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Investor of the Decade, CEE
Griffin Real Estate is the largest and most active investment manager in private equity real estate in CEE. Griffin originates and manages private equity type investments into real estate-related companies and assets. Griffin invests on behalf of both its owners and its renowned international investors. The gross asset value of Griffin-managed investments across eight different platforms exceeds EUR 5 billion.
NAME OF COMPANY
Griffin Real Estate
NAME OF PRESIDENT OR MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR THE REGION
Maciej Dyjas, Nebil Senman – Managing Partners
PRESIDENT OR MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR THE REGION PROFILE
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Type of investor
Opportunistic / Value-Add / Core Plus
REGIONS ACTIVE IN (IN WHICH COUNTRIES THE COMPANY OPERATES)
Poland
OFFICE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN PORTFOLIO
Office projects developed by Echo Investment – one of Griffin’s investment platforms (512,369 sqm completed office spaces) Office projects developed by EPP – one of Griffin’s investment platforms (total GLA 137,000 sqm)
MARKET VALUE OF OFFICE PROPERTIES HELD BY INVESTOR (in EUR)
Echo Investment - ca. EUR 420m; EPP – ca. EUR 266 m
SIZE OF THE OFFICE PROPERTIES HELD BY INVESTOR (GLA)
Echo Investment - 512,369 sqm completed office spaces; EPP - 137,000 sqm
RETAIL PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PORTFOLIO
Retail assets included in Chariot Top Group B.V portfolio that Griffin co-manages Retail projects developed by Echo Investment – one of Griffin’s investment platforms Retail projects owned by EPP, another Griffin’s investment platform
MARKET VALUE OF RETAIL PROPERTIES HELD BY INVESTOR (in EUR)
Chariot Top Group B.V. over EUR 464m; Echo Investment – ca EUR 223 m; EPP – ca EUR 1.88 BN
SIZE OF THE RETAIL PROPERTIES HELD BY INVESTOR (GLA)
Chariot Top Group B.V. 370 000 sqm; Echo Investment – 637 000 sqm; EPP – 900,000 sqm
WAREHOUSE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PORTFOLIO
Warehouse projects held by European Logistics Investment, one of Griffin’s investment platforms.
MARKET VALUE OF WAREHOUSE PROPERTIES HELD BY INVESTOR (in EUR)
Market value of the standing assets amounts to EUR 295 million. Additionally, market value of assets under construction when completed will amount to EUR 171 million.
SIZE OF THE WAREHOUSE PROPERTIES HELD BY INVESTOR (GLA)
444,000 sqm of standing assets plus 257,00 sqm under construction
HOTELS INCLUDED IN THE PORTFOLIO
Polcom Group is a dynamically growing provider of premium modular building systems and interiors with proven track record confirmed by numerous executed projects (over 10 projects in prestigious locations, such as London, New York, Seattle, Calgary, Barbados) for leading blue-chip international hotel chains.
MARKET VALUE OF HOTELS HELD BY INVESTOR (IN EUR)
Value of hotel building systems and interiors delivered by Polcom Group exceeded EUR 65m and PLN 75m in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
SIZE OF THE HOTELS HELD BY INVESTOR (GLA)
Polcom Group delivered globally ca. 450 and 600 hotel rooms in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
RESIDENTIALS BUILDINGS INCLUDED IN THE PORTFOLIO
Residential buildings owned by Echo Investment and Resi4Rent – Griffin’s investment platforms.
MARKET VALUE OF RESIDENTIALS BUILDINGS HELD BY INVESTOR (in EUR)
Echo Investment – ca EUR 282m; Resi4Rent – ca EUR 62.7m
SIZE OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS HELD BY INVESTOR (GLA)
Echo Investment – 326 752 sqm; Resi4Rent – 83 700 sqm
OTHER AREAS OF THE COMPANY’S OPERATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MARKETS (APARTMENTS FOR RENT, SENIOR HOUSES, STUDENT HALLS, DATA CENTRES)
Student Depot -Poland’s leading student housing developer and operator Resi4Rent -the largest residential for rent platform in Poland Griffin Property Finance - the largest non-banking, real estate-related lending platform in Poland
OTHER ASSETS INCLUDED IN THE PORTFOLIO
Polcom Group - Poland based manufacturer and provider of modular solutions to the global hospitality sector
MARKET VALUE OF OTHER ASSETS HELD BY INVESTOR (in EUR)
Griffin in partnership with PIMCO acquired a 70 pct. stake in Chojnice-based Polcom Group, provider of premium modular building systems and interiors. The transaction value exceeding PLN 1 bn. Griffin Real Estate Partners in cooperation with Kajima Student Housing Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kajima Europe acquired Student Depot in a transaction valued EUR 60m.
