Michael Bidinger

Michael Paul Bidinger is a Partner at Alpine Grove Partners. The firm profile lists him as London-based and says he joined the firm in 2006. He is responsible for strategy formation and capital raising and is a member of Alpine Grove’s Investment Committee.

Before joining Alpine Grove, Bidinger was a Vice President in the Acquisitions Department at Secured Capital Japan, now PAG Real Estate. Earlier in his career, he held project-finance roles at Kanematsu Corporation and worked in venture capital at Ibizcube Japan.

Bidinger holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with a concentration in Finance and a minor in Japanese. Alpine Grove’s profile also identifies him as a CFA charterholder.

Alpine Grove Partners describes itself as an independent real estate private equity firm established in 1999. The firm says it has raised more than $6.5 billion of equity, invested into more than $23 billion of assets, established 29 private real estate operating companies, and completed more than 200 transactions.

• Alpine Grove’s stated strategy is to acquire or establish real estate operating companies that invest in and manage real estate assets.
• The firm says its target investments sit at the “intersection of real estate, operating businesses, and special situations.”
• Geographic focus is high-quality markets in Western Europe and Japan, with listed focus regions including Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, and the U.K.
• Alpine Grove looks for dislocations in resilient markets, operationally intensive sectors, methodical downside-protected pricing, transformative business plans, and proactive exits.
• The firm emphasizes local operating-company platforms with specialized management teams by geography and asset class.
• Alpine Grove’s pricing framework favors in-place metrics such as price per foot, yield-on-cost, and replacement cost, long-term fundamentals, and unlevered analysis.