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PLAYGROUND Overview

Playground is a real estate sponsor developing small bay commercial condominiums for business and personal use. Under this model, units are platted and sold individually. This reduces operating risk, boosts IRR, and creates flexibility – while filling a substantial void in the market. The market for commercial garage condos is a $128B opportunity. This demand is driven by 23.7M millionaire households in the U.S. With a demonstrated penetration of at least 1.5%, this translates to 355,000 units of demand with less than 10,000 in existence today. Less than 3% of consumer demand has been met, allow PLAYGROUND to capitalize on a high demand, low supply market opportunity.

Make It Your Own

With over $500M in commercial real estate experience, Playground's founding partners Ben Lapidus and Gerrit VanMaanen have mastered the art of identifying untapped market potential. After building a $400M self-storage portfolio across 4.3M square feet in 15 states, they've set their sights on commercial condominiums—a market where less than 3% of $128B in demand has been met.

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$500M

in commercial real estate experience

4.3M SF

Commercial RE
owned & Operated

Commercial Transactions Complete

$128B

Total Addressable market

15%-95%

IRR range on Full Cycle Deals

Investor capital lost

Principal & Co-Founder - Ben Lapidus

Chief Executive and Co-founder of Playground and Best Ever Conference, the premier trade group for alternative asset syndication. Ben previously built Spartan Investment Group from scratch to $70M in annual revenue as the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investments for over $400M of acquisitions and $250M of debt, acquiring more than 3M sf of self-storage across 14 states.

Before Spartan, Ben founded and sold a multi-million dollar study abroad company and worked with several start-ups through IPO or acquisition. All in, he's built 7 businesses and failed twice. He graduated from Rutgers University with dual degrees in Finance and Economics where he founded the Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society.

Principal & Co-Founder - Gerrit Van Maanen

Principal and Co-founder of Playground, Gerrit was previously one of the first team members at Spartan Investment Group where he focused on ground up development. His responsibilities included site selection, entitlement, and development of $100M of self-storage, totaling over 800,000 square feet.

Gerrit also co-founded Spartan Construction Management and helped grow the company to fifteen employees and tens of millions in revenue. Gerrit purchased his first property at 19 years old and has been an active investor for nearly a decade. He graduated from The University of Iowa with a degree in Finance.
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Aligned

- Transparent Capital Structure: First 42% of sales satisfy debt, next 28%    return all equity, final 30% generate profit
- High Margin of Safety: Projects structured with built-in risk mitigation    through pre-sales and multiple exit strategies
- Skin in the Game: Partners deliver results based on extensive experience in    scaling real estate operations

Accountable

- Accelerated Timeline: Target hold period of less than 3 years with clear    milestones
- Scientific Approach: Data-driven market selection based on net worth    demographics, disposable income, and density metrics
- Presale Transparency: Regular reporting on sales velocity with typical    projects achieving 30-100% presales before completion

Asymmetric

- Market Position: Filling critical void between institutional industrial and self-   storage in growing markets
- Limited Competition: No institutional players dominating the space despite    proven demand
- Unmatched Flexibility: Multiple exit strategies from individual sales to bulk    purchases to NNN leases

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