Tag: Capriles family

Orinoquia Real Estate to Invest €47.7 Million in Co-Living and Temporary Stay Projects in Spain

30 October 2019 – The Venezuelan family Capriles is increasing its bet on the Spanish real estate market, after a major push into the luxury residential market with Gran Roque, its developer. Now, their socimi, Orinoquia Real Estate, will invest more than 47.7 million euros in co-living and temporary stay projects.

The socimi plans to build seven buildings and more than 205 flats. The first two buildings, in Málaga and Valencia, are already under construction. The others will include another in Málaga, two in Seville and one in Madrid.

Original Story: Idealista – Custodio Pareja

Adaptation/Translation: Richard D. K. Turner

The Venezuelan Capriles Family Creates a Socimi: Kowo Real Estate

26 October 2018 – Idealista

Increasingly more families are deciding to channel their investments in property through Socimis. Whilst in August, it was the Koplowitzs who decided to create their own investment vehicle using that structure, now, it is the Venezuelan Capriles family that is throwing itself into the real estate market with its first Socimi, Kowo Real Estate, according to explanations provided by sources in the sector speaking to Idealista News.

In recent years, the Capriles family has become one of the most active in terms of investment in luxury housing through the company Gran Roque Capital. On its shoulders stand the recovery of three developments in Madrid, in the Chueca area (two on Calle Fernando VI and the other on Calle Barquillo). At the end of last year, the company started to market homes on Calle Pablo de Aranda in the El Viso area with the aim of reaching €11,000/m2.

Now, the company is pushing ahead with one of the vehicles of the moment in the real estate sector. The businessman Miguel Ángel Capriles has launched Kowo Real Estate Socimi, with the aim of buying and developing real estate assets of an urban nature for their subsequent rental.

But this is not the first time that the company has considered launching a Socimi. At the beginning of this year, the family announced that it was finalising the constitution of a Socimi to position itself as a leader in the tourist accommodation segment The initial investment in that project amounted to €40 million, according to the business plan provided by Edric Capriles.

The Bluemoon apartments are owned by that Socimi, according to reports from La Celosía. They are located in the El Carmen neighbourhood of Valencia, a stone’s throw from the cathedral and its first commitment in Spain. The company invested €5 million in that aparthotel, comprising homes for tourist use of a residential nature. In addition to Valencia, Málaga and Sevilla are also in the spotlight of the Venezuelan investors.

The real estate business of the Capriles family in Spain comprises luxury housing development and renovation projects. Its corporate network in Spain contains more than twenty companies dedicated to real estate development (Craski Inversiones, Madriski Inversiones…), the sale and purchase of real estate assets on their own behalf (Gran Roque Capital and Invecap Inversiones Inmobiliaria) and the rental of real estate assets (MACL Castellana 56).

Between them, all of those entities own total assets worth €125 million. Invecap Inversiones Inmobiliarias is the most important entity, with total assets of €53.3 million and from which almost all of the other entities depend. The latter, moreover, is the sole shareholder of the recently created Socimi.

Original story: Idealista (by Custodio Pareja)

Translation: Carmel Drake

Gran Roque Capital Buys 3 Residential Plots Near The Calderón

16 October 2017 – El Confidencial

The Venezuelan Capriles family has closed another real estate operation in Madrid. Gran Roque Capital, the company controlled by Miguel Ángel Capriles and his cousin Áxel Daniel Capriles, has purchased three plots of buildable land from Prosegur just 500m from the site of the future Operación Mahou-Calderón. The Capriles family has paid around €25 million for this land, which does not require any kind of urban planning modifications, given that it is assigned for residential use according to the General Urban Planning Plan (PGOUM) for Madrid dated 1997, according to sources in the market.

The acquired land comprises three plots (measuring 592 m2, 593 m2 and 3,542 m2, respectively) spanning a combined surface area of 4,723 m2 and a buildable surface area of almost 8,800 m2. Two of the plots (the smaller ones) are vacant, but the largest one is currently occupied by a building that Gran Roque will have to demolish before it can build the new homes on the site. The land purchase operation has been advised by Knight Frank, which, nevertheless, declined to comment on the transaction.

The new residential project (…) will involve the construction of around 80 homes of different kinds, which will be sold for between €5,500/m2 and €6,000/m2, according to sources at Gran Roque, although, they emphasise that the project is still at a very embryonic phase. According to data from Idealista, the price of second-hand homes in the area stands at around €3,300/m2, however, some properties are currently on the market for between €4,000/m2 and €5,000/m2, whereby exceeding the peaks of 2007 (€3,980/m2 in the district of Arganzuela).

This operation represents an about-turn in Gran Roque’s investment strategy in the Spanish capital, where to date, it has opted for plots in prime locations and for projects involving super luxury homes. Its most recent project is in El Viso, opposite the bunker that constitutes the residence of the President of ACS, Florentino Pérez.

