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Rubicon Fund II Makes Strategic Plays in San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rubicon Point Partners has acquired a 200-unit, newly constructed multifamily property located in the heart of San Francisco’s Area AI—a neighborhood emerging as a global center for artificial intelligence, innovation, and talent. Completed in 2020, the asset offers a high-quality residential experience in one of the city’s most promising growth corridors.

This marks the second investment by Rubicon Point Partners Fund II, which completed its first close in July 2025. The fund targets special situation opportunities across the West Coast, with a specific focus on the San Francisco Bay Area—where market dislocation is creating rare, generational opportunities for long-term value creation.

“We are making a high-conviction bet on the future of San Francisco,” said Ani Vartanian, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Rubicon Point Partners. “This exemplifies our strategy: a stabilized, institutional-quality asset with strong current yield and long-term upside in a market undergoing real transformation.”

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A Thesis-Driven Approach to Complexity
Rubicon Point Partners has built its investment strategy around navigating complexity. Founded in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, the firm has honed its ability to identify opportunity amid disruption—insights that are especially relevant in today’s environment of post-pandemic aftershocks and elevated interest rates.

San Francisco is reemerging as the capital of the AI economy, fueling renewed demand for urban living. As top tech firms scale and talent returns, demand is rising for well-located multifamily housing in walkable, transit-connected neighborhoods.

Expanding Focus on Multifamily
This acquisition also underscores Rubicon’s growing emphasis on the multifamily sector. Known for uncovering off-market and underappreciated assets across property types, Rubicon sees strong fundamentals and structural tailwinds supporting residential investment in innovation-led regions.

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About Rubicon Point Partners
Rubicon Point Partners, LLC ("Rubicon") is a San Francisco-based commercial real estate investment firm founded in 2011 during the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. As a vertically integrated investor, operator, and manager with an in-house research and innovation division, Rubicon Labs, the firm takes a thesis-driven approach to real estate investing. Since its inception, Rubicon has raised seven investment vehicles on behalf of institutional investors. Today, the firm continues to leverage its boots-on-the-ground strategy to identify and execute high-conviction opportunities in dislocated but recovering markets.

Media Contact
Name: Carlee Carpio
Email: Carlee@RubiconPoint.com
Phone: 323.793.7947
Website: www.rubiconpoint.com

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