Directory · real estate private equity
Real estate private equity firms
By Dan Keegan · Page updated
27 real estate private equity managers, global, European and UK.
Each entry links to the firm’s own website, with its focus in our words.
The list is alphabetical, not a ranking, and carries no assets under management.
- 27 firms
- Unranked, alphabetical
- Linked to each firm’s site
- Checked October 2026
Who are you hiring?
Deal team and partner hires for buyout, growth and credit funds.
See how we search →Permanent CFOs for PE-backed businesses, with fractional and interim options.
See how we search →Operating partners and value creation leads for a fund or a portfolio.
See how we search →COO, CFO, risk, compliance and investor relations for hedge funds.
See how we search →Retained search for finance directors, COOs and NEDs.
See how we search →01/ directory
Real estate managers, A to Z
Filter by where each firm is based, or search by name or sector.
Showing 27 of 27 · listed alphabetically, not ranked
Listed alphabetically, not ranked.
Each focus line is our summary of the firm’s own website, checked in October 2026, and an equity ticket appears only where the firm’s site states one, linked to that page.
We do not publish assets under management.
Spot an error?
Email hello@fractional.quest.
02/ the market
Real estate investment in figures
Published figures, each linked to the page it comes from.
Figures as published by each source, checked on 6 October 2026.
03/ strategies
Real estate strategies, from core to opportunistic
Real estate managers describe their funds by risk and return.
Pick a strategy.
LOWER RISK
Core
Stabilised, well-let property held for income, usually with modest debt.
INCOME PLUS
Core-plus
Good-quality property with some scope to improve income, such as re-letting or light refurbishment.
REPOSITIONING
Value-add
Property bought to refurbish, re-let or reposition, with more leverage and more risk.
HIGHER RISK
Opportunistic
Development, distressed assets and complex situations, where most of the return comes from change in value.
LENDING
Real estate debt
Many managers also lend against property, from senior loans to mezzanine.
04/ roles
Hiring at a real estate manager
The senior roles real estate managers recruit for.
Which sounds like you?
Teams that buy property and run the business plan for each asset.
Fund CFOs, controllers and investor relations leads who raise and report to investors.
- → Placement agents often help with fundraising
Leaders for platform businesses a manager owns, such as a logistics developer or a living-sector operator.
05/ approaching a firm
Before you approach a firm
Whether you are raising capital or looking for a role, check the fit first.
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06/ questions
Questions, answered
No.
Firms are listed alphabetically with their base, a short description of their focus from their own website and a link to that site.
We do not rank firms or publish assets under management.
We included firms whose own websites show an active strategy that fits this page and a presence in real estate investment, and dropped any whose site we could not open.
Only from the firm’s own website, linked to the page where the firm states it.
Where a firm does not publish one, we leave it out.
Yes.
Rainmakrr runs private equity executive search for funds and portfolio companies.
The regime depends on the fund, manager, activities and jurisdiction.
UK AIFMs may be authorised or registered; small registered status is limited to eligible categories, including certain property AIFMs.
Check the actual legal entity and permissions.
15 minutes · video or phone
Book 15 minutes to talk through the hire
Tell us the seat, the fund or company, and the timing. We set out how we would run the search.
- 0115 minutes, video or phone
- 02We scope the role and the search
- 03A written search plan after the call
- 04Permanent, interim and fractional briefs
Pick a day that suits · live availability
07/ sources
Sources and further reading
Primary sources for the rules and figures on this page.