A specialist advisor in hospitality, living and alternative real estate sectors.
location /
Clapham
Client /
UK Institution
Value /
c.£19m
Date /
August 2025
Sale and leaseback on a new 30 year lease guaranteed by the FTSE 100 listed company.
location /
Manchester
Client /
BP Pension Fund
Value /
£41m
Date /
July 2025
Advised BP Pension Fund on the disposal of an income producing PBSA scheme in Manchester.
location /
Newcastle
Client /
Family Office
Value /
£14m
Date /
May 2025
Off market disposal of a City Centre 152 bedroom hotel let to Premier Inn with ground floor bars with a 10 year WAULT. Sold to new capital to the market above valuation.
location /
Bury St Edmunds
Client /
Columbia Threadneedle
Value /
£8.5m
Date /
April 2025
Disposal of a modern scheme with a 25 year WAULT with two index linked leases. DEC 24
location /
Portsmouth
Client /
Overseas Investor
Value /
£11m
Date /
March 2025
Leased to Unite with annual indexed reviews, 328 PBSA beds next to campus with a nominations agreement from the University. MAR 25
location /
Stratford Upon Avon
Client /
Family Office
Value /
£2.5m
Date /
January 2025
New build purpose built nursery acquired for a retained family office. DEC 24
location /
London
Client /
Empiric Student Property
Value /
£20m
Date /
November 2024
Advised Empiric Student Property on the sale of an all-studio PBSA scheme in South London.
location /
Bristol
Client /
Cain International
Value /
£200m
Date /
October 2024
Advised Cain International on the funding of a PBSA and Co-Living scheme totalling 574 beds in Bristol.
location /
Milton Keynes
Client /
UK Institution
Value /
£15m
Date /
October 2024
Block RE advised on the off market disposal of a Modern South East leased hotel let to Travelodge with indexed linked reviews. OCT 24
location /
London
Client /
Family Office
Value /
£40-£50m
Date /
September 2024
Block RE provided acquisition, structuring and branding advice on a Zone 1 London Freehold Hotel with full vacant possession on behalf of an Overseas Investor. The hotel opened as London's first Voco by IHG in Q4 2024.
location /
Leeds
Client /
QIP
Value /
£15m
Date /
July 2024
Advised QIP on the funding of an 88-bed PBSA scheme in the city centre of Leeds.
location /
York
Client /
UK Institution
Value /
£30m
Date /
July 2024
Disposal of a prime upscale long leased hotel with indexation, let to Malmasion on behalf of a UK Institution. JUNE 2024
location /
Liverpool
Client /
Abrdn
Value /
N/A
Date /
January 2024
Proactive asset management to successfully surrender and re-grant a tenant for the hotel on the scheme to improve the WAULT and income on the asset. MARCH 2024
location /
Bristol
Client /
Abrdn
Value /
£28m
Date /
November 2023
Acquisition of a leased PBSA asset in a prime location.
location /
Edinburgh
Client /
M&G Real Estate
Value /
£11m
Date /
November 2023
Disposal of a prime City Centre long let economy hotel.
location /
Battersea
Client /
LGIM
Value /
£36.5m
Date /
September 2023
Advised L&G on the acquisition of an income producing 45-unit BTR scheme located in Battersea Exchange.
location /
Leeds and York
Client /
Cain International
Value /
£150m
Date /
September 2023
Advised Cain International on the acquisition of a forward funding PBSA portfolio of 953 beds across two assets.
location /
Leeds
Client /
Abrdn
Value /
£65m
Date /
September 2023
Forward funding of a prime regional hotel, the first management agreement purchase for the UK’s largest real estate investor.
location /
Various
Client /
Abrdn
Value /
£35m
Date /
June 2023
Disposal of three geographically spread hotels let to Premier Inn.
location /
Marylebone
Client /
Whitbread
Value /
£70m
Date /
June 2023
Sale and leaseback funding on behalf of a FTSE 100 and the UK’s largest hotelier Whitbread Group PLC.
location /
Gatwick
Client /
Overseas Investor
Value /
£40m
Date /
April 2023
Acquisition of a 400 bed airport location long let economy hotel.
location /
Holborn
Client /
Whitbread
Value /
£36m
Date /
February 2023
Acqusition of a prime central London economy hotel.
location /
Basingstoke
Client /
CBRE Investment Management
Value /
£8m
Date /
September 2022
Disposal of a leased purpose built Premier Inn hotel.
* This transaction involved Block Real Estate employees but was completed at other companies.