Urbanista Brochure 2012 ENG

redefining development, refining investment
Our goal is to produce
landmark real estate
development projects
that shift markets forward.
We view every development we engage with as a unique challenge and
steer clear of copy and paste methods. Our management experience and
property know how is aimed at maximizing upside and de-risking at every
stage of the development process. We only enter into projects where
we can add unrivalled value, and only where we feel we can meaningfully
connect with the property and the investor. As a project is only as strong
and successful as the team behind it, we are careful and selective in our
choice of projects, partners, and investors.
From single bespoke luxury residences to major urban regeneration
projects, we can handle projects of varying size and structure. We are
flexible enough to scale ourselves to each opportunity.
We View Every Project We Engage With As
a Unique Challenge
One size
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does not fit all.
We tailor each project to ensure that the vision and approach
provide the best current and future fit.
We detect new trends and business opportunities. Our minds are
always alert to find the best way from abstract to realization. Innovation,
creativity, and creating a sustainable genuine difference are the core
drivers of our approach to all opportunities and projects. We get our thrills
from creating new opportunities and seeking out the next great thing; but,
our real manna comes from devising systems that get projects from start
to finish and beyond without polluting or diluting the original visionary
ideas.
We are deeply rooted in the creative world and ensure that our projects
are inspired and infused with cutting-edge thought. We do not see the
stages of the development cycle as individual and mutually exclusive, but
as integrated as co-dependent. Our aim is to bridge the gaps in the system
to keep the dream alive and kicking well past opening day.
Urbanista Is About Innovation, Creativity,
and Creating Sustainable Genuine Difference
ONE OF OUR UNIQUE
ASSETS IS OUR
ABILITY TO SEE BOTH
SIDES OF THE FENCE
Urbanista engages with leading investors as
development partner or co-developer.
We bring our full range of expertise to the table and unlock the hidden
value in every opportunity. We have worked with the biggest and the
best, and we understand systems and structures and how to work
within the boundaries. But our nature is to think out-of-the-box and
seek out new value curves.
One of our unique assets is our ability to see both sides of the fence
and ensure a project starts with inspired vision and energy and then
follows through with management processes that sustain and fuel the
core ideas throughout its journey.
Knowing your way around the system, getting the right information
and having the right contacts are all critical to success.
Urbanista offers the networks, management know-how and market
knowledge of a large corporation, but with a streamlined partnership
approach that strips away the excess baggage and usual trappings of a
bulky corporate entity.
Our in-house know-how and strategic network base extend across
and add value over the full spectrum of the real estate development
cycle, from initial site acquisition through to operation and final
disposal.
Consultancy
While our core aim is to take our own creations through the full
development cycle, we also offer consultancy on unique projects that are
consistent with our outlook and where we can add meaningful value.
We are happy to share our knowledge and advise likeminded investors and
companies looking to maximize impact and make a positive difference with
their projects. In addition to coming in at any stage of the development process
on a broader level, we also consult on a project basis in the
following areas:
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Identifying and codifying the project’s DNA
Project Origination
Place-Making
Brand Drivers and Project Identity
Commercialization and Leasing
Public-Private-Civic Partnerships
Marketing and Communication Strategy
Signage & Wayfinding
Project Review and Evaluation
Architecture and Design
Architectural Review
Commercial Evaluation
Operations
Mechanical & Engineering
Common Area Services, Maintenance and Charges
Facilities Management Team Setup / Training
Management Plan / Legal Set-up
Lease and operational contracts
Budgeting and Financial Modelling
Marketing Promotions and Community Building
is our starting point.
We seek out the big idea, the storyline, the DNA of the opportunity,
and build it into the space to realize its true potential. We only enter
into projects that we feel have unique staying power and can serve as a
source of pride for everyone involved for generations to come.
Identifying and building-in a unique and sustainable customer experience
is a key step in our development process, and we have world class
achievements that highlight the fruits of our approach. Urbanista’s
partners bring deep and award-winning envisioningtm
experience to each project.
We intrinsically look at property from a holistic perspective and use our
strength in strategy and concept development to determine a project’s
viability at the very initial idea stage. We then build this up systematically
to ensure that the vision driving the project is not lost in the complicated
linkages and relationships of the development cycle.
We Seek Out The Big Idea, The Storyline, The
DNA Of The Opportunity
Project
Origination
Together with our strategic partners and networks,
we aim to uncover opportunities before they reach
the market. We are also able to weed out real
opportunities from non-starters.
In areas where reliable information is scarce and secondary markets are
still emerging, it is very difficult to get a true understanding of risks and
processes. Saving bottom line intelligence gathering until the formal
due diligence process can be very costly and unnecessarily risky. Our
aim is to understand the true character of an opportunity as early on as
possible – saving both ourselves and our investment partners time and
unnecessary expense.
We are also very experienced negotiators and know how to value and
make a good deal. Every property is different, but we have the ability
and network to strategize and execute the best approach every time.
We Uncover Opportunities
Before They Reach The Market
Property Development
and Planning
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can be a tiring and immensely complicated activity. We have the foresight
to lead our projects through the planning process and navigate the system
with maximum possible efficiency and minimum risk.
