Meyer Bergman is an independent investment advisory firm with a dedicated team of experienced professionals and a track record of value creation in urban mixed-use real estate. The firm is relied upon as a trusted fiduciary, which provides an integrated solution with in-house capabilities in investment, asset management, leasing, marketing, finance, tax, and reporting.

Marcus Meijer, Chief Executive Officer, led the firm’s growth over the past decade to establish an integrated, entrepreneurial team of real estate professionals. Meyer Bergman investment specialists have unparalleled experience curating the real estate offer, leveraging the relationship between people, brands, buildings and spaces to create a live, work, play environment that maximises real estate value in the urban core. With local teams based in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Oslo, New York, and Los Angeles, Meyer Bergman has established itself as an astute and agile adviser, able to quickly underwrite and comprehend the greater opportunity in order to grow the net operating income through active asset management.

Headquartered in London, the firm advises eight real estate funds and co-investment vehicles with approximately €5bn of assets under management across 17 countries through an advisory network. It is supported by leading pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and asset managers from North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Investment principles & strategy

Meyer Bergman provides investors with a unique opportunity to partner with an experienced team and an integrated platform that has a track record of investment and value creation in urban mixed-use real estate. As workers, residents, and visitors look to the urban arena for entertainment and inspiration, the team endeavours to create spaces that are relevant to both tenants and customers as part of this experience. This is how the firm generates attractive risk-adjusted returns, by using its resources and expertise to acquire high street assets and portfolios, urban regeneration schemes as well as last-mile logistics assets, and drive value through active asset management strategies. Meyer Bergman’s vertically-integrated team builds on this expertise through every investment, from inception to divestment.

Tactically, Meyer Bergman targets well-located assets across gateway cities that are underutilised or can be proactively managed to deliver attractive returns to its investors. The firm typically targets assets with a combination of the following key characteristics:

  • Centrally located and dominant in their trade area;
  • Located in markets with high barriers to entry and strong occupier demand;
  • Mispriced due to market or seller distress;
  • Exhibit opportunities for value enhancement through active asset management; and
  • Typically require between €25m and €75m of equity.

With a strong bias towards hands on asset management, Meyer Bergman identifies a range of opportunities to create value for each asset, including:

  • In-depth tenant evaluation and business planning;
  • Proactive management of tenant mix, rents and covenants;
  • Identification and achievement of supplemental revenues;
  • Physical enhancement to increase leasable area and space utilisation;
  • On-going operational and expense optimisation to enhance NOI; and
  • Implementation of marketing campaigns to drive footfall and turnover.

Strategic corporate development

Meyer Bergman operates three flagship Pan-European value-add funds capitalising on the firm’s in-house expertise and has been successful in deploying over €5bn of capital. The strategy that began in Europe has also moved across to the United States, where Meyer Bergman Americas has been executing a similar strategy across key urban markets since 2015. Looking ahead, the firm envisions extending this strategy to related segments where it can leverage the team’s capability across a greater investment spectrum.

Meyer Bergman has also created dedicated platforms:

  • Meyer Homes that oversees the realisation of circa 4,000 residential units across Greater London;
  • VIA Outlets, one of the largest retail outlet owner-operators in Europe with 11 schemes located in the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, and the Czech Republic; and
  • Revolt Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity firm investing in the convergence of real estate, retail, technology and media.

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