Property Requirements:

Yes please:

• Educational sectors, schools, nurseries and after school centers
• Commercial D1 use buildings.
• Ideal lot size £0.5 million - £10 million
• Preferably mixed, retail or office usage building potential to change to D1 use.
• Fundamentally "good real estate"
• Strong focus on income and resilience of cashflow
• Added value business plan
• Price below replacement cost
• Limited void and leasing risk
• Initial yield: 8%++
• Properties suffering from management neglect
• We like ugly buildings with high returns!
• Joint ventures (with partners, developers and asset managers who can add value)
• Single let properties

Education Sectors:

• A preparatory school
• A secondary school
• A nursery
• A tutorial college
• An international college
• A special school
• After School Clubs
• A group of schools or nurseries
• Premises suitable for educational use
• Or any other kind of educational business (supply, software, compliance, performance assessment)

Distressed Investment Opportunities in Education Sector: 

• Lack of business continuity as a result of breaching bank covenants.
• Sound business potential, but current cash flow issues due to credit crunch environment.
• Business neglect due to financial and social factors.
• In ability to manage the business in the current turmoil environment.
• Business suffering from higher fixed rate interests and commitment into Swap contracts.

No thanks:

• Speculative development funding
• Over-rented income