Development and Capital is a private family office and advisory firm focused real estate investment and development in the UK and selected Continental European markets. The partners each have 25 year careers as senior real estate professionals and industry experts.
Through our years of market experience and our extensive professional network we prepare special real estate situations for our partners and clients. Acting both in an advisory capacity and participating alongside our partners, as appropriate for each project.
DC Partners has one sub-divisions which operate below DC Partners:
Crequant is a real estate investment and financial modelling consultancy.
Crequant
- Investment Management – Investment management services in real estate operate at the fund level and look at portfolio optimisation strategies. These could be strategic in nature. It includes financial structuring and fund raising. Our models cater for GP / LP structures promote / carry functionalities for joint ventures between developers and LP investors.
- Asset Management – Trigger events in deals drive value. These could be leasing opportunities, change of use, increased bulk or numerous other events. Knowing how to capitalise on and value these drives out-performance – Crequant thrives on “special situations.”Research and Benchmarking – Detailed and bespoke research into micro-locations and ensuring that the functionality of the building is suitable for the market is key too underwriting transactions. Evidence from IPF and MSCI research shows that manager skill is a large factor in driving performance.
- Research and benchmarking are key to minimising risk and increasing outperformance.
- Underwriting – Using a combination of skill and experience Crequant can deliver or support the underwriting process from inception to close, incorporating screening, due diligence and closing.
- Execution – Some of our clients require us to execute developments and transactions, This is done using our experience in working with a range of professional service providers to ensure delivery of the strategy.
- Financial Modelling – Typically financial modeling is done on native excel or black-box systems. Crequant uses a combination of these two technologies to provide very complex and accurate excel models using cutting edge technology. This means that the errors associated with excel models can be eliminated while providing line-by-line auditing of financial models (not possible in out-of the box systems based on data-warehouses).