Aging demographics and evolving medical delivery models create increased demand for several forms of healthcare infrastructure, specifically medical office buildings, life science, specialty healthcare facilities and certain forms of senior living.

Education real estate supports the entire life cycle, of the student from pre-kindergarten through doctorate-level learning. The most investable subsectors include university student housing, school infrastructure, and early education. As such, this sector serves a variety of demographic cohorts but is unified by the need to maintain excellence in an increasingly competitive economy.

Benefitting from several major demographic tailwinds along with certain life events, Self-Storage has long been a poster child for resilience to economic cycles. The sector also includes niches like cold storage with greater demands on fit-out and operations. The wide range of uses and frequent price rebalancing allow adaptation to most any economic climate.

The Virtus workforce housing strategy centers around providing high-quality yet affordable housing primarily to “grey collar” tenants, such as teachers, first responders and healthcare providers. The combination of enduring tenancy demand throughout market cycles and structural barriers to entry for developing competitive supply make this a most compelling segment of the Virtus built space strategy.