KFO holdings
Who We Are
Khoie Family Office is a registered real estate private equity firm in Washington State. We're committed to delivering excellent returns to our stakeholders through strategic partnerships, investments, and value creation. Our founder, Mr. Khoie, brings deep industry expertise, spanning real estate, manufacturing, banking, and energy.
We specialize in investing in growth-focused companies with strong leadership, boasting a proven business model and competitive edge. Over time, we've made successful investments in pivotal real estate projects and businesses, helping them realize their full potential. Our investment portfolio includes some of the most successful real estate ventures.
At KFO, we prioritize conducting business with the highest standards of ethics and integrity. We hold transparency, trust, and cultivating long-term relationships with our partners and stakeholders in high regard. We're continually seeking new investment opportunities and partnerships. For inquiries about our firm or potential investment prospects, please don't hesitate to reach out.
What We Do
Capital
Raising
Screening Of Investment Opportunities
Acquisition & Development of Properties
Property Management
Property
Selling
Risk Profile
Property Type
Geographic Focus
Capitalization Strategy
Equity or Debt Investment
Risk Profile
Khoie Family Office (KFO) structures its investment strategy around a defined risk profile. We focus on transactions—across various property types and geographies—that align with this specific risk profile and return targets.
At KFO, we balance our real estate private equity fund strategies between more aggressive "Opportunistic" or "Value-Add" approaches and conservative "Core" or "Core-Plus" strategies. The image below illustrates the targeted return profiles for each of these strategies.
Property Type
At KFO, we do not constrain ourselves when it comes to property type. We would focus exclusively on one property type, hotels for example, and then diversify our investments in other ways within the property type sector.
Residential & Office
Residential properties, such as skyscrapers, apartments, offices, and homes, are heavily influenced by employment and economic growth, and the local government’s interest in the specific area.
Retail
Retail properties house businesses, such as shopping malls, shops and restaurants. Due to the rise of e-commerce, significant investment into this sector has become rarer, except in new areas. As a result, retail has quickly become the least favored real estate asset class.
Industrial
Industrial assets house operations for the creation, storage and/or distribution of materials, goods, and merchandise. These are typically single story and located outside urban areas along major transportation routes.
Our industrial properties tend to have less than 15% office space, and modern facilities have high ceiling clearance heights that maximize storage space. With the rise of e-commerce, the industrial sector has become the most favored real estate asset class, thanks to the easier construction and lower operational intensity compared to retail.
Hospitality
Hospitality real estate encompasses properties providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists, comprising hotels but also casinos and resorts. Relative to other asset classes, hospitality is the most operationally intensive because of the number of employees involved and the range of amenities such as full service restaurants, room service, valet parking, and event space. Because it caters to travelers and tourists, the hospitality is highly correlated with the broader economy and is therefore viewed as the highest-risk among the asset classes.
Geographic Focus
Our geographic focus includes the East Coast of the United States, Continental Europe, and select locations such as Dubai and Singapore. We emphasize a strategic approach, aiming to develop deep expertise in these areas and expand our network. From an operational perspective, we leverage technology to minimize the need for multiple offices worldwide and reduce the time our employees spend traveling to visit properties.
Capitalization Strategy
Equity Or Debt Investment
Traditionally, real estate private equity (REPE) firms focus on equity investments, but at KFO, we believe REPE can also pursue debt investment strategies by investing in different parts of the capital structure. As a result, we invest in both equity and debt.
We are an independent privately held corporation, acting in the best interests of our stakeholders and valued investors.
We are purpose-driven. We understand our need for quality real estate investments and our investors’ need for sustainable growth and tailored solutions.
Our People
Freydoon Khoie
Chairman
Freydoon is the founder, majority shareholder, and chairman of the Board with over forty years of experience in real estate investment, property development, manufacturing, private banking and an accomplished author. Freydoon spent fifteen years in the United States, his favorite country, plus seven years in Singapore and East Asia and now twenty years in Dubai and much of West Asia. A born entrepreneur with extensive knowledge and experience in corporate strategy, operations, technology, and equities management in major markets like New York, London, and Tokyo.
Alex C. Root
President & Board Member
Alex is a born entrepreneur and high achiever heading our U.S operations. He previously spent 10 years at real estate private equity sector. At the time he was an Executive Director in a Private Wealth Management Group in Hong Kong and prior to this, Alex spent twelve years in operations, technology, and equities management in New York, London, and Tokyo. Alex is an accomplished Jet pilot and holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fordham Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Fairfield University.
Vincent Loh
Board Member
Vincent Loh is the CEO of the Singapore based CPG International. He spearheads CPG’s oversees activities across the globe with a focus on international business and has forged strong client relationships in China, West Asia, India, Sri Lanka, North Asia, ASEAN. As a registered Professional and Chartered Civil Engineer with more than three decades of experience involved in diverse projects from super high-rise towers to complex chemical, micro-electronics, pharmaceutical and complex civil engineering infrastructure projects in Singapore and internationally that included acquisitions and development of real estate assets in Singapore, West Asia, China, and Japan.
Dr. Mark S. Pfeiffer
Board Member
Dr. Pfeiffer began his professional career as a trial lawyer before moving to West Asia to serve as Editor of The International American magazine published in Dubai, UAE. A lifelong student of Iran and fluent in the Persian language, he traveled extensively in Iran. He was interviewed by a national Iranian TV news station and has appeared on Iranian Christian satellite TV broadcasts. Upon return to the US, he obtained a Master of Arts in Islamic Studies and founded The Christian Institute of Islamic Studies to train students at Christian colleges and universities in all aspects of Islam and fruitful interaction with Muslims. He served as an Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies for a number of years. Dr. Pfeiffer has published two books on Islam and is preparing two more books for publication. He is a specialist in Islamic Terrorism, has spoken at Homeland Security conferences, and is a guest on local San Antonio news stations to provide analysis when there is breaking news from the West Asia region. He and his wife Susan direct a non-profit organization caring for the needs of refugees and displaced persons throughout the world, including many countries in West Asia.
Susan Pfeiffer
Board Member
Susan Pfeiffer has many years’ experience as an International Corporate Training & Operations Director, responsible for writing, directing, and serving as the talent in corporate training videos. She was responsible for program development and training rollouts for an international business with 300 branches in 70 countries. She is a specialist in andragogy (adult learning) and is a sought-after business consultant. In addition to the United States, she has lived in Guatemala, is fluent in Spanish, and has led many humanitarian aid teams to Guatemala. Upon marrying Mark in 2016, she helped transform The Christian Institute of Islamic Studies into Reach, Teach, Love International, a full-time humanitarian aid organization focusing on refugees and displaced persons. Among West Asian countries, she and Mark have served together in Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, and Palestine. In the United States, they have spearheaded local and national efforts at caring for the Afghan refugees that flooded the country after the Taliban takeover in 2021. They also speak and train on cross-cultural interaction and understanding.
