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Principal Investing
Principal Investing
PRINCIPAL INVESTING
Anacott Capital's principals have invested in excess of £10 billion in transactions located throughout the UK and Europe.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Anacott is an experienced asset and development manager with a track record of maximising returns through repositioning and repurposing real estate assets.
Anacott’s team implements a dynamic asset management approach by (i) identifying asset specific and overall market challenges, (ii) sourcing and closing efficient capital structure financing, and (iii) adopting and implementing a bespoke asset and development management strategy throughout the design, planning, procurement, development and leasing stages.
One Portsoken Street, London
•Acquisition / Exit Date: October 2013 / December 2018
•Asset Management: Planning Permission Gain
•Existing / Consented Area (NIA): 193,450 sqft / 400,031 sqft
•General Partners: Anacott Capital, Secretary John Snow
•Limited Partner: Fosun International
•Asset Manager: Anacott Capital
•Tenant: Aon UK Group Limited
•Total Investment (Entry Yield): £68,000,000 (11.0%)
•Loan to Value: 81.0%
•Net Equity Investment: £12,909,000
•Net Equity Profit: £35,467,000
•Net Equity Return: 36.9% IRR / 3.8x ROE
•2019 CoStar Investment Deal of the Year
79 Royal Hospital Road, London
• Purchased a prime asset in Chelsea in June 2018 for £701 per sqft, which is approximately 35% below the market price.
• The property offered significant asset management opportunities:
i.Increased the restaurant rent by 75% though the rent review arbitration process
ii.Refurbished the residential units to increase residential rents by 20%
• Unleveraged IRR of 25% and ROE of 2.89x over five years.
80 Dean Street, London
• Acquired a prime freehold asset in Soho in April 2022 for £963 per sqft, which represented a discount of approximately 35% to the market price.
The property offered significant asset management opportunities:
Increasing the ground floor rent by 300%
Redevelop the asset in 3 years time and increase the massing by 100%
Anticipated unleveraged IRR of 20% and ROE of 2x over five years.
Sony Center, Berlin
• Acquisition of a trophy mixed use property, consisting of 1,260,000 sqft for €525,000,000.
• Divestment after 25 months for €590,000,000 following a successful lease restructuring with the main occupier, Deutsche Bahn, during the peak of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
ASSET IDENTIFICATION & FEASIBILTY
Anacott’s experienced team identifies suitable assets for investment and creates an asset management strategy to maximise the potential value.
Direct access to attractive deals through strong relationships with owners, lenders, agents, receivers and other advisors.
Completion of the due diligence process and analysing occupational, structural, mechanical and electrical, planning and legal issues such as title, party wall and rights to light.
CLOSING & FINANCING SOLUTIONS
Negotiating and finalising the SPA and all ancillary agreements.
Anacott’s in-house capital markets team has a deep track record in capital raising and has senior relationships with over 500 global capital providers ensuring the best possible terms for both flexibility, pricing and leverage.
Bespoke tax strategies.
PROACTIVE ASSET & DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
Planning and Legals: We proactively work with local planning authorities and local groups to undertake a thorough and extensive process of consultation before proceeding with the planning process.
Design Management: Maximising development potential through proactive work with local councils, planners, architects and other advisors.
Capital Expenditure, Construction & Procurement: Anacott understands procurement methods, construction sequencing, practical duration and contract formulas. This comprehensive knowledge enables us to manage this phase of a project ourselves, applying our expertise to the procurement of materials and products, and to the effective management of the various contractors, sub-contractors and third-party advisors.
PROMOTION & SALE
Preparing the asset for a sale with a tailored process for prospective buyers.
Strategising about the best approach to market and using our knowledge, experience and network with market players and agents.
Controlling the sales and legal process.
Finalising the exchange of contracts, appropriate deposits, closing timeline and distribution waterfalls.
Debt & Equity Capital Markets
Debt & Equity Capital Markets
DEBT & EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS
Our team has originated and executed over £40 billion of real estate debt and equity transactions, including equity, preferred equity, mezzanine debt, senior debt, whole loans and structured securities.
We have restructured whole loans, structured loans, mezzanine debt and CMBS debt with Capita Asset Services, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Hatfield Philips, Lone Star and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Media
Media
Anacott's James Lapushner on QE addiction and how you can never recover from overpaying
Company founder believes interest rates and inflation will continue to rise as governments repeat past mistakes
Anacott wins London Investment Deal of the Year
London investment deal of the year was Anacott Capital’s sale of the Lloyds Chambers building in the City to Alfred Equities.
City Planners give 'Butterfly' Wings
The City's Planning & Transportation Committee voted overwhelmingly to approve the scheme when it met this morning, despite some objections from Transport for London.
Fosun Annual Meeting, Shanghai, 2015
The Fosun annual conference has been a tradition for over 20 years. Fosun’s annual conference have become a sounding board and platform for exchanging new ideas and addressing real issues.
Lloyds Chambers Marketing Event December 2013 hosted by John Snow 73rd US Treasury Secretary
Heavyweights Battle for £300m Old War Office
Robert Ng, the chairman of Hong Kong development conglomerate Sino Group, and a joint venture between US investors James Lapushner of Anacott Capitol, Silverfin Development chairman Mike Ryan and USA Treasury Secretary John Snow are among the parties vying to buy the historic building, as are Stanhope together with a third party investor, and a European fund manager advised by JLL. Christian Candy’s CPC Group is also understood to be considering lodging a bid.
Lloyds Chambers Sale Completes
A partnership created by former USA Treasury Secretary John Snow, Mike Ryan, James Lapushner and Fosun Property Holdings, one of China's preeminent investment groups, has completed the acquisition of Lloyds Chambers in the City.
Lloyds Chambers Sale
George W Bush’s second Treasury secretary, the MD of China’s biggest private company, a Cayman Islands-based developer and a Russian-born banker walk into a bar...
