion
2016
KBS acquires and redevelops historic Meier & Frank building in
downtown
Portland.
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$37.09 Billion
2017
KBS launches KBS Direct - a portal for individual investors to
invest
directly in KBS operated real
estate.
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$38.74 Billion
2018
KBS ranked 8th largest office owner globally by National Real Estate
Investor. KBS completes
development of Midtown Plaza in Raleigh, NC. The 329,613 SF property sold for $127 Million.
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$41 Billion
2019
KBS-affiliate launches Prime US REIT on the Singapore SGX Exchange.
KBS
Sells 11 Assets to Prime US
REIT valued at 1.2 Billion. KBS total transaction volume peaks $41 Billion.
