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Westcore Europe

Who we are

Westcore Europe is an internally capitalised commercial real estate investment management company established in Switzerland in 2005, wholly owned by a USD 9 billion AUM family office and part of the Westcore Global Group.

Today we operate local platforms in 5 countries made up of talented practitioners providing local origination and deal flow with best-in-class asset management.
We operate as an investor and operator and seek to acquire, develop, renovate, manage, and lease primarily production, industrial and logistic assets either directly or in partnership with preferred investment partners.

Our network of preferred partners includes a number of prominent international family offices and high-net-worth individuals as well as leading private equity groups.

Expanding throughout Europe

Our footprint in Europe continues to grow, with Westcore offices in London, Geneva, Berlin, Vienna, and Amsterdam. This growth reflects a consistent record of delivering high risk-adjusted investment returns to investors.
Our investment approach

Our numbers

€1 billion

Europe Transaction volume

700,000 sqm

Net leasable floor area

€750 million

AUM

From our Chairman

Marc Brutten

Westcore Europe has been investing directly in Europe since 2006, when I expanded our long-seasoned multi decade U.S. investment platform to Western Europe. As a group, we are talented and nimble, resourceful and knowledgeable. Our local teams are proactive in finding opportunities and off-market deals for multi-tenant industrial, and office properties by talking to local owner occupiers, administrators, and legal advisers. While we build long-term relationships with debt partners, banks and investors, we acquire properties with our own capital, so we can react quickly when opportunities arise and achieve full alignment. We hope you will join us as we achieve outstanding returns, and improve properties and communities throughout Europe.

Marc Brutten Signature

Marc Brutten
Chairman, Founder
Westcore Properties

1980s / 1990s
1981-1982

Marc Brutten develops his first shopping centre in Spring Valley, CA, anchored by Goodyear Tire. He then goes on to develop his second and third shopping centres the following year, anchored by 7-Eleven in southern San Diego.

1990-2000

Marc Brutten joins Shidler West and grows platform from $22 million to $850 million. He also serves as part of a formation team for two REIT IPOs: TriNet and First Industrial.

2000s
1999
Marc Brutten forms Westcore Industrial Properties, acquires assets worth $400 million.
2003
Westcore partners with Dubai Investment Group and co-invests in assets worth $600 million over a four-year period.
2006
Westcore opens the company’s first European office in Lausanne, Switzerland and acquires 110,000 sq. m. of industrial and office property in Switzerland and Austria
2009
Westcore opens the company’s London office and teams up with Angelo Gordon, a US private equity fund manager, to acquire a loan from a UK bank secured against a London office portfolio.
Westcore Investment Property
Westcore Investment Property
2010s
2011
Westcore obtains a $200 million investment from Almanac Realty Advisors (formerly Rothschild Realty Managers) to continue to scale the company and take advantage of acquisition opportunities.
2014/15

Westcore opens the company’s Berlin office and acquires a 37,000 sq. m. Berlin office park.

Westcore acquires an 80,000 sq.m. Leipzig area logistics park as well as the Fairoaks Airport outside London for expansion and development of airport buildings.

2016
Westcore obtains a commitment of $337 million of growth capital from Almanac Realty Advisors, bringing the aggregate commitment by Almanac to over $500 million.
2017
Westcore Properties has commercial real estate assets under management in excess of 1.8 million sq. m. valued at more than $1.5 billion.
2020s
2018
In 2018, National Real Estate Investor Magazine ranked Westcore Properties as one of the Top 50 owners of industrial real estate globally. Westcore acquires a further 80,000 sq.m of industrial assets across Germany and the United Kingdom.
2019
Westcore acquires a further 7 industrial assets totalling 115,000 sq.m across Germany and the United Kingdom.
2020
Westcore establishes new London office.
2021

Westcore acquires a further 4 industrial assets totaling 117,000 sq.m across United Kingdom, France, and Austria.

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