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Ray Palmer, Executive Chairman of Palmer Capital, reveals the secrets behind providing venture capital backing for property companies.
Venture capital is about capturing value from backing ambitious people and believing that with help and guidance, they will quickly amass knowledge and experience to match that raw ambition. So, it is a people business – finding incredibly smart, connected people who have an exceptionally strong idea in their head about how they want to succeed in […]
How do you transition a single let science park to a multi let science park
Colworth Park has been a centre for R&D excellence since Unilever first acquired the site in 1947. The unique setting offers the ideal combination of proximity and access to Britain’s top universities, expansion space for growing businesses, and beautifully landscaped grounds, which together serve to foster innovation on-site. Today, Unilever remains a core presence at Colworth, with […]
The Digital Shift is finally here
Having recently celebrated the anniversary of the allied victory at Waterloo, perhaps we should also remember that it marked the end of the Industrial Revolution. Today we are in the middle of a second revolution, a digital one, due to the exponential growth in technology and processing power doubling broadly every year. Real estate is one of […]
What next for European Real Estate?
Despite continuing geopolitical uncertainties close to home (Ukraine, Greece) the continental European property markets are now on a general upswing which we expect to continue in the medium term. Led by Scandinavia and Germany, and trailed by Italy, every region is anticipating a pick-up in rental growth and continuing falls in yields. In some markets […]
Cantium sells Sussex retail park
Cantium Developments has sold the Acorn Retail Park development in Crawley, West Sussex, for £19.5m. The Palmer Capital-backed company has forward-sold the asset to clients of Aberdeen Asset Management at a price reflecting a 4.75% yield. Aberdeen will act as funding partner throughout the development project. The 42,001 sq ft scheme has been entirely prelet […]
Agents pick the most significant Deals (for the six months to end of September)
Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside Type of deal Investment Vendor Indigo Real Estate Purchaser Maya Capital Size 93,571 sq ft Price £13.08m Chosen by Dickon Wood, head of capital markets, Knight Frank This summer Indigo Real Estate sold Cobalt 15 to Maya Capital for around £13m, giving it a return of approaching 100% on an investment made just […]
Albion’s Dream
Even its new owners admit Albion House in Woking is “not a looker.” Yet it could be about to provide stellar returns for Palmer Capital’s Wrenbridge vehicle. The 41,000 sq ft block will be refurbished, re-let and sold back to the institutional market by mid-2016, a little over a year after Wrenbridge bought it from […]
54 Hagley Road fully let after deal agreed
The building was acquired earlier this year by Henley-based Opus Land with the backing of Palmer Capital for a total of £23 million from Westbrook Partners 54 Hagley Road, Edgbaston An office development in Edgbaston is now fully let after securing a host of new tenants. For the first time since the building was refurbished […]
Where next for the industry?
The post-2008 period has seen changes across the real estate investment management world, with mergers like Blackrock and MGPA and takeovers like Palmer’s of Invista. However, it’s fair to say the industry has been less shaken up than most of us expected, and the questions must be “why?” and “where next?”. Real estate managers have the advantage […]
Disappearing Act – London’s growing shed crisis
Housing crisis. Record low office vacancy. These subjects regularly make headlines, but they are not the only factors putting a strain on London’s property market. Industrial land across the capital is rapidly disappearing and there could be a (rising) price to pay. It is not just big set pieces such as Nine Elms, SW8, and […]