Fairtree Operational Real Estate

Fairtree Operational Real Estate is a specialist real estate advisor, focussing on the sourcing, acquisition, repositioning, sale and management of various operational real estate assets, throughout the full property life-cycle

Generating stable, uncorrelated, real returns for investors, whilst managing investment risk

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About

Fairtree Operational Real Estate is a specialist multi-strategy real estate investment adviser, focused on operational real estate strategies. Since launching in 2011 the division has successfully sourced, negotiated, and completed over 30 transactions, in excess of £400m in value.

Fairtree Operational Real Estate is part of the Fairtree Group of companies, a leading multi-strategy asset and long-only investment management group, which was founded in 2003. Fairtree has over £6 billion assets under management and has operations in Southern Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom.

 

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Why operational real estate?

Alternative and private asset classes have historically produced uncorrelated returns to general equity and bond investments. By investing in alternative assets, investors can complement their core investment portfolio by adding operational assets, that generate a more stable return and reduces overall portfolio volatility.

Operational real estate forms a key component of this strategy where, through the benefit of the operational management of these real-assets investments, advisers are able to produce attractive long-term returns.

Fairtree Operational Real Estate specialises in active real estate investments and we advise on various institutional, high-net-worth and bespoke private client investment mandates. Our team consists of highly experienced professionals with a core philosophy of capital preservation through investment stewardship. We strive to partner with clients who are looking for exposure to operational real estate through equity, debt or a combination of both. We structure our partnerships in such a way to ensure that there is financial alignment to our investors’ performance providing shared accountability that focuses on compounding long-term returns.

Broader asset diversification, reduced volatility and enhanced long-term returns

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Our Values

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Integrity

Integrity

Our foundation is one of integrity – we are determined to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances. For us, living with integrity includes delivering on all our commitments, performing in a way and within parameters as communicated to all concerned and being fair and honest in all our dealings.
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Excellence

Excellence

We are committed to pursuing excellence. We strive to excel in every aspect of our business and to approach every challenge with a willpower to succeed. We believe that excellence is a mindset and an attitude, and should thus be reflected in all we do.
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Growth

Growth

We continually grow and refine our investment process to incorporate developments in the market, and new and more efficient ways to express our investment views. At the same time, developing and growing our people is key to achieving excellence. We also have a passion to explore new opportunities with our clients and grow in our partnerships.
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Real Relationships

Real Relationships

We build strong, open and honest relationships with all our stakeholders, including our clients, service providers and within the Fairtree family. The outcome of real relationships is mutual trust and respect within which authentic conversations can thrive.
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Family

Family

We value and respect our own personal families as well as the Fairtree family. We prioritize creating an environment where work and family are not in conflict as we are passionate to see personal relationships flourish. We believe this contributes very positively to a productive and rewarding work experience.
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Operational Real Estate Team

Portfolio Manager

CA (SA), CFA
Co-founded Fairtree in 2006

Kobus Nel
Portfolio Manager​

Portfolio Manager

CA(SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2014

Joe Bester
Portfolio Manager​

Investments Principal

Barrister-at-Law, CF (dip)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Nic Ross
Investments Principal​

Investments Principal​

CC Nel
Investments Principal

Investments Principal​

MBA, CFA, CA(SA), B.Acc (Hons)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Gabriel Louw
Investments Principal​

Residential Operations Manager

BCom (Financial Management), PGDA, Project Management, MBA

Sybrand Engelbrecht
Residential Operations Manager


Real Estate Analyst

BComHons (Financial Analysis)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Michael-John Dippenaar
Real Estate
Analyst​


Real Estate Analyst

BComHons (Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Jacques Du Plessis
Real Estate
Analyst

Analyst

BCom (Investment Management)
Joined Fairtree in 2022

Marco Malan
Analyst
Pieter Nel
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Strategies

Fairtree Hotel Investments, a division of Fairtree Operational Real Estate, was founded in 2013 and is a specialist hotel investment adviser and manager, predominantly focused on hotel investment opportunities in the UK. Through a combination of various active hotel investment strategies, we offer a range of operational real estate investment opportunities based on individual investor risk-return requirements.

Fairtree Hotel Investments’ objectives

  • We partner with clients who are interested in exposure to operational real estate, with a focus on hotel specific real estate investment opportunities.
  • We deliver sophisticated and investor specific equity and debt strategies, matching the requirements of our investor risk and return.
  • We specialise in finding assets with a proven operational track record that deliver a predictable set of high-yielding cash flows together with value-add opportunities.
  • Through our partnership with Providence Hospitality as our hotel management affiliate and sister company, we have an improved line of sight into the operations, finance and marketing of each individual asset, enhancing operational efficiency through a hands-on advisery role.

Fairtree European Alternative Residential Investments, a division of Fairtree Operational Real Estate, was founded in 2019 and is a specialist operational real estate investment adviser, predominantly focused on opportunities in Europe. Through a combination of various active operational real-estate strategies, we offer a range of unique European real estate investment opportunities based on individual investor risk-return requirements.

Fairtree European Alternative Residential Investments’ Objectives

  • Our objective is to deliver stable, predictable and diversified returns in hard currency for investors.
  • We strive to partner with clients who are looking for exposure to European alternative residential investments through equity, debt or a combination of both.
  • We specialise in the European alternative residential real estate industry including purpose-built student accommodation, young professional housing and storage in fast-growing, thriving cities and towns in Europe where there is a strong long-term demand for real estate but with a limited supply.
  • We look for assets that have strong and positive social, environmental or societal impact.
  • Through our partnership with WayBlue5 as our property development and management company, we have improved line of sight of the development phase and asset operations, allowing us to improve asset performance and unlock value for all stakeholders.

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The Fairtree group consists of the following regulated entities: 1) Fairtree Asset Management (Pty) Ltd (South Africa, license no. 25917); 2) Fairtree Capital Hospitality (Pty) Ltd (South Africa, license no. 46033); 3) Fairtree Asset Management LLP (United Kingdom, license no. 826211); 4) Fairtree Capital International IC Ltd (Guernsey, license no. 2293281); 5) Fairtree Private Client (Pty) Ltd is an Authorised Financial Services Provider. (FSP 12179)