500m from the Calderón

This transaction is particularly important in the market given that the price paid for the land, around €2,900/m2, and the prices at which the future homes will be sold, will undoubtedly serve as a benchmark for the future sale of land in the so-called Operación Mahou-Calderón (…).

Experts in the sector consider that a price of between €1,500/m2 and €2,000/m2 would be appropriate for the area (…).

New build homes close to the Vicente Calderon are in short supply. One of the few projects underway is being led by Neinor Homes, which is constructing a 72-home residential project: Riverside homes, for €3,500/m2, a price significantly lower than the properties that Gran Roque is planning to build. Like most of the new builds currently being constructed in the capital, these homes are being targeted at middle and middle/upper-class buyers. Of the 51 homes that will comprise the future 20-storey tower, which will be 72 m tall, 49 units have already been sold.

Original story: El Confidencial (by E. Sanz)

Translation: Carmel Drake

Grosvenor Buys 2 Buildings In Madrid To Turn Them Into Homes

17 July 2017 – Expansión

The British real estate company Grosvenor has acquired two buildings in Madrid, which it will transform into new luxury apartments and commercial spaces. Specifically, Grosvenor, through its subsidiary Europe, has purchased one building, with a surface area of 3,000 m2, located between c/Modesto Lafuente and c/José Abascal. The property, which currently houses offices, will undergo a comprehensive renovation to create thirteen 3- and 4-bedroom homes, spread over ten floors.

Similarly, the British group has acquired another property, located on c/Santa Engracia, with a surface area of around 1,800 m2. There, the real estate company plans to create 18 homes, including two penthouses and some retail premises.

The two operations form part of the joint venture created by Grosvenor and the Asian firm Amcorp in July 2016, which has the aim of investing €70 million in Spain during its first phase.

In May, the alliance closed its first transaction with the purchase of a plot of land measuring 820 m2, at number 53 on Calle Jorge Juan, to promote seven exclusive apartments.

The British group, founded in 1677 by Sir Thomas Grosvenor, is currently one of the largest real estate owners in Great Britain.

Grosvenor is one of several major international investors that has taken the decision to back the residential market in Spain. Funds such as Kennedy Wilson, Lone Star, Greenoak, Grosvenor, Autonomy Capital, Invesco, as well as family offices and representatives of wealthy families such as Shaftesbury, the Capriles family, Stoneweg and Dazi are all currently working on residential projects in the Spanish market.

Original story: Expansión (by Rocío Ruiz)

Translation: Carmel Drake

GreenOak Puts Luxury Homes On C/Fuencarral Up For Sale

7 February 2017 – El Confidencial

Between €350,000 and €1 million. That is the price bracket at which the high-end homes at number 77 on Madrid’s alternative shopping street Calle Fuencarral are going on the market for. The homes are going on sale in the building that GreenOak purchased, together with ASG Iberia Advisors (previously Activum), from the General Treasury for Social Security, for €21 million in a public auction – it was the only offer that the State received for this centrally-located property, whose renovation will combine luxury residential properties with retail space.

The operation, closed at the end of 2015, was led by John Carrafiell (GreenOak), hand in hand with the German real estate fund manager (ASG Iberia Advisors), which is led in Spain by Brian Bettel, the man who used to hold the reins at Cerberus in Spain.

According to sources close to the project, the plans, which have been developed with the utmost discretion since the acquisition, comprise the construction of 40 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom homes (measuring between 50m2 and 150m2), which will be sold for between €350,000 and €1 million, i.e. around €6,000/m2. In addition, the building will continue to house a sizeable retail space, as three of its six floors will be used for that purpose. The common areas will have a swimming pool, solarium and gym, however, it will not have any parking spaces, a major drawback for a project of this standing. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.

Sources consulted say that there is a long waiting list of people wanting to acquire these units, given that there are no other luxury new homes up for sale in the area to compete with this project. In fact, one of the developments that could compete in this market is located on Calle Fernando VI (in the Lamarca Building, just 500m away), which is owned by the Venezuelan Capriles family, has been completely sold already. GreenOak and ASG Iberia have engaged the luxury real estate company Gilmar and CBRE España to market the properties. (…).

The building, which is located just a short distance from Tribunal metro stop, has been completely derelict for several years. It has a total constructed surface area of almost 8,000 m2 spread over six floors and was constructed on a plot of land measuring 1,875 m2. (…).

This is GreenOak’s first major residential project in Spain, where it has previously focused more on the logistics, office and retail sectors; meanwhile, ASG Iberia has expressed much more interest in housing, along with the retail sector. In fact, that company has separate plans to construct more than a thousand homes in Madrid.

Last year, the fund manager purchased six plots of land from Altamira in Alcalá de Henares with a buildable surface area of 50,000 m2, on which it will build up to 650 homes. (…).

Original story: El Confidencial (by E. Sanz)

Translation: Carmel Drake