About CNL

The CNL story begins in 1973 with a $5,000 loan—father to son—one entrepreneur sponsoring another. That seed, nurtured and protected, has grown through the miracle of compounding into CNL Financial Group, Inc., one of the nation’s largest and most respected private real estate investment and development companies.

Chairman’s Message | Our Partners and Customers

CNL is a global business that accesses capital and invests in real estate strategies for the benefit of our stakeholders. We do that by incubating or acquiring businesses that fall into three distinct categories.

At CNL, our vision is to be THE preferred place to work, to partner, to invest and to dream. … It’s a cultural thing. And when it comes to CNL culture, TSN is there, keeping our associates informed of important events, both within our corporate campus and out in the community. It’s also your window on our world.

A legacy is more than the transfer of assets, it is also the transfer of ideas and values. At CNL we believe in the public square, the free and open exchange of ideas. Here we share some of the books we’ve been reading and discussing, as well as position papers from our leadership team, drawn from our real-estate centric perspective.