Sponsor Profile

Walton Global Holdings

Scottsdale, AZ · Founded 1979 · walton.com · Reviewed July 2026

Walton Global Holdings is a land asset manager with a 45-plus-year history, managing $3.35 billion and specializing in pre-development land that it supplies to U.S. homebuilders—a genuinely distinctive 1031 asset class.…

Baker 1031 Investments is an independent broker-dealer representative and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Walton Global Holdings. This page is Baker 1031’s own research profile of the sponsor. Walton Global Holdings and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner, used here for identification only.

Assets Under Mgmt
$3.35B
Full-Cycle Deals
76
Avg Annual Return
8.47%
Avg Equity Multiple
1.38x
Avg Hold
6.95 Years
Full-Cycle Success
77.6%
Year Founded
1979
Headquarters
Scottsdale, AZ

Walton Global Holdings Overview

Walton Global Holdings is a land asset manager with a 45-plus-year history, managing $3.35 billion and specializing in pre-development land that it supplies to U.S. homebuilders—a genuinely distinctive 1031 asset class. Controlling more than 85,000 acres across 170-plus master-planned communities and serving some 88,000 global investors across 91 countries, Walton has institutionalized land banking through its Builder Land Finance structure, recently bolstered by a 2025 GoldenTree co-investment. The land-to-homebuilder model offers diversification from income real estate but carries entitlement and absorption risk distinct from cash-flowing assets.

Walton Global Holdings Strategies & Advantages

  • Specializes in pre-development land supplied to U.S. homebuilders, a distinctive 1031 asset class.
  • Operates a Builder Land Finance structure that institutionalizes land banking.
  • Controls 85,000+ acres across 170+ master-planned communities.
  • Serves ~88,000 global investors across 91 countries.
  • Manages $3.35 billion (2025 GoldenTree co-investment); carries entitlement/absorption risk distinct from income real estate.
These describe the sponsor’s approach and potential advantages only, and should be weighed against the risks common to DST investments — illiquidity, loss of principal, and no guaranteed distributions. Full risk factors are in each offering’s Private Placement Memorandum.

Walton Global Holdings Track Record

Walton Global Holdings has 76 full-cycle programs in the Baker 1031 dataset, averaging 8.47% annual return, a 1.38x average equity multiple, and a 6.9-year average hold.

