Our expertise

At Delancey, we deliver commercial, societal and environmental outcomes through the creation and management of landmark real estate investment funds. We do this by connecting our experience and long-standing partnerships to real estate innovation, proven advice and our creative passion for property.

We manage a range of real estate investments for our advisory clients.

UK Real Estate Equity

Delancey’s pursues value added and opportunistic real estate investments in the UK, by identifying and investing in attractive sector specific themes with strong fundamentals and distressed / special situations. We invest across all sectors via equity, debt, public markets, platform creation, and strategic partnerships.

Real Estate Debt

Delancey targets a mix of whole loans, junior loans, mezzanine and preferred equity secured against high quality real estate across all sectors in the UK. We utilise Delancey’s ownership mindset to underwrite and price risk to deliver risk adjusted returns.

Impact Investing

Delancey was previously the investment advisor on a portfolio of UK social impact real estate investments. The portfolio invested in healthcare, residential and education. These investments had a dual objective of delivering investment returns and a measurable social impact.

Proactive Core

Delancey manages core portfolios on behalf of UK pension funds, other institutions and high net worth families, using our entrepreneurial approach and institutional framework, seeking to maximise the value of the portfolio. We apply a custodian mindset to create long-term value.

Multi-family – Core Plus

Established by Delancey and Oxford Properties in 2018, DOOR is a core plus fund which owns 39% of the Get Living platform. Created from its multi-family investments in DV4, Get Living is the UK’s leading build-to-rent operator of large-scale neighbourhoods, offering market-leading expertise derived from several years of actively operating the UK’s most prominent build-to-rent assets. In addition to being adviser for DOOR, Delancey also advises DOOR ‘s JV partners in the Get Living platform, which collectively own the remaining 61% of the platform.

International / NW1

Established in 2017, NW1 Partners sources real estate investment and development opportunities across the US, UK and Europe, providing access to multiple sectors, which include residential, industrial logistics and urban retail. Applying institutional expertise to overlooked opportunities in Small-Cap Property Investing, and pursuing high conviction investments, NW1 partners is strategically supported by Delancey. nw1partners.com 

 

Delancey’s evolution

1995

Delancey was founded by Jamie Ritblat

1995

DV1 launched: £100m opportunity fund

1998

DV2 launched: £128m opportunity fund

2003

DV3 launched: £330m opportunity fund

2004

Formed Metro Shopping Fund in JV with Land Securities

2005

DV4 launched: £1.1bn long-term capital accumulation vehicle

2006

DV3 acquisition of Allied London in JV with RBS

2007

Advised RBS on asset management and sale of 5 & 25 Canada Square in a £1.4bn transaction

2008

DV4 acquisition of Alpha Plus schools’ group

2010

DV3 sold 240 Regent Street: 7 flagship retail units, 3 floors of offices and roof-top restaurant Aqua

2010

DV4 acquisition of Royal Mint Court, a unique 5.4-acre site located opposite the Tower of London

2011

DV4 £557m acquisition of Athletes’ Village, London 2012 Olympics in JV with Qatari Diar

2011

£1.2bn take-private of Minerva plc, LSE listed business, in JV with Ares

2011

DV4 acquisition of Elephant Road site, Elephant & Castle

2012

Selected by RBS to manage work out of the Blade Portfolio, comprising 12 retail-led mixed use assets

2012

Launched Get Living, the first Build-to-Rent residential platform of scale in the UK

2014

Creation and launch of Here East a 1.2 million sq ft technology hub and innovation centre

2014

Creation of big box logistics platform db symmetry in JV with Barwood

2016

Triangle launched: Housing rental co-investment partnership

2017

Established NW1 Partners. Sources real estate investment and development opportunities across the US, UK and Europe

2018

DOOR launched: £1.2bn residential core plus fund

2018

Selected by Franklin Templeton as real estate advisor and asset manager

2018

Sale of Royal Mint Court to the People’s Republic of China for new UK embassy

2019

Established MetroBox, retail warehouse platform JV with Tritax

2019

DV4 Acquisition of Earls Court with APG, for new landmark development, in JV with TfL

2021

Sold 30 Fenchurch Street for £635m

2021

DCIF launched: £200m credit and income fund

2022

Acquisition of remaining share of Castlepoint Shopping Park completes in JV with Colombia Threadneedle Investments

2022

Established Greenlight Urban, a logistics JV with Coltham Asset Management

2022

Delancey selected by Coal Pension Trustees (CPT) to manage the real estate portfolio of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme (MPS)

1995
2022

Above is a brief selection of key events in Delancey’s history.

Our Approach

At Delancey, our investment strategies are based on an approach we call knowledgeable opportunism.  We look for opportunities that require us to move fast and negotiate hard. But the decision to move on any opportunity is based on many years’ experience and the way in which we exploit it is carefully considered. We have developed an extensive network of contacts that often gives us access to knowledge and opportunities ahead of the rest of the market.

Our Partners

We have an extensive history in advising discretionary and non-discretionary capital, and often opt to involve trusted partners who can bring operating expertise, capital or access to direct and indirect property investments, particularly in market sectors with high barriers to entry. Partners range from global financial institutions, public and private pension funds, government entities and sovereign investment funds.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We acknowledge that our employees are one of our most important assets. It is our responsibility to ensure that they have the tools and support to succeed in their roles. Our DEI Strategy brings structure to how we create and promote a culture of inclusion and celebrate diversity. Please click the link to read our full DEI Statement. We are also committed to promoting and encourage diversity and inclusion in the wider industry and world in which we operate.  DEI organisations which we are members of include Real Estate Balance, WIRE (Women in Real Estate), The Academy of Real Assets and the Diversity Project.

DEI Statement
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