Although there is no investment that can be characterized as typical, investments made by Lone Star generally fall into one of five categories:
Acquiring secured and corporate unsecured debt instruments and real estate assets with a short- to medium-term hold strategy.
Acquiring a controlling interest in an operating company, generally in the financial or real estate sector, for operational turnaround in a longer-term hold strategy.
Providing capital to companies in a bankruptcy or similar legal proceeding to allow the company to recapitalize, emerge from the legal proceeding and turnaround its operations.
Providing short- to medium-term mezzanine debt or preferred equity financing to recapitalize a real estate operating company or real estate assets.
Providing debt or equity financing for real estate development or major rehabilitation of existing assets in various property types.