Fund I

Seven Seas Japan Opportunity Fund (SSJOF)

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Launched in February 2021, SSJOF I is a discretionary investment management fund dedicated to value-add and opportunistic strategies — a mandate rarely pursued by an independent manager in Japan. The Fund completed its investment period in May 2024.

The Fund focused on projects requiring solutions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, repositioning assets to restore and enhance their value. Across five projects, the Fund invested approximately JPY 50 billion in total.

Case Studies

Hotel

Location　Tokyo

An opportunistic investment in a portfolio of newly completed apartment hotels that had yet to open for business during the pandemic, acquired in a single transaction.

The investment thesis addressed a structural supply–demand mismatch: while inbound travellers predominantly visit in groups, Japan's accommodation stock remains heavily weighted toward single and twin rooms. Anticipating that the post-pandemic labour shortage seen in the United States would extend to Japan, we selected and partnered with an operator whose strength lies in IT- and digitally-enabled operational efficiency, taking the assets from zero occupancy to stabilised performance.

Retail

Location　Sendai

A repositioning project involving a retail building in central Sendai's commercial district.

With occupancy sharply reduced by the pandemic, we identified a submarket mismatch arising from the shift of retail activity toward the station area alongside growing office demand within the district, and converted vacant floors to office use. Following acquisition, hands-on asset management contained costs in a rising construction-cost environment while accelerating tenant leasing, restoring the asset to stabilised occupancy within a short timeframe.

Office

Location　Tokyo

An investment in an ageing office building in the Uchi-Kanda area, immediately adjacent to Otemachi.

In a district undergoing redevelopment led by major developers, the existing building did not fully capture the underlying land value. Through the resolution of tenant occupancy rights, we unlocked the site's value as future development land. Disciplined asset management delivered the required tenant negotiations, and the asset was ultimately sold to a major developer — contributing to the progress of urban redevelopment in the area.

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