Sponsor profile
SEC filings + cited sources
Moody National is the DST-sponsorship platform of Moody National Companies, a vertically integrated commercial real estate firm founded in 1996 and headquartered in Houston. The DST sponsor entity is Moody National Realty Company, supported by affiliated acquisitions, development, asset-management, and property-management operations. Moody National Companies reports raising over $3 billion of equity from more than 3,000 investors across more than 60 private placement programs, with approximately $2.1 billion of assets under management. Its Delaware Statutory Trust programs span hospitality, multifamily, and office assets concentrated in Texas markets, including Houston and Austin.
Platform and sponsor identity
Moody National's Delaware Statutory Trust programs are sponsored through Moody National Realty Company, with Moody National Companies operating as the vertically integrated parent that provides acquisitions, asset management, construction, development, and property management to affiliated DST programs 1. The firm was founded in 1996 and is headquartered at 9655 Katy Freeway, Suite 600, Houston, Texas 2. Across its private placement history, Moody National Companies reports raising more than $3 billion of equity from over 3,000 investors across more than 60 programs, with approximately $2.1 billion of assets under management 3.
Representative completed DST programs
Closed Moody National DST offerings include Moody Rainey DWTN Austin, a hospitality program of $87,200,000; Moody Med Center 1, a hotel program of $33,505,000; and Moody 77024, a multifamily program of $22,545,000 4. Earlier multifamily programs include Moody RI SW Austin, Moody CY Waterbury, Moody Mosaic, and Moody Village One DST, which closed in July 2018 4.
Houston office holding
Moody Village Towers DST holds a Class-A mixed-use office building with ground-floor retail at 9655 Katy Freeway in the Memorial Hedwig Village neighborhood of West Houston, developed in 2019 5.
An affiliate of the sponsor, the non-listed Moody National REIT II, Inc., had stockholders approve a Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution on September 30, 2025 6.