SIZE OF THE ASSETS HELD BY INVESTOR (GLA)
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THE LARGEST PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2009 AND SEPTEMBER 2019 (THE SUBJECT OF THE TRANSACTION, ITS TOTAL TAKE UP AREA AND MARKET VALUE IN EUR)
• Purchase of Renoma shopping center in Q4 2012 for ca. EUR 120m • Establishment of the first Polish synthetic REIT (Griffin RE jointly with Redefine), Echo Polska Properties (EPP), with a market cap of over EUR 850m, listed at Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Luxembourg Stock Exchange • Sale of Q22 office building in H2 2016 for EUR 273 m • Exit from Griffin Premium RE… through an IPO worth ca EUR 118m (2017) • Acquisition of four retail assets for EUR 166,6m located across Poland from real estate funds managed by Blackstone executed by EPP • Establishment of leading logistic platform - European Logistics Investment with €0.2bn GAV and further €0.8bn secured in the form of the right of first refusal for logistic projects developed by Panattoni (2018) • Acquisition of a portfolio of 28 retail properties from funds managed by Ares Management L.P., AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and Apollo Rida. The value of the deal is around EUR 1.0 billion • Acquisition of four major shopping centres (M1 portfolio) valued EUR 358.7 m from Chariot Top Group B.V. executed by EPP (first tranche, 2017) • Acquisition of next four shopping centres (M1 portfolio) valued EUR 224 m from Chariot Top Group B.V. executed by EPP (second tranche, 2019)
ACQUISITION ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CEE REAL ESTATE MARKETS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2009 AND SEPTEMBER 2019
2015: GRE, together with Oaktree and Pimco, buys the majority stake in Echo Investment. 2016: GRE brings to Poland a South African REIT, Redefine Properties that, together with Echo Investment, establishes EPP. Later this year, EPP is listed both on the Luxembourg and Johannesburg stock exchanges. December 2017 GRE sets up Poland’s first REIT-type company Griffin Premium RE… In April 2017, GPRE debuts on the WSE. In Q4 2017/Q4 2018, GRE sold its total stake to Globalworth. January 2018: GRE acquires 28 real estate assets (M1 deal). June 2018: GRE and Panattoni establish a leading logistic platform – European Logistics Investment September 2018: GRE, together with Pimco and Echo Investment set up Resi4Rent – the largest housing for rent platform in Poland. Late 2018: GRE and Pimco buy a 70% stake in Polcom, a Poland-based manufacturer and provider of modular solutions to the global hospitality sector. 2019: GRE Partners and Kajima Europe buy Student Depot.
Annual income and net profit
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The milestones in the company’s history over the last decade – the key events and achievements that are a measure of the company’s development and success, the scale of development, number of employees now and 10 years ago, new services, new markets etc.
2010: Griffin starts strategic investment partnership with Oaktree 2014: Griffin sets up a real estate debt fund Griffin Property Finance, majorly funded by capital from Oaktree’s debt fund 2015: GRE, together with Oaktree and Pimco, buys the majority stakes in Echo Investment. 2016: GRE brings to Poland a South African REIT, Redefine Properties that, together with Echo Investment, establishes EPP. December 2017: GRE sets up Poland’s first REIT-type company Griffin Premium RE… In April, GPRE debuts on the WSE, and in 2018, GRE sold its stake to Globalworth. January 2018: GRE jointly with Oaktree, Pimco and Redefine buys EUR 1BN Chariot B.V., a portfolio of 28 retail assets in Poland June 2018: GRE and Redefine establish a leading logistic platform-European Logistics Investment September 2018: GRE, together with Pimco and Echo Investment sets up Resi4Rent Late 2018: GRE and Pimco buy 70% share of Polcom 2019: GRE Partners and Kajima Europe buy Student Depot from Oaktree
FUTURE PLANS
Griffin Real Estate does not specify its future plans. However, it carefully monitors the market and looks for prospective niches and opportunities in the real estate market. The company, together with its foreign partners from all around the world, constantly creates new, opportunistic platforms using various revelatory strategies.
WHY THE COMPANY DESERVES THE AWARD (IN ONE PARAGRAPH DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMPANY)
Over the last decade, Griffin Real Estate became a trendsetter looking for new trends and areas worth investing and being not afraid to make a foray. GRE established many various innovative platforms such as Student Depot - Poland’s leading student housing developer and operator or Resi4Rent - the first residential-for-rent platform in Poland. GRE creates the Polish real estate market by exploring it and ‘thinking outside the box’. Over the last decade, GRE has been an author of the largest single deals that set new records. The Echo Investment acquisition was the largest real estate transaction in CEE, and the largest transaction in Europe recorded that year. GPRE’s stock market debut was the second-largest listing on the WSE recorded that year, and one-billion-euro-worth M1 deal was the third-largest deal of the year globally. All the milestones made GRE the largest and the most dynamic investment manager in the CEE with over EUR5 billion assets under management.
COMPANY WEBSITE
www.griffin-re.com