| Award: |
Investor of the Year, CEE |
| Name of company: |
Tristan Capital Partners |
| Name of President or Managing Director for the region: |
Karol Bartos, Executive Director, Porftolio & Asset Management |
| Description of company and team: |
Tristan Capital Partners is an independent London-based real estate investment management boutique that is regarded as one of the leaders in the European marketplace. Across 8 offices, our 85 staff combine continuity and experience with judgment and a reputation for execution and delivering to our clients. Our team has worked together for over 15 years across 8 funds with investments worth €9bn. |
| Regions active in (in which countries the company operates): |
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg. |
| Portfolio: |
Current portfolio owned by Funds managed by Tristan includes over 340 properties with the estimated value of 5bn Euro. |
| Office projects included in the portfolio: |
Relevant office projects in CEE include: Warsaw Financial Center (49,800 sqm) Mokotow Nova (43,000 sqm) Enterprise Park (36,000 sqm) Praha City Center (24,000 sqm) |
| The value of office properties held by investor (in EUR): |
Approx. 600m Euro. |
| Retail projects included in the portfolio: |
Park Handlowy Zakopianka, Krakow (58,000 sqm) PH Arena, Gliwice (36,000 sqm) CH Dabrowka, Katowice (21,000 sqm) Galeria Borek, Wroclaw (33,000 sqm) Centrum Handlowe Turzyn, Szczecin (30,000 sqm) Centrum Handlowe Jantar, Slupsk (43,000 sqm) |
| The value of retail properties held by investor (in EUR) : |
Over 300m Euro |
| Warehouse projects: |
None. Tristan's warehouse portfolio in Poland and Czech Republic included over 1.8m sqm of industrial space and was sold in the early 2015 to Segro (Polish part) and P3/TPG (Czech part) for an aggregate amount of approx. 600m Euro. |
| The value of warehouse properties held by investor (in EUR): |
600m Euro of properties sold in course of the year. |
| The largest purchase transactions between November 2014 and October 2015 (subject of the transaction, its total take up area and value in EUR): |
Over the past 12 months Tristan has closed over 18 transactions totalling nearly 2bn Euro. In CEE the only transaction included acquisition of Enterprise Park in Krakow from Avestus Real Estate. Enterprise Park is a 36,000 sqm GLA office park with additional 24,000 sqm to be developed. |
| Future plans : |
Tristan's has recently closed the fundraising of the CCP IV fund with 425m Euro commitments and EPISO 4 fund with 1.5 bn in equity commitments giving it's a total fire power of close to 5bn Euro, which will be allocated to investments across Tristan's core markets. |
| The value of the funds for the investment, whether the investor is permanently established in countries in the region, the number of employees: |
Tristan currently manages 8 funds with AUM of 5bn Euro. The company has also recently successfully raise two new funds: CCP IV fund with 425m Euro commitments and EPISO 4 fund with 1.5 bn in equity commitments giving it's a total fire power of close to 5bn. |
| Acquisition activity across the CEE real estate markets between November 2014 and October 2015: |
In 2015 Tristan managed EPISO 3 fund has acquired Enterprise Park in Krakow from Avestus Real Estate. |
| Why the company deserves the award (in a paragraph you can describe the specific achievements of the company): |
Over the past 6 years Tristan has grown to be a market leading, pan-European multiple fund manager with team of 85 professionals in 8 offices across Europe. The team has collectively managed 25bn of assets under management. Tristan's impressively active on the transaction side of the business with approximately 18 transaction (acquisitions and dispositions) occurring in every year. |
| Company website : |
www.tristancap.com |
| Logo: |
Can be provided on request |
