VLR Capital Partners is an industrial real estate investment and development firm focused on opportunities in select Western U.S. markets. We acquire and reposition existing properties and pursue ground-up development where site characteristics, market demand, and project economics support a compelling opportunity.
Our acquisition strategy centers on value-add, small- and medium-bay industrial assets where leasing, capital improvements, and active management can improve performance. Our development capabilities extend from site evaluation and acquisition through entitlements, design, construction, and leasing, allowing us to evaluate opportunities across the full life cycle of an industrial property.
VLR approaches each investment or development with disciplined underwriting, practical execution, and an understanding of the businesses that occupy industrial space. We work with investors, landowners, and other partners to structure opportunities around the specific needs and risks of each project.
MANAGING PRINCIPAL
Dan Vittone
Dan is responsible for sourcing new investment opportunities and all pieces of the capital stack. He brings over 30 years of commercial real estate experience as the leader of the team at VLR Capital Partners. Since the mid 1990s, he worked as an investment sale broker for several brokerages including the firms now known as CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield, Voit Real Estate Services and Avison Young.
In his capacity as an investment sales brokerage professional, he handled acquisition and disposition assignments of investment properties for financial institutions, pension funds, REIT’s and private investors. During his tenure, Dan was a consistent top producing broker, having completed investment and user sale transactions totaling approximately 45 million square feet with an aggregate value exceeding $4.0 billion.
He served in acquisition and development roles involving industrial and office product with Kilroy Realty Corporation, a publicly traded REIT. Most recently, he was the Co-Managing Director of Starboard Realty Partners, a private real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition and repositioning of industrial and multifamily assets, together with land entitlement to repurpose existing product for higher and better uses.
At VLR, Dan leads investment strategy, opportunity sourcing, and capital formation, drawing on his background in industrial acquisitions, repositioning, and development to evaluate both existing assets and new projects.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics-Business from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He previously served on the Board of Directors of United Cerebral Palsy – Orange County, a charitable organization focused on helping children with disabilities reach their full potential, improve the quality of life for their families and foster an attitude of acceptance and inclusion.
Dan spends time at his homes in Newport Beach, CA and Zephyr Cove (Lake Tahoe), NV. He enjoys traveling, golfing, mountain biking, skiing, shooting, boating, riding side-by-sides and enjoying good food and wine with friends and family.
PRINCIPAL, DEVELOPMENT
John Low
John leads the evaluation and execution of ground-up industrial development opportunities for VLR Capital Partners and also sources and advances value-add investments. He brings more than three decades of experience in acquisitions, entitlements, development, construction, financing and disposition across the Western United States.
Before joining VLR, John was Managing Principal of Low Real Estate Group, where he sourced and developed projects in California, Texas and Nevada. His work includes a 190,000-square-foot logistics facility in Las Vegas, a 350,000-square-foot build-to-suit industrial/manufacturing facility in North Las Vegas, and value-add projects in La Quinta and Riverside, California.
Previously, John served as Vice President and Investment Officer at Prologis, overseeing acquisitions, entitlements, and development of distribution and build-to-suit facilities across Southern California, Las Vegas and Phoenix. His work there included entitlement and development initiatives involving more than 4 million square feet of industrial projects, as well as the acquisition and development of more than 100 acres in Las Vegas.
John also founded and led Low Archibald Real Estate Group, which acquired, developed and sold 11 office, medical-office and industrial projects in California and Hawaii with a combined capitalized value exceeding $400 million. Earlier roles at Kilroy Realty Corporation and Catellus Development Corporation further developed his experience in complex commercial projects.
John holds a Bachelor of Architecture from California State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a California-registered architect and licensed real estate broker, and has served on the boards of the City of Carson Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson.