Development capabilities

Our development capabilities

As well as being buyers and sellers of properties and real estate securities, we are also experienced real estate developers. All our real estate fund managers can take advantage of this expertise in running their portfolios.

We have developed properties across all sectors of the UK market, from city office buildings and major shopping centres to smaller industrial units.

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

Mark Watt

Head of UK Institutional Real Estate Funds

Mark has over 20 years of direct real estate investment, development and asset management experience across all commercial sectors of the UK market. He has held a number of roles within Standard Life Investments' real estate team since joining in 1989, and is currently responsible for the teams managing our core 3rd party UK institutional funds, including; the UK Shopping Centre and Retail Park Trusts, the Long Lease Property Fund and several segregated mandates.