Deal-by-deal full-cycle track record
InvestmentLocationAsset ClassHoldEquity MultipleAnnual Return
Agate Warbonnet Las Vegas, NV Land 2.71 1.26x 10.23%
Alexander's Crossing - Crest Washington, DC Land 10.83 1.66x 4.79%
Alexander's Crossing - Estates Washington, DC Land 10.83 1.56x 4.22%
Alexander's Crossing - Park Washington, DC Land 10.58 1.47x 3.74%
Alexander's Crossing - Place Washington, DC Land 10.25 1.90x 6.45%
Alexander's Crossing - Point Washington, DC Land 10.25 1.48x 3.89%
Alexander's Crossing - Run Washington, DC Land 5.09 2.10x 15.66%
Alexander's Crossing - Way Washington, DC Land 9.5 1.28x 2.58%
Bakers Farm Atlanta, GA Land 13.48 1.09x 0.74%
Benck's Farm Chicago, IL Land 6.58 1.75x 28.31%
Bluff Springs 2 - RUC Austin, TX Land 3.76 1.35x 8.22%
Cactus Springs Phoenix, AZ Land 2.78 1.02x 0.64%
Caldwell Link Austin, TX Land 13.76 1.29x 1.84%
Caldwell Passage Austin, TX Land 13.74 1.27x 1.77%
Caldwell Ranch - Dev LP Austin, TX Land 15.4 1.81x 3.93%
Caldwell Ranch - LP Austin, TX Land 15.4 1.80x 3.89%
Caldwell- Southern US Land 2, 100 Acres Austin, TX Land 6.68 1.71x 8.32%
Carothers Crossing PDL Nashville, TN Land 8.47 1.93x 16.99%
Carothers Crossing VDL Nashville, TN Land 5.58 1.99x 31.00%
Casa Grande Commons - USLF2 Phoenix, AZ Land 12.45 0.54x -4.83%
Coley/University Research Park Atlanta, GA Land 8.39 1.86x 8.00%
Cornerstone Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 3.18 0.87x -4.28%
Cotton Center - Austin Land LP - RUC Austin, TX Land 3.6 0.98x -0.56%
Cotton Center - Silver Crossing LP - RUC Austin, TX Land 3.67 0.85x -4.33%
Cross Creek Phoenix, AZ Land 9.42 0.92x -0.88%
Deer Hills I Rockford, IL Land 6.03 0.13x -28.71%
Deer Hills II Rockford, IL Land 6.03 0.17x -25.46%
Edenwood Atlanta, GA Land 7.94 2.42x 30.05%
Elm Creek - Dev LP Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 12.06 1.52x 3.50%
Elm Creek - LP Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 12.06 1.54x 3.56%
Escondida Riverside, CA Land 8.66 1.57x 8.00%
Fields at Walnut Creek Atlanta, GA Land 7.68 1.02x 0.24%
Garrett Sagewood Riverside, CA Land 2.77 1.15x 7.72%
Grayson - Garland Heights 1 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 3.18 0.49x -20.09%
Grayson - Silver Crossing Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 3.18 0.49x -20.09%
Grayson - South Grayson Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 3.18 0.52x -18.59%
Greenway Trails Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 5.03 2.50x 29.75%
Grove Village Atlanta, GA Land 1.78 2.92x 87.38%
Harmony Hills Atlanta, GA Land 2.94 1.88x 27.23%
Heritage Point Atlanta, GA Land 8.16 2.26x 12.49%
Hunt County Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 4.59 0.88x -2.75%
Kenwood Village Washington, DC Land 7.65 1.09x 1.10%
Kimberlin Heights - Dev LP Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 11.62 1.49x 3.50%
Kimberlin Heights - LP Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 11.62 1.53x 3.73%
Lake Alfred Lakeland, FL Land 5.54 1.51x 15.32%
Lakewood Springs Chicago, IL Land 5.98 1.34x 7.97%
Liberty Park Atlanta, GA Land 7.94 2.46x 44.95%
Lost Creek Sub. Atlanta, GA Land 7.94 2.12x 27.45%
Madison Lakes Sub. Atlanta, GA Land 6.97 1.26x 3.55%
Monte Verde - RUC Phoenix, AZ Land 3.54 1.23x 6.09%
Moreno Valley Riverside, CA Land 2.38 1.13x 7.83%
Oak Springs Atlanta, GA Land 2.19 1.75x 34.68%
Peak at University Parkway Atlanta, GA Land 14.39 1.07x 0.45%
Picacho View 1 Phoenix, AZ Land 2.81 0.62x -15.64%
Picacho View 2 Phoenix, AZ Land 2.81 0.58x -17.62%
Picacho View 3 Phoenix, AZ Land 2.81 0.62x -15.64%
Piney Lake Denver, CO Land 5.88 1.81x 12.96%
Red Oak Crossing Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 12.75 1.34x 3.44%
Reserve Club Atlanta, GA Land 6.03 1.43x 8.00%
River Park Charlotte, NC Land 5.5 1.05x 0.99%
River Pointe Charlotte, NC Land 5.98 2.07x 39.39%
Riverbend West Rockford, IL Land 6.03 0.19x -24.07%
Sandia Troon Phoenix, AZ Land 4.54 1.31x 8.00%
Seasons at Pendergrass UDI Atlanta, GA Land 0.94 1.18x 19.09%
Seasons of Pendergrass Atlanta, GA Land 1.68 3.22x 130.72%
Sekani West Spokane, WA Land 2.19 1.25x 9.10%
Sunshine Industrial - Dev LP Phoenix, AZ Land 13.93 0.85x -1.16%
Sunshine Industrial - LP Phoenix, AZ Land 13.93 0.89x -0.83%
The Georgian Sub. Atlanta, GA Land 7.93 2.14x 21.18%
The Ridges at Concord Charlotte, NC Land 3.18 1.10x 3.70%
Tortosa Phoenix, AZ Land 6.21 1.30x 4.97%
Turner Crest Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Land 6.95 1.72x 7.83%
Verano Riverside, CA Land 1.74 1.10x 7.90%
Vista Bonita Residential Phoenix, AZ Land 1.64 1.33x 18.50%
Vista Ranch Phoenix, AZ Land 8.62 1.13x 1.42%
Woodward Crossing Atlanta, GA Land 4.41 1.81x 20.58%

Figures are sponsor-reported and not independently verified; they may reflect selection and survivorship bias, and past performance does not guarantee future results. “Preferred” is Baker’s internal designation, not a rating or endorsement.

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Sponsor figures are sponsor-reported and not independently verified; they may reflect selection and survivorship bias, and past performance does not guarantee future results. This profile is educational and is not investment advice or an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security. Offerings are available only to accredited investors and are made solely through the sponsor’s Private Placement Memorandum. Securities offered through Aurora Securities, member FINRA/SIPC. Real estate investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.