Kalro Capital was established to acquire, develop and invest in real estate across a range of residential and commercial property sectors.
Our residential arm sources under-developed land, airspace and brownfield sites across the UK. We then use our considerable knowledge and experience in planning regulation and policy to re-purpose these sites into sustainable and high-quality residential accommodation.
Our commercial arm focusses on well-located assets with strong underlying fundamentals. We invest in the social infrastructure real estate (or assets that can be converted into these sectors) in the UK. These include properties in the healthcare, education, roadside and convenience sectors.
The primary focus at Kalro Capital is the investment in and development of UK real estate. We are currently actively looking to acquire and develop property in both the residential and commercial sectors with a particular emphasis on London and the South East. We adopt an active asset management strategy to maximise our return from the properties we purchase. For instance, our significant legal and planning experience helps us unlock value from our sites via re-gearing of leases, negotiating with tenants to obtain vacant possession, and securing optimal planning consent for redevelopment.
In addition to creating value, it is important to us that the buildings we develop are both aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly. We achieve this by working closely with a team of architects and interior designers whom we trust to produce functional and beautiful schemes using the most modern and energy efficient materials and building techniques.
One of the most pervasive socio-economic trends of the developed world is a rapidly ageing population. Around 23% of the UK population is currently aged over 60. During the next 20 years, this proportion will rise to 30%. This will push the median age across the UK from 40 today to nearly 43 in 2039, by which time, nearly 1 in 12 people will be aged 80 or over. Evidently, an ageing population will create increased demand for retirement housing in across the acuity scale, from retirement villages to care homes to specialist dementia facilities.
However, there will be other consequences too. For instance, as people live longer they will spend more time and money trying to prevent or reduce the effects of ageing. We therefore predict increased demand for other types of purpose-built healthcare facilities, such as aesthetic medicine clinics and medical imaging centres. Healthcare property is particularly attractive to us because of its inherently defensive nature. Underpinned by very strong demographic trends, it is particularly well suited to withstand fallout from macroeconomic shocks such as Brexit.
The UK offers a world class education system. British educational institutions, from the early years’ foundation to further and higher education, both mainstream and SEN, are globally recognised and internationally acclaimed.
The education sector is a vital component in the future of the global economy and offers a vast range of investment opportunities available.
We have close working partnerships with various education operators and work with them to source
appropriate sites for new education facilities. We then use our considerable in-house real estate expertise to
acquire the sites, carry out any necessary works, and lease them to these operators.