MARK Capital Management (previously Meyer Bergman) is a privately held

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management firm with more than €7 billion in assets under management. MARK Capital Management was formed in 2004 by its chairman,

Ton Meijer Ton Meijer is a Dutch property developer, the chairman of Meyer Bergman, a London-based privately held real estate investment company, specialising in retail property. In 1970, Meijer founded MAB Group, and was its president and CEO until the sa ...

, and its chief executive officer,

Markus Meijer Markus Sebastianus Meijer (born September 1970) is a Dutch real estate investor, the chief executive officer (CEO) of MARK Capital Management, a London-based privately held real estate investment company, specialising in urban mixed-use property. ...

from the holdings of the former MAB Group.

Strategy

MARK's strategies run parallel to its closed-ended value-add funds, focusing on mixed-use real estate throughout Europe and the United States. The strategies aim to repurpose and reposition under-utilised assets in urban gateway locations throughout Europe.

Developments

In 2012, it was reported that MARK owns London's

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in Kingston upon Thames, and Exchange Ilford in Ilford, Essex. MARK was one of the principals behind the 2013 acquisition of large parts of the Queensway district of west London with a view to the redevelopment of the area. The purchases include the Queensway Estate, location of the ice skating rink and Queensway Market, and the

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shopping centre which was purchased from

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. In June 2015, it was announced that MARK would partner with London property businessman

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to redevelop Whiteleys in a mixed used scheme that would include housing, leisure facilities and retail premises to be designed by

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. In October 2015, it was announced that MARK would be buying over a dozen of

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's 49 mothballed sites in a £250m deal, and that "some 10,000 homes could be built on the sites in London, the South East and Bath". In October 2015, Meyer Bergman rebranded as MARK Capital Management, and began to include life sciences and digital real estate opportunities. In 2016, MARK acquired Borough Yards, situated in the

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next to

Borough Market Borough Market is a wholesale and retail market hall in Southwark, London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London, with a market on the site dating back to at least the 12th century. The present buildings were bui ...

. Due for completion in 2021, Borough Yards will include workspace, retail, gallery, restaurants, and a cinema. ''Meyer Bergman Launches Leasing of £300 Million Borough Yards Project at London Bridge by Signing Everyman Cinema and The Office Group''
Meyer Bergman, 15 November 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2021

Funds

MARK advises four closed-ended, value-add real estate funds, the VIA Outlet Venture, and co-investments totalling more than €7 billion in assets under management on behalf of global institutional investors, which include leading pension funds, endowments and asset managers from Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia.

References

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