List of the 300 largest real estate investors UK [2025 Update]

List of 3 real estate investors in UK

To give you a better idea of our list, we briefly introduce three companies that are included in our address database of the largest UK real estate buyers. Our team deals intensively with the respective markets and analyses the most important players in detail before we prepare our lists. In this way we ensure that the most relevant companies are really included in our overviews and that you don’t acquire outdated data.

1.  Savills Investment Management (London) – diversified portfolio

The Savills Investment Management company is an independent subsidiary of the Savills group. Since 30 years the now international operating real estate investor has a diversified portfolio: investments in Europe, in Asia-Pacific as well as in Japan are included in the investment strategy. With a mixed approach of indirect and direct investments, Savills Investment Management invests in multiple assets: Residential, Office Buildings or Infrastructure Investments are just some of the interests of the investor.

Update 2023: Despite the current real estate crisis, SIM continues to show a willingness to buy on the German market. In this context, a light industrial park in Essen was acquired most recently. Savills IM manages logistics properties worth more than 6 billion euros worldwide for various funds and mandates – around 1 billion of the logistics AuM’s are located in Germany.

2. Columbia Threadneedle Investments Real Estate (formerly BMO Real Estate Partners) (London)

BMO Real Estate Partners is part of BMO Global Asset Management and, as of September 2020, has £6.4 billion assets under Management. The real estate investor mainly focuses on residential buldings or offices as well as some retail investments. One commonly known investment in their portfolio is the st. Christophers Place in London which has 150 lettable units which accommodate retail space, offices and apartments.

Update 2024: BMO Real Estate Partners has been operating under the name Columbia Threadneedle Investments Real Estate Partners for some time now. Under the new umbrella, the focus is still on the retail and residential asset classes and in particular on mixed-use properties in A and B cities.

3. Pembroke (London) – focus on offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Pembroke is an international real estate investor with 7 offices around the globe. All in all, the real estate investor has 41 assets in 14 markets including Boston, London, Melbourne, Munich, Stockholm, Seattle, Tokyo, San Francisco and Washington, DC. Pembroke, founded 1997, has an asset class focus on offices and a regional focus on Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

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Different asset classes: Residential real estate, office real estate, retail, hotel, logistics, light industrial, care, debt

The investors on our list are active throughout the UK, from London to Edinburgh. There are differences in the asset classes in which investments are made. The most widely spread asset classes are particularly sought after: residential and office. But here too, the investment focus varies from investor to investor. Some are only looking for skyscrapers with office space in London, while others are looking for commercial office buildings in B and C locations. Some of the investors only buy top residential properties in A-locations, while others are interested in portfolios in rural areas. Retail and hotel properties are also sought-after asset classes. Rather new asset classes that have recently become more popular are logistics and light industrial real estate. In times of an aging population, nursing and health care properties also play a greater role.