Strategic Property Asset Management

Elevate your investment returns.

Whether you own a large single asset, a multi-sector portfolio, or a contiguous estate, our property and asset management specialists offer end-to-end solutions covering all stages of a property’s lifecycle.

With strategic asset management, our global reach, market expertise, tailored strategies, and commitment to innovation enable us to maximise returns on property portfolios. Our client network includes private equity firms, charities, endowment funds, offshore trustees, sovereign wealth funds and family offices.

KEY CONTACT

Stu Andrews

Partner, Co-Head of Property Asset Management, London

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Kathryn Cripps

Partner

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Our asset management services

As asset management specialists discover our comprehensive services, designed to maximise performance across your portfolio.

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Portfolio strategy reviews and business plans

We prepare and implement a business plan for your assets, including supporting cash flow analysis and financial modelling. We review and benchmark your portfolio to assess performance, identify opportunities, review hold and exit strategies and drive returns.

Stakeholder engagement

We act as your representative for key relationships, including occupiers, local authorities and neighbours.

Communications and reporting

Our marketing and community specialists drive all aspects of placemaking and communications. We create bespoke written and financial reporting for stakeholders, banks, and boards and trustees.

ESG, data and technology

Working with specialists, we create ESG and technology strategies for portfolios, and use real-time data to optimise operations and performance.

Lease events and restructuring

Leading or overseeing negotiations on rent reviews, lease renewals, regears and new leases to maximise value.

Development and refurbishment

We offer advice for alternative use options, feasibility studies, development appraisals and financial analysis.

The benefits of outsourcing asset management

Cost advantages

You’ll only pay for a percentage of people’s time instead of recruiting a dedicated team, and avoid additional costs like technical support and compliance.

Extra experience

With diverse skill sets, our asset management team applies best practices and successful strategies from other projects, ensuring a constant flow of fresh ideas.

Focused resource

From our market-leading research team to dedicated sector specialists, we seamlessly draw upon as much expertise as you need from across our business.

Accountability and efficiency

Outsourcing ensures total separation between asset managers and ultimate decision makers, facilitating straightforward negotiations and productive decision making.

Roles and responsibilities

An outsourced model lets you focus on objectives and opportunities, leaving the day-to-day management to us.

Knight Frank are the clear market leaders. They have been looking after our portfolio for only a short time, but their combination of getting the basics right, performing on all aspects of their business plan, excellent reporting, bringing fresh ideas and perspectives – but delivering evolutionary change carefully while bringing stakeholders with them – is impressive. Their partnership and long-term approach is also clear, and appreciated by us. I would strongly recommend them.

Property director of London portfolio

November 2023

Our group completed a thorough underwriting of several asset managers to on-board the management of our UK portfolio – six assets in Mayfair, Clerkenwell and Cardiff. Knight Frank took on the asset management of our UK office portfolio in February 2021. They have proven to be an excellent choice. They have delivered on every aspect of the mandate, and are able to seamlessly draw on the wider Knight Frank network and specialists. I would happily recommend them to other international investors with UK portfolios.

Owner, Private Office, London

November 2023

Track records

DISPOSAL

Size

747,000 sq ft

Objectives

Proactive management of the estate, delivering growth and enhancing the buildings for everyone who works, lives or visits.

Actions

Strategies are focused on the streets making up the estate: Cork Street, Savile Row, New Bond Street, and Old Burlington Street. We preserve and advance the estate's heritage while generating sustainable long-term income and capital growth through proactive asset management.

Outcome

MSCI top performing fund.

Testimonial

“The Knight Frank team provides an all-encompassing real estate asset and property management service for our £800m East Mayfair real estate portfolio. Their activity, which is exemplary, is wholly crucial to our business. Knight Frank has, over the last 12 months led the team responsible for the highest Zone A retail letting in Europe, a retail rent review that has increased our ground rent income by 92%, the sale of a building at a premium of 120% to the CBRE valuation, and the management of successful marketing campaigns for Cork Street and Savile Row. I can, without reservation, recommend them for similar work.” David L Shaw OBE, Ex-Chariman, The Pollen Estate

Contacts

Julian Stocks and Shona Price

DISPOSAL

Size

220,000 sq ft

Objectives

To reposition the asset and recover value.

Actions

Full feasibility and preparation of a business plan to undertake a comprehensive, c. £17m refurbishment including new amenity, 17,000 sq ft terrace and end of journey facilities.

Outcomes

Fully let within 4 months of practical completion of all works, recovering over £50m in value and increased income by c. £1.7m pa.

Testimonial

“Knight Frank has a great network in the UK, with the benefit of a Malaysian office which collaborates closely with their London hub. We are impressed with their response time and the level of work they put in to meet our request. Knight Frank has been able to provide a total solution: asset management, property management, leasing and disposal. You are assured that they have the resources to gather skilled and experienced teams to work through the projects. You also get useful information about the real estate market to set realistic targets, and develop more accurate action plans. To date we have seen prompt results and their service is commendable. We look forward to continuing to work with them.” Lead Fund Manager, Government Link Investment

Contacts

Ben Massey and Julian Stocks