About James
A real estate specialist with over 10 years’ experience, James Eddowes acts for high-profile UK and US investors and developers (both from institutional and private equity backgrounds) on high-value acquisitions and disposals (including via corporate wrappers), financings, developments, and fundings of real estate portfolios and assets across a range of sectors, including industrial, offices, student accommodation, hotels and later living.
James’ clients include Blackstone, Cabot Properties, Centerbridge Partners, CVC DIF, Diageo Pension Fund, GreenPoint Partners, Harbert Management Corporation, Logicor, Mileway, Modal Property, SEGRO and TT Group.
Clients value his solutions-focused approach and strong communication.
Experience
Acting on the UK real estate aspects of the following headline-making deals:
For Blackstone on the circa £500 million financing with Barclays (by way of CMBS) of two portfolios of logistics properties comprising 66 sites.
For Blackstone on the acquisition of a pan-European portfolio of logistics assets from Macquarie for circa €520 million.
For Blackstone on the acquisition of the IQ student accommodation platform from Goldman Sachs for circa £4.7 billion.
For Blackstone on the sale of Logicor to China Investment Corporation for circa €12 billion.
For Brookfield on the acquisition of the Service Apartment Company (SACO) platform from Oaktree Capital for circa £430 million.
For Cabot Properties on the speculative funding of a mid-box industrial/logistics development comprising five units at Axis J9 in Bicester.
For Centerbridge Partners on the acquisition of a pan-European portfolio of logistics assets for circa £60 million (UK assets) and circa €60 million (European assets).
For Diageo Pension Fund (managed by Savills IM) on the acquisition, development and letting of a state-of-the-art life sciences park in Bourn, Cambridge.
For EQT on the acquisition of the Instavolt electric vehicle charging point platform from Zouk Capital in a multimillion-pound deal (pricing remains confidential).
For Goldman Sachs in collaboration with Riverstone Living on the development of a luxury retirement living scheme in Fulham.
For GreenPoint Partners on the acquisition of 37 car park assets from Davidson Kempner for £305 million.
For Harbert Management Corporation on the acquisition of seven purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sites across England and Scotland from Starwood and Round Hill Capital for circa £130 million and the entry into of a bespoke operating agreement with Abodus Student Living.
For Harbert Management Corporation on the development aspects of a forward commit acquisition of the Martha Street Apartments, a 20-storey PBSA tower in Glasgow City Centre, for circa £60 million. The deal marked the final phase of a wider urban regeneration project.
For a joint venture (JV) between Lincoln Property Company and MGT Investment Management on the redevelopment of a mixed-use scheme in the Station Hill area of Reading town centre.
For Logicor on the letting of a 645,000-square-foot industrial scheme in Tamworth to XPO, a deal that won Best Asset Management Initiative at the Industrial Agents Society Awards.
For a JV between Modal Property and Centerbridge Partners on the aggregation and financing with Apollo Global Management of one of the UK’s largest industrial outdoor storage (IOS) platforms.
For Ottoway Portfolio Holdings (backed by CVC DIF, the infrastructure strategy of CVC) on the acquisition and financing of a UK student housing portfolio in Bristol (totalling 491 beds) from Harrison Street Asset Management (pricing remains confidential).
For Queensgate Investments on the acquisition (by way of share purchase) of four luxury Grange hotels for circa £1 billion together and the creation of income strip long lease interests.
For SEGRO on:
The acquisition of Grand Union Trade Park (in Park Royal) from Abrdn for circa £80 million.
The acquisition of Perivale Park Industrial Estate for circa £200 million from Federated Hermes.
The sale of SEGRO Park Victoria Park (in Park Royal) for circa £115 million to Imperial College London.
Credentials
Education
- University of Law, L.P.C., 2010
- University of Sheffield, LL.B., 2007
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2013
Expertise
Services
- Real Estate