Kumo Property Group · Central Texas
We buy, improve and own space businesses can work in.
Invest. Improve. Steward.
We buy property with potential, improve it with a plan, and hold it for the long term. A privately funded Central Texas property company focused on acquiring, improving, and holding practical space for local businesses. We invest for our own account, with bounded improvement plans and attention to long-term operating needs.
Why owners and operators choose Kumo
Four things you can count on.
Principal capital
A straight answer, quickly.
Kumo buys for its own account with founder capital. The people who evaluate your property are the people who fund the purchase—so each opportunity is evaluated against available capital, capacity, and a property-specific plan.
Plan before price
We tell you what we would do with it.
Every offer comes with a property-specific plan: the use, the improvements, the constraints we see. You can judge whether the plan is credible before you judge the number.
Certainty at closing
Diligence before closing.
We coordinate diligence and closing with the active title provider selected for the transaction. Kumo Title is a planned phase-two business and is not currently accepting title or closing work.
Ownership that stays
A landlord who answers.
We hold what we buy. Sellers see their property cared for; tenants get a named contact, written expectations, and maintenance that responds.
Four ways to work with Kumo
One property company. Four front doors.
Each engagement stands on its own economics and accountability. Choose the conversation you need.
Sell to Kumo
Sell a property.
Land, commercial and industrial buildings, owner-occupied business property, and sale-leasebacks in Central Texas. Publish-your-criteria buying, so you can self-select.
Development
Bring a project to a workable plan.
Repositioning existing buildings, readying rural and lake property for use, and site readiness for the way people will live and work.
Business space
Find a place to get to work.
Kumo-owned commercial and industrial space with verified operating facts, straightforward leasing, and move-in support.
Ownership
See how we run what we own.
Written leases, clean records, responsive maintenance, and early renewal conversations—the Kumo ownership standard.
What we look for
Property with a credible use—and a reason Kumo has an edge.
We publish our acquisition screen so owners and brokers can self-select. Six questions: Is it somewhere we understand? Is there a credible use? Is the improvement scope bounded? Do the economics work at a conservative basis? Can we operate it well after closing? Is there a reason Kumo, specifically, is the right buyer?
If most of those are a yes, it is worth a conversation.
Our initial acquisition focus
- Existing small-bay industrial and flex properties serving local businesses
- Owner-occupied professional offices with adaptable layouts and a credible long-term use
- Selective sale-leasebacks supported by tenant diligence and sustainable occupancy costs
- Properties where a bounded improvement plan can address condition, power, connectivity, or usability
- Land or other property only when a specific use, approvals path, and capital plan are understood
Central Texas focus. Deal size considered case by case.
Built for how people will live and work
Power, connectivity, access, and adaptability now decide what a property is worth.
We look beyond today’s floor plan: can the site support a growing local business, changing equipment, electric-vehicle charging, backup power, or a different use over time? Those are diligence questions, answered from the actual property and local requirements with the right professionals—not promises of approvals or returns.
Explore building readiness with Kumo Modernization →
Readiness questions we ask
- Electrical service and room to grow
- Internet and connectivity options at the site
- Truck, customer, and equipment access
- Water, wastewater, and drainage
- Use constraints, permits, and what changes would trigger
Leadership
Experienced judgment. A personal stake.
Managing Partner Dan Russell spent four decades at IBM, working internationally before returning home to Texas. A sixth-generation Texan, he brings business discipline and a hands-on redeveloper’s perspective to every property. Partner Amber Russell brings nearly two decades of Texas legal practice, including complex real estate and commercial matters.
Kumo is funded by its partners. Decisions are made by the people who put up the capital and who will still own the property in ten years.
One family of companies. Clear roles.
Kumo Property Group is the property company.
Kumo Title is our planned phase-two title business and is not currently active. Kumo Modernization plans power, connectivity, and resilience for existing buildings. Our wider network includes LOAR PLLC, Amber Russell ADR, Kumo Development, and Jaye Commercial Group. Each is a separate engagement; using one never requires using another.
Start a conversation
Tell us about the property.
Where it is, what you hope to achieve, and your timing. A partner reads every message.
A twenty-year direction, one sound property at a time.
Our intended scope is a concentrated portfolio of useful Central Texas business properties. Begin with existing buildings whose condition and operating needs can be understood, improve them in phases, and retain flexibility as tenants, equipment, and energy needs change.
Capital discipline before expansion
Each purchase must fit available capital after reserves, carrying costs, and contingencies. Review vacancy, tenant concentration, insurance, taxes, maintenance, debt maturity, and a slower-than-expected lease-up before committing. Deal size is considered individually; no acquisition budget or funding capacity is implied by the website.
Improve what owners and tenants can use
Prioritize dependable building systems, access, maintainability, and adaptable space. Consider energy and connectivity improvements where their cost and responsibilities are justified. New technology is an option to evaluate, not the investment thesis by itself.
Grow with operating capacity
Acquire selectively, stabilize and document the operating model, then repeat only when the team and reserves can support another property. Property management is for Kumo-owned assets; this is not an offer of third-party management or a public investment fund.
Submit an opportunity
Send location, property type, size, current use or occupancy, asking terms, known constraints, and your relationship to the owner. Share confidential leases or financial records only after an appropriate exchange process is agreed.