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5. Real Estate

Delivering high quality risk-adjusted returns across real estate opportunities in the UK — addressing UK regeneration, housing and economic growth needs.

Thematic investments focused on long-term demographic and housing needs.

Strategies 1 Growth Equity 2 Infrastructure 3 Private Equity 4 Private Credit 5 Real Estate
Overview

Why now?

The UK faces a structural housing shortage, an attractive position in the economic cycle, and strong policy alignment behind productive real estate investment. Our strategy is built to deliver long-term value across living, logistics, life sciences and high-quality commercial assets.

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Sub-Strategies

Three thematic strategies.
One integrated platform.

Thematic investments focused on long-term demographic & societal trends in sectors with durable demand. To be realised via scalable partnerships with 'best-in-class' sector specialist operating platforms.

Sub-Strategy Purpose
Home & Haven UK housing shortage & ageing population. Attractive position in economic cycle. Strong government policy alignment.
Digital Growth E-commerce structural shift. Supply chain reshoring & nearshoring.
Heritage & Hubs Office supply shortage in prime locations. Shift toward experiential & leisure-led retail. Place-making & infrastructure-led regeneration growth.
The Team

UK real estate specialists.

100+ years of combined experience and £10bn+ deployed across UK and European real estate. Specialists in development, capital advisory, fund management and platform building.

Martin Zdravkov

Real Estate Partner
  • 25 years in real estate development and finance with 17 projects delivered
  • Founded and scaled two SME businesses across food and retail
  • Achieved 1.2x unlevered return on developments and up to 4.3x on operating businesses

Irina Stoichkova

Real Estate Partner
  • 20 years in real estate investment banking and capital advisory
  • Director at Savills Capital Advisors and founding member of Rothschild's real estate M&A team
  • Executed over £20bn in UK and cross-border real estate M&A transactions

Andrew Appleyard

Real Estate Strategic Advisor
  • 30+ years in UK real estate investment and fund management
  • Senior leadership across institutional property platforms with deep specialist knowledge of UK living, commercial and alternative sectors
  • Track record of building and managing market-leading UK real estate strategies

Sam Faulkner

Real Estate Strategic Advisor
  • Principal & Co-Founder, SIRE Capital Partners — boutique manager specialising in long-term, income-generating UK healthcare real estate
  • Former Global Portfolio Manager, CBRE Investment Management — lead PM across three large SMA accounts (c.US$8bn)
  • Earlier: Investment Consultant, Russell Investments; Actuarial Analyst, PwC. CFA charterholder; LLB & BSc, University of Auckland
Illustrative Pipeline

Where capital can go to work.

Indicative deal types across our sub-strategies — drawn from the team's track record and current UK opportunity set.

Home & Haven

UK Single-Family Living Platform

Thesis: Address structural undersupply across UK living — single-family rental and affordable family homes in high-demand regions.

Value creation: Aggregation of operating residential assets at scale, with active management and ESG integration.

Heritage & Hubs

Oxford–Cambridge Arc Knowledge Cluster

Thesis: Future-proofed, office-led regeneration at a key science and technology cluster along the Oxford–Cambridge Arc.

Value creation: 750,000+ sq ft of newly designed and built office campus, alongside 1,000+ new family homes at a major connectivity knot — supporting local, knowledge-driven employment.

Home & Haven

Vertically-Integrated UK Living Platform

Thesis: Enabling the growth of a demographically-informed, vertically-integrated Living platform.

Value creation: Delivering 1,500+ new Living units (BTR, micro, PBSA) across inner-city areas in the UK.

Asset Owner / Investor Value Proposition

Why invest with Point Break?

Access

Proprietary UK deal flow, an experienced team and 100% alignment of focus to UK real estate / property.

Co-Investment

Significant and comprehensive co-investment opportunity across deployments.

Reporting & Transparency

Investor reporting and investor portal designed with pension funds for their needs.

Risk & Governance

Best-in-class risk management frameworks and experience. Sophisticated governance framework across investment committee, independent valuation, audit and ESG.

Get in touch

Discuss the Real Estate strategy with our team.

Materials and detailed strategy decks are available under NDA. All enquiries are handled personally by a member of the leadership team.

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