Custody Network

Infill light industrial space is where a corridor's last mile is actually performed. The Exchange holds it in custody as a single national network rather than as scattered buildings.

In 2024 the Exchange took into custody a 14.6 million square foot portfolio of infill light industrial assets across twenty rapidly growing markets. These are not distribution megaboxes; they are the mid-sized, close-in facilities where consolidation, final assembly and last-mile despatch are done.

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The Exchange acquired roughly 2,100 urban apartments while others were withdrawing from the market. This is what a contrarian custody position looks like in practice.

In early 2024 the Exchange took custody of a portfolio of approximately 2,100 multifamily apartments in a major coastal city, becoming one of its largest residential holders in a single transaction.

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Research campuses are where a market's evidentiary capability is built. The Exchange holds 1.6 million square feet of them.

The Exchange's life sciences estate comprises around 1.6 million square feet, formed by merging two separate campus investments into a single advanced research cluster.

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A flagship hub is where a corridor's counterparties physically meet. This is the standard the Exchange holds them to.

In the heart of a regional financial core, the Exchange holds a mixed-use hub combining 990,000 square feet of modern, sustainable office space with 160,000 square feet of curated retail, dining and community amenity, set across four acres of public realm.

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Six villages, capacity for around 25,000 guests, and 400 acres of protected woodland at each. The Exchange holds the network and the obligations that come with it.

The platform owns and operates six villages with capacity for approximately 25,000 guests, offering high-quality accommodation and an unusually broad range of leisure facilities. Each village sits within 400 acres of woodland that is protected and actively enhanced as part of the operating obligation.

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Open-air trade destinations are where retail, dining and public life meet. The Exchange holds the flagship of the category and the operating discipline that keeps it primary.

The flagship asset in this part of the register is the world's largest open-air shopping centre, positioned steps from one of the most visited beaches in its market. It combines national retailers, local independents and luxury houses, including the market's only outlets of several major department stores.

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Repositioning is the most demanding discipline in real estate custody. This is how the Exchange has done it across a landmark hospitality estate.

The Exchange acquired a landmark hospitality group in 2021, including four hotels with over 2,200 keys, and has since worked alongside the management team to reposition the platform through targeted investment and operational upgrade.

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A pure-play luxury hotel platform in one of the fastest-growing major economies, taken from acquisition to public listing under Exchange custody.

In 2019 the Exchange acquired a luxury hotel brand and operating platform that was, and remains, the only pure-play business of its kind in its market. Platforms combining an owned estate with a recognised luxury brand rarely become available.

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More than 20 million square feet of office, retail, residential, life sciences and hospitality in one urban district, held under joint stewardship.

The asset is a mixed-use urban district comprising more than 20 million square feet of high-quality office, retail, residential, life sciences and hospitality space, with a substantial development pipeline still to come.

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