Investment Committee Memo · Waterfalls
Elevation Vero Beach SA, LLC
Vero Beach Manager, LLC · Self-Storage Real Estate (Riverside Self Storage, Vero Beach, FL) · Equity · Vintage 2023
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Waterfalls composite LP-favorability score (0–100)
86
LP take (absolute)
62
Pref quality
29
Fee drag
22
GP alignment
28
Timing risk
Key economics
- Preferred return
- 8%
- Hurdle rate
- —
- LP / GP split
- 50% / 25%
- GP catch-up
- No
- GP clawback
- No
- GP commitment
- —
Diligence findings (8 · 4 high/critical)
- criticalAll Distributions tier 2 over-allocates: shares sum to 200%, not 100%
- criticalAll Distributions tier 5 over-allocates: shares sum to 200%, not 100%
- highDDQ gap: Does the fund engage an independent auditor?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Governance). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- highResidual split allocates 75%, not 100% (LP 50% + GP 25%)
- mediumDDQ gap: Does the fund use a third-party fund administrator?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Governance). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- mediumDDQ gap: What is the GP's capital commitment (skin in the game)?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Economics). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- mediumDisposition Fee (1%) is taken above the waterfallA performance- or transaction-linked fee paid above the waterfall reaches the GP before the LP's distribution priorities run, eroding the pool the pref + return-of-capital draw from. Routine asset-management fees above the line are normal; a disposition/promote-flavored fee there is a leak worth pricing.
- lowNo clawback provision — promote paid is not trued-up to the LP at wind-downThe fund pays the GP carried interest but has no clawback. If interim distributions over-pay promote relative to lifetime results, the LP cannot recover the difference. Common in real-estate funds, but worth confirming against the distribution timing.
DDQ readiness — 77% covered
10 answered · 0 partial · 3 gaps of 13 standard questions.