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Our development capability
As well as being buyers and sellers of properties and real estate securities, we are also experienced commercial real estate developers, with a dedicated team in the UK and a specialist based in our Paris office. Our real estate fund managers can take advantage of this expertise in running their portfolios.
We’ve developed properties across all sectors of the UK market, from major shopping centres to small industrial units and trophy city office buildings.
Our development process
Our development projects include the purchase of land and the construction of new buildings, as well as the refurbishment and redevelopment of existing buildings.
Our approach is flexible. We undertake direct developments, appointing our own consultants and contractors where appropriate and taking on 100% of the risks and returns for our clients. We also undertake joint ventures, where the risks are shared, allowing us to spread, source and invest in a more diverse range of opportunities.
Development team
We have an experienced in-house team of development managers and technical engineers.
Mark Watt
Head of UK Institutional Real Estate Funds
Mark joined the industry in 1989 and is experienced in direct real estate investment, development and asset management across all commercial sectors of the UK market. He has held a number of roles within Standard Life Investments' real estate team, and is currently responsible for the teams managing our UK institutional funds including the UK Shopping Centre and Retail Park Trusts, the Long Lease Property Fund and several segregated mandates.
