Investec launches real estate equity strategy with $316m deployment target within two years

Investec has launched a new real estate equity strategy, Investec REALIS (REALIS), providing global investors with deal-by-deal access to institutional-quality U.K. real estate and the attractive returns it offers.

Investec will commit equity to every acquisition alongside investors, who will benefit from the former’s established, data-led, deal-origination platform. This platform has enabled Investec to build a £3 billion ($4 billion) loan book and strong global network of 150-plus operating partners. The strength of this position is core to REALIS’ ability to deliver value-added and opportunistic returns, leveraging Investec’s significant data and in-depth investment expertise.

During the next two years, REALIS is seeking to deploy, with leverage, £250 million ($316 million) into two main investment theses: asset development or repositioning, with a focus on highly liquid markets; and distressed transactions, where the underlying investment benefits from str