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Urbanista’s core team and strategic partners have a deep understanding of
both the macro issues and the micro details. We provide the right contacts
at the right time and right place.
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Commercialization
and Leasing
Our approach to commercialization and leasing is fresh and out-of-thebox. We tailor make the mix to the project’s current and future market
position and aim to find compelling ways to go well beyond shopping.
Our approach creates more exciting environments and minimizes long
term risk in the leasing process.
While we respect the established rules, we also realize that people
enjoy and expect variety and novelty. This is why we believe that a shop
mix should not be cut and paste cliché – but a sensitive and tasteful
blend of staples and surprises. With tenant networks that extend well
beyond the usual suspects, our projects stand out from the pack.
We do more than just lease out centres - we animate spaces that
We Do More Than Just Lease Out Centres –
We Animate Spaces
become the social hub of the community. With competition increasing
dramatically and project sustainability racing to the fore, creating and
maintaining a unique proposition is no longer just a nice idea - it is an
absolute must.
Our Markets
We take a global view of our business. Our interest is not
restricted by national borders, although much of our current
work is focused in Turkey with Istanbul leading the way. We are
also active in Budapest, Prague, Ljubljana, Belgrade, and other
emerging European cities.
Urbanista’s on going and current development projects are focused
on mixed-use urban re-development, blue chip residential, neighbourhood retail, and
logistics land development.
SELECTED PROJECTS
urbanista development
Netherhall Gardens
London
Development Value: 16,000,000 GBP
Netherhall Gardens
London
Development Value: 16,000,000 GBP
818
Mixed-use, Istanbul
1,400m2
Development + Management + Company portfolio asset
Shenley Watertower
Shenley, Herts
Development Value: 10,500,000 GBP
Shenley Watertower
Shenley, Herts
Development Value: 10,500,000 GBP
Lancaster Mews
Residences, London
300m2
Development
Lancaster Mews
Residences, London
300m2
Development
SELECTED PROJECTS
development consultancy
Çubuklu Vadi
Istanbul, Turkey
250,000m2 +
Çubuklu Vadi
Istanbul, Turkey
Services
envisioningtm
Masterplan
Eesidential, retail, hotel
In planning (expected completion 2014)
World of Coca-Cola
Istanbul, Turkey
Concept Developmet
Project Management
(In development)
Braemore Properties
Bodrum, Turkey
Residential
Braemore Properties
Bodrum, Turkey
Services
envisioningtm
Development + marketing consultancy
Expected completion 2012
Skywalk Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Mixed-use urban node
250,000m2
Skywalk Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Services
Masterplan consultancy
Development Management
Commercialization Strategy
In planning, expected completion 2013
Parcel 22
İstanbul, Turkey
Mixed-use
250,000m2
Services
envisioningtm
Development consultancy
Expected completion 2014
Turkish Contractor’s Association Headquarters
Ankara, Turkey
envisioningtm
Expected completion 2012
FIBA
Alemdağ, Istanbul
Masterplan envisioningtm
Commercialization Strategy
500,000m2+ land area, in planning
USCE
Belgrade, Serbia
+/- 30,000 m2 retail center extension
development management consultancy
hotel tower development planning
SELECTED PROJECTS
past works
Zizkov Station
Prague, Czech Republic
350,000m2
Services
envisioningtm
Development consultancy
Currently in planning stage
Expected completion 2014
Zizkov Station
Prague, Czech Republic
Mixed use
Ex-cargo rail station
True mixed-use, retail, residential, hotel, office
Second largest development scheme
in europe at present (2011)
Mosaic
Belgrade, Novi Sad
Retail centerBrownfield redevelopment
First retail center of Novi Sad
40,000 m2 GLA
Mosaic
Belgrade, Novi Sad
Services
Design coordination
Development consultancy
Currently in planning
Expected completion 2013
Al-haram Mosque Expansion
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
1,000,000 + m2 mixed use
‘holy’ urban quarter
Al-haram Mosque Expansion
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Services
envisioningtm
Development consultancy
Dorrotya Haz
Budapest, Hungary
Mixed-use (office, reisidential, retail)
Completed 2009
GBA: 30,000 m2
Use Mix: Retail 2,500 m2 GLA
Residential: 22,000 m2 GLA (87 units)
Office: 2,000 m2 GLA
Construction Value: 40,000,000 EUR
Dorrotya Haz
Budapest, Hungary
Dorrotya Haz
Budapest, Hungary
Services*
Development consultancy
Design management
Project coordination
*Selçuk Avcı, AVCIARCHITECTS
Kanyon
Istanbul, Turkey
, Mixed-use (office, residential, retail)
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40,000 m2 GLA retail
25,000 m2 Residential
30,000 m2 Office
*Markus Lehto employed by Kanyon JV
Kanyon
Istanbul, Turkey
Services*
Full development management
Concept + project development
Branding, marketing, advertising, PR
Commercialization, leasing, sales
Facilities management and operations set up
Completed 2006
*Markus Lehto employed by Kanyon JV
Kanyon
Mixed-use (officeIstanbul, Turkey
, residential, retail)
Design
Branding , Identitiy
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2. Kube
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4. The Jacaranda Estate
5. Eco Alliance
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PARTNER
A Finnish-Canadian who has made Istanbul his home for the past 10 years,
Markus is a convert into the real estate sector. With an education in law
and international relations (Canada and UK) and work experience rooted
in emerging market investment banking (NYC and the Far East), Markus
entered real estate in Turkey in the year 2000 consulting the launch and
initial public offering of ISGYO, the country’s largest quoted REIT. Following
this, he was appointed as Marketing Director helped steer the company’s
growth from roughly $150 mn to $450 mn over a 3 year period.
