M7 is one of the leading specialists in the pan-European, regional, multi-tenanted real estate market.
M7 has circa 160 employees in 9 countries. The team manages over 440 retail, office and industrial properties with a value of circa €5.5 billion.
M7 identifies value-add investment opportunities for investors in the smaller, multi-let sector. This sector is often neglected and considered inefficient due to the small individual lot sizes and the management intensive nature of the underlying assets.
However, M7’s established platform, market leading information and data management systems and experienced team ensure that M7 can capitalise on this perceived inefficiency. The business typically aggregates numerous individual assets to form large portfolios with income levels and yields above the real estate market averages.
Strategic corporate development
M7 was established in 2009 and focused initially on the UK multi-tenanted industrial sector. The need for efficient and accurate data management was a key part of the firm’s founding philosophy.
The development of the continental European platform started in 2013, with the goal of providing real estate owners and investors with a first class, integrated asset management platform across Europe, specialising in multi-tenanted regional real estate. With local teams on the ground in 9 countries, and territories, the business is well placed to access local market intelligence and source attractive deals. All assets are actively managed throughout the holding period, integrating local market intelligence into the decision-making process.
In September 2021, Oxford Properties Group, a leading global investor, asset manager and developer of commercial real estate, acquired M7. M7 continues to operate as a stand-alone business. The transaction provided M7 with the support and resources of a significant global real estate investor which shares M7’s entrepreneurial ethos and strong ambition to grow the business substantially over the next few years to create a truly world-class industrial-focused asset and investment management platform.
Investment Principles & Strategy
Through its extensive European network, M7 is able to identify a pipeline of attractive real estate deals across the UK and continental Europe.
M7 identifies investment opportunities for investors by linking a value-oriented investment philosophy with an active, hands-on asset management platform. The on-the-ground real estate experience available to the business through its pan-European platform results in a top-down and bottom-up approach to initial investment decisions and ongoing asset management strategies.
Performance verification
M7 looks to agree target returns for each of the strategies implemented. We have a team focused on reporting and measure performance against forecast on an ongoing basis.
COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
This information is intended for Professional Clients and Institutional Investors only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security or other financial instrument or any investment management services and should not be used as the basis for any investment decision or relied upon in any way by the public. No determination has been made regarding the suitability of any securities, financial instruments or strategies for particular clients or prospects and the information within is of a general nature. The source of all information is M7 unless stated otherwise. M7 has a wholly owned subsidiary, M7 Real Estate Financial Services Limited, that is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Reference number: 618047).
