Values

Our values help define the way we behave and our approach both within the business and in our interaction with clients and other stakeholders.Our operational knowledge helps us to determine investment opportunities and criteria that wouldn’t otherwise be possible, while our commercial acumen from investment insight means we can look at operations in a different light, providing investors with real competitive advantage and enhanced performance from their asset or portfolio.

AREA advises clients on ESG elements of operational real estate whilst operating its own business responsibly in order to have a positive impact on the built environment “I would recommend AREA very highly to anyone who needs support in this field, their transparency and insight has been invaluable”

Our Commitment

We pride ourselves on our commitment to ESG and place real value on people and planet as well as profit. We will always prioritise transparency and integrity over pushing through the wrong deal or taking a shortcut. Our focus is on long-term relationships and in exceeding client expectations across all measures of success.

As advisors in the Built Environment, we have a very real responsibility and opportunity to make a positive difference. In our advisory role to all stakeholders of property, we are uniquely positioned to both support and drive excellence in this crucial field.Our operational knowledge helps us to determine investment opportunities and criteria that wouldn’t otherwise be possible, while our commercial acumen from investment insight means we can look at operations in a different light, providing investors with real competitive advantage and enhanced performance from their asset or portfolio.

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Environmental

We advise clients how to set assets up for environmental success from design to operations, whilst in our operational oversight role we can drive outperformance from managers and ensure the supply chain and partners are on board.

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Social

Our commitment to serve the communities we work in extends to where our projects are based across 28 cities in the UK, and to embedding wellbeing and inclusivity into our clients’ operational strategies. It also includes our own working environment and culture, inspiring the team to be inclusive, responsible and serve the local community, and that of the industry where we are passionate about diversity and widening the pathways to property – and alternatives - as a career.We advise clients how to set assets up for environmental success from design to operations, whilst in our operational oversight role we can drive outperformance from managers and ensure the supply chain and partners are on board.

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Governance

Given our forensic approach to property, we are also proud to be transparent and accountable ourselves and apply the same stringent levels of detail and authenticity to the way we act and run our own business.

"AREA are a professional outfit with in-depth knowledge of operational real estate which is an asset to investors and fund managers alike and adds value to transactions. Area provide honest and well-researched advice leveraging the unique knowledge base they have built up through their experience in investment and asset management.”

John Clark

Senior Director, CBREIM

“We have used AREA to run a review of our student assets and improve the operational aspects of this portfolio, and latterly have appointed them to run a full retender of the operational mandate for all our student assets. Their level of detail, insight and proactivity is very impressive – we trust them to leave no stone unturned in their drive for optimisation. We continue to be impressed by their performance, which has exceeded expectations and would recommend them to others.”

Sam Farquharson

Director, BlackRock

John Clark

Senior Director, CBREIM

“AREA has a unique proposition over many competitors thanks to the team’s deep operational knowledge that helps on the acquisitor side and offers a deeper level of underwriting and insight of performance too which facilitates our ability to asset manage at a higher level. They have become more like part of our own team helping to build our exposure to Alternatives and undoubtedly provide us with competitive advantage in this sector. I absolutely trust their expertise and advice as an advisor more than just a broker. They are invested in the long-term client relationship over short term deal making and invest their own time upfront while always having a senior member of the team actively involved in the work throughout. I really enjoy working with AREA and I’d not hesitate to recommend them.”

Patrick Wolstenhome

Portfolio Manager, Schroders

"We appointed Alternative Real Estate Advisors (AREA) to advise us on a selection of university nominations across London with both existing providers and new development partners. They have provided advice on strategy, commercial terms, service specifications and a number of other details which support our decision making. AREA have a huge amount of experience in this field and provide a forensic level of analysis which enable us to make the right decisions, avoiding risk, and maximising the opportunity for the good of the University and its students. I would recommend their expertise very highly to anyone who needs support in this field: their transparency and insight has been invaluable and we look forward to working with them longer-term and across a number of other projects as a result."

Joe Lay

Director of Accommodation, UCL

"The AREA team have a deep understanding of operational real estate and I trust them implicitly to interrogate all information with a forensic approach and identify red flags and opportunities to ensure the best possible performance of our assets. They are truly unique - I don’t know of anyone else who offers something similar on the operational side of real estate."

Paul Hillier

Real Estate Investment Manager, Ropemaker Properties Ltd (BP)

"AREA offers us a strong insight into the Alternative sectors and assets, with a much more detailed and analytical approach than other advisers. They are both honest and friendly, whilst their proactivity drives deals and other investment opportunities."

Roger Skeldon

Fund Manager, TIME Investments

“AREA are reliable, have excellent market knowledge and have delivered multiple successful outcomes for us. We would like to see AREA take the opportunity to leverage their relationships with fund managers and forge ahead in the Alternatives market, whilst not diluting their unique and specialist expertise. We don’t work with any other firms of AREA’s size that offer a similar depth of experience for student property. They comfortably stand-up against the larger full service firms and are able to drive positive outcomes thanks to the active role their senior directors take throughout the job. AREA offer a comprehensive service on multiple Alternatives sub-markets whether this is direct advisory on transactions or as a retained advisor sitting above operations. We will continue to use them and highly recommend their services.”

Giles York

Director, Asset management Aviva Investments

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Governance

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