Professional, Experienced, Proven

A specialist UK real estate investment management business working with institutional funds, family offices and private equity.

Delivering superior absolute and risk adjusted returns through responsible investment and development

23%
Average realised IRR (Per Deal)
1.68x
Average equity multiple (Per Deal)
£675m
Gross Asset Value Transacted
£461m
Total GDV of developments delivered
35
Assets transacted
1.10m Sq.Ft
Total space delivered

Our team has worked together for over 15 years and collectively we have extensive experience across all real estate sectors within the UK. We approach real estate from the investors perspective with an acute focus on the detail as well as the ‘bigger picture’ to ensure that we protect and create value.

Bradley Cassels, Co-Founder

Bradley co-founded Portland Capital in 2017 and is responsible for overall investment and asset management strategy. Bradley started his career in 1999 at Jones Lang LaSalle working in London in the Capital Markets team and then moved to Investream in 2002. He joined Development Securities Plc in 2004 and ultimately became the Director responsible for all investment and joint venture activity.

Romain Palpacuer, Director

Bradley co-founded Portland Capital in 2017 and is responsible for overall investment and asset management strategy. Bradley started his career in 1999 at Jones Lang LaSalle working in London in the Capital Markets team and then moved to Investream in 2002. He joined Development Securities Plc in 2004 and ultimately became the Director responsible for all investment and joint venture activity.

Laurence Martin, Co-Founder

Bradley co-founded Portland Capital in 2017 and is responsible for overall investment and asset management strategy. Bradley started his career in 1999 at Jones Lang LaSalle working in London in the Capital Markets team and then moved to Investream in 2002. He joined Development Securities Plc in 2004 and ultimately became the Director responsible for all investment and joint venture activity.

Partnership Investing

Portland Capital identifies, structures, and actively manages investment and development opportunities alongside its capital partners. We focus on taking an entrepreneurial approach to real estate, delivering attractive absolute and risk adjusted returns.

We invest in underperforming, undermanaged or obsolete real estate which has potential to deliver strong and sustainable growth through planning, development and proactive asset management.

Investment Management Services

We provide bespoke investment management advice to institutional funds, family offices, lenders and individual investors.

We offer a broad range of services across the life cycle of a project from acquisition underwriting & execution, financial modelling / analysis through to business plan formation/execution and strategic disposal advice. Asset Management and Development Management are at the core of what we do.

Asset Management
  • Strategic review in line with investor objectives and formation of specific asset plans over 1-5 year period.
  • Identifying opportunities to protect and drive value through lease restructuring, rent reviews, repositioning and planning.
  • Management of third party lenders including regular reporting and analysis.
  • Overseeing all day to day operational activity relating to both revenue and costs to optimise net operational income.
  • Regular high quality reporting against asset plan incorporating financial analysis.
Development Management
  • Strategic review in line with investor objectives and formation of specific asset plans over 1-5 year period.
  • Identifying opportunities to protect and drive value through lease restructuring, rent reviews, repositioning and planning.
  • Management of third party lenders including regular reporting and analysis.
  • Overseeing all day to day operational activity relating to both revenue and costs to optimise net operational income.
  • Regular high quality reporting against asset plan incorporating financial analysis.
Financial Analysis/ Modelling
  • Strategic review in line with investor objectives and formation of specific asset plans over 1-5 year period.
  • Identifying opportunities to protect and drive value through lease restructuring, rent reviews, repositioning and planning.
  • Management of third party lenders including regular reporting and analysis.
  • Overseeing all day to day operational activity relating to both revenue and costs to optimise net operational income.
  • Regular high quality reporting against asset plan incorporating financial analysis.

Case Studies

Rom Valley Retail Park, Romford
  • 80,000 sq.ft multi-let retail park
  • Restructuring leases, planning obtained for foodstore use on part. Feasibility for full residential led redevelopment.
  • GDV: £375m
  • Private Equity partner
Wick Lane Wharf, London E3
  • 112 live/work residential block
  • Planning consent obtained for residential (C3). Refurbishment strategy implemented. Sales & marketing strategy implemented.
  • GDV: £50m
  • Private Equity partner

Contact

Portland Capital Real Estate Ltd
30 Berwick Street London W1F 8RH