He was then appointed in 2002 to become the founding Managing Director
of the joint venture between ISGYO and Eczacibasi established for the
realization of Kanyon, a visionary mixed use development at the heart of
the CBD of Istanbul that has won numerous prestigious global awards and
MARKUS LEHTO
remains one of the largest and most important milestone projects in the
Turkish market.
Following the completion and handover of Kanyon in 2007, Markus cofounded Urbanista International Ltd. together with Selcuk Avci, and so
continues in his mission to realize milestone projects. The two partners
agreed to further combine their forces in AVCIARCHITECTS in 2008, and
in so doing have brought the ability to see projects through from inception
through to completion and beyond under a single roof.
Markus is graduate of Laurentian University (BA, Canada) and the University
of Leeds (MA, UK), and a dual citizen of Canada and Finland. He is fluent in
English, Finnish, and Turkish.
SELÇUK AVCI
A Turkish Brit who has made his family home in Slovenia, Selçuk has lived
most of his life in the UK and run his own multidisciplinary architectural
practice in London since 1988. Prior to this, his formative years were led
by his roles as architect at ARUP Associates, Design Director of Energy
Conscious Design, and VP of RTKL Europe, to name but a few.
His design experience extends over many sectors, from retail, office, sports
and leisure, luxury residential, education, to arts and culture. In recent
years, Selçuk has extended his geographical reach and experience, working
on a range of leading retail and mixed used developments across the UK,
Hungary, Italy, Czech Republic and Turkey.
Throughout his career, Selçuk has aimed to balance the theory and
practice of architecture, viewing it as a holistic component of the life cycle
of real estate development. A graduate of Bath University, he has taught at
PARTNER
the AA, the London University Bartlett, Bath University, Delft TU, Ljubljana
University, and is currently a lecturer and co-founder of Turkey’s first ecodesign workshop for Master’s students at Istanbul’s Bilgi University.
Selçuk’s balanced viewpoint and approach also extends to the ‘client’ side,
being a founding partner of Urbanista International Ltd. Together with
Markus Lehto, the London based development and consultancy company
was established in 2007, even further extending the reach for Selcuk’s
philosophies in sustainability and prioritization of eco-design.
Selçuk is a graduate of Bath University and a dual citizen of Turkey and the
UK. He is fluent in English and Turkish.
PARTNER
MICHAEL NAGATA
Originally from Japan, Michael has lived in various parts of Europe for
the past 23 years but is now settled in London. Having grown up in North
America with roots in Asia, Michael has always felt natural and comfortable
moving between cultures. In fact, for Michael, interacting with people from
different cultural background is something that adds spice to life.
In 1995, he joined Hypovereinsbank in Frankfurt, becoming responsible for
the Asian financial institution clients of the bank’s Debt Capital Markets
group. From 1999, as Managing Director, Michael headed the bank’s
operation in Tokyo were the core business was in Real Estate Financing in
addition to the Debt Capital Markets.
After finishing University in Japan, Michael joined Mitsubishi Bank (currently
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) and started his career in finance with Debt
Capital Markets, working in Tokyo, Zurich and London. While in London, he
shifted to Corporate Banking as credit analyst, looking after some of top
UK names.
In 2003, Michael returned to London and made a leap from banking to
property by joining a residential property development business he had
previously help start. For the next four years, it was investments and
developments of various types of properties ranging from flats, apartment
blocks to housing units in the UK and Europe.
Michael is a graduate of Keio University in Japan with BA in Economics. He
is fluent in English and Japanese with conversation level German.
CLIVE BLANKS
Born in London, Clive lives with his family in Radlett in Hertfordshire, he
studied at St Albans Boys School and in 1988 went on to study Urban
Estate Management at the University of London. He has enjoyed a
successful career in property spanning over twenty years.
Clive started working in the West End as a commercial agent. He then
moved into the residential sector concentrating on
Investment properties and he successfully acquired and
disposed of large portfolios for overseas clients.
He has successfully renovated and refurbished many residential properties
from small refurbishments to the development of far larger residential
sites.
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
He prides himself on building high quality individually designed properties
in very desirable locations within Prime London areas as well as the Home
Counties. He has recently completed an Eleven Million Pound residential
development consisting of 18 newly built houses and 6 apartments carved
from a redundant Water Tower.
He is experienced in the acquisition of both land & existing buildings and
has developed complex sites with multi million pound gross development
values. Whilst dealing with many aspects of the planning procedure, he has
managed to achieve excellent planning uplifts on existing schemes and has
secured planning permission for both new build sites as well as sensitive
existing buildings of historical interest.