Expertise that drives results
There’s nothing alternative about a sector that continuously outperforms its peers. As mainstream investors grapple with this quickly changing market, CBRE saw the potential in this diverse pocket of real estate and we are proud to have built the largest dedicated operational real estate capability in the UK marketplace today.
With more than 300 specialists with unrivalled property, operational and financial expertise, this powerful proposition has been built on our belief that people, place and the customer experience are key commodities in determining an operational business’s worth.
Whether you are an operator, an owner, an investor or a lender, we can give you the edge you need to succeed in this thriving market.
Operational Real Estate Insight
A promising recovery story for leisure
The good news is that a majority of the operators are still standing and budgeting on customers returning in their droves, tired of enforced separation and keen to get back out there.
Three reasons retirement rental will save the care home sector
People live longer, our workforce is changing and the simple need to rethink how we fund and pay for a population that is living 20 years longer than anyone thought.
EMEA Hotels Market Update 2021
In the following report we look at the performance of key European markets, considering the impact of the pandemic, the expected future recovery and investment sentiment.
The rise of the holiday park in a staycation-led environment
Last year resulted in disruption for all hospitality operators, not least the holiday park industry, which was forced to close just before Easter, the start of the 2020 holiday season.
Healthcare Market Sentiment Survey
We asked participants comprising of investors, developers, operators and lenders with a combined investment of nearly £24bn for their opinions covering a wide range of topics.
UK Operational Real Estate Recovery Tracker, November 2020
Our latest report brings together a selection of economic, mobility and trading market data to assess how recovery in this market is progressing.
Europe Co-living: Key Trends and Key Cities
Our major new report looks at the economic, social and real estate trends across Europe.
Self Storage Market Update
The lockdown measures imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19 have had significant impacts on economic activity, but this may have presented some unexpected opportunities for Self Storage conversion.
CBRE Live from the AHC Reimagined
At this year’s AHC we bought to our audience an Update on the UK Hotel Market, in our State of the Nation – David Bailey in conversation with Joe Stather and our latest Expert Opinion with Jane Lees.
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David Batchelor
Managing Director, UK Operational Real Estate
Operational Real Estate
Keith Harris
Executive Director, Healthcare Transactions
Tom King
Head of Hospitality Investment Properties UK
Tom Morgan
Executive Director, Healthcare Transactions
Owen Pritchard
Chief Operating Officer, Hotels
Simon M Johnson
Senior Director, UK Pubs
Jo Winchester
Executive Director, Student Accommodation Valuation & Advisory Services
Alister McCutchion
Senior Director- OPRE Advisory Lead Operational Real Estate, Valuation & Advisory
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