[1][2][3] AJ Capital Partners was founded by Ben Weprin,[4] the current CEO, in 2008.
[5][6][7][2][8] The company launched the Graduate Hotels chain in 2014, later selling it to Hilton Worldwide in 2024.
[9][10] In 2012, AJ Capital Partners collaborated with Soho House Group to develop a rubber belt factory in Chicago's West Loop into a Soho House, an urban, members only club and hotel.
[1][2][11] In 2021, AJ Capital Partners announced the Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts, a collection of luxury properties along the Scottish Golf Coast opening in summer 2021 along with the recent purchase of the Slieve Donard in Newcastle County Down, Northern Ireland.
In 2023, AJ Capital Partners announced Memoir Residential, a novel approach to contemporary urban living, and Field & Stream Lodge Co., a joint venture with Starwood Capital Group.