What We Do
Foundation has been actively investing in and developing UK real estate since 2009 across a range of sectors and we took our first steps into Europe in 2022. Having retained a number of our developments over the last 8 years, as at December 2023 our investment portfolio includes approximately £100m of predominately indexed-linked, long income assets.
We seek healthy returns for taking early-stage risk on assets that are often complex, in urgent need of stabilisation or across fragmented and emerging sectors where we can deliver quality, institutional grade projects usually characterised by index-linked, long income. Our extensive experience across specialist sectors allows us to unlock hidden value and complex projects.
We regularly create partnerships with third-party investors and developers to leverage our capital and expertise in strategies where we have a competitive advantage.
Site Identification
Our highly developed land identification methodology, proprietary data collection, and intimate knowledge of our markets unearths best-in-class investment and development opportunities.
Partnerships
We partner with specialist operators to identify, deliver and ultimately satisfy their real estate requirements. We embed ourselves in the sector specific constraints providing us with a competitive advantage.
Value-add Investment
We maximise returns to our shareholders and funding partners by identifying and executing smart, innovative investment strategies, with a focus on repositioning, creating and extracting value from secure index-linked long-income assets.
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Development
We identify, realise and maximise value through extensive risk analysis, specialist sector expertise and proven problem solving. In addition, we fund third-party developers to leverage our resources and capital.
Land Promotion
The promotion or acquisition of brownfield and greenfield land for development across CRE and Living Sectors including industrial & logistics, residential housing, data centre, retail, PBSA and care home. Realised GDV – £100m.
MSA/PFS/Roadside Retail
The acquisition, asset management and development of over 50 MSA, PFS & Roadside Retail assets over a period of 10 years. GDV – £80m.
FPC Convenience
The acquisition, asset management and development of over 50 foodstore led value-add investments over a period of 10 years. Acquisition – £40m.
Electric Land
The largest specialist investor and developer of freehold land for energy generation and storage infrastructure in the UK and beyond. Electric Land’s portfolio includes 1.4GW of projects across 36 sites in the UK representing a prospective £100m ultra-secure, