We invest our shareholders’ money into every project we do.
Our shareholders are John Milligan, Mark Morgan, Richardson Developments and JW Kaempfer.
Richardson Developments
Richardson Developments, one of the UK’s largest private property development companies, has an extensive track record of developing commercial property throughout Europe. Retail developments include Merry Hill and Fort Retail Parks in Birmingham, York and Edinburgh. Richardsons has recently successfully opened Westwood Cross in Kent and Ropewalk Shopping Centre in Nuneaton. Leisure and hotel developments include Star City. Birmingham and the Copthorne Hotel in the Midlands.
JW Kaempfer
JW Kaempfer is the Chairman of London based McArthurGlen, Europe’s leading developer owner and manager of designer outlet centres. With 13 villages across the UK, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy, featuring 650 top brands in over 1300 stores and 3 million sq ft of gross lettable area, they attract over 50 million visitors each year. Kaempfer is also chairman of Washington DC based Kaempfer company which he founded in 1977 and has built and / or owns 6m sq ft of prime commercial real estate in the US. This includes the Westin Grand in Washington.
We have worked with and established relationships with the following banks:-
Morgan Stanley
LloydsTsb
HBOS
Ariel
Other financial partners have included:-
The Blackstone Group
Pacific Investments
Manchester Airport Group
Credit Suisse
How we work
We put together the team that is responsible for delivering the project: architects, designers, contractors, agents, research consultants and promotion experts. Whatever the skills required, we find the best people. And we manage the team so that the project is delivered on time and to budget.
What sets us apart from many other asset managers is that we invest in the retail centre alongside our investor partners. When you decide that the market is right for you to sell, we are keen to stay on the project and continue in our role as asset manager.
By the time you want to sell, we will have proved to the retailers that the way we manage their centre does bring in the sales they want. They are therefore keen for us to carry on managing the centre so that it continues to deliver the growth they seek.
Our message to retailers is that we are in it for the long term. And it’s important that we don’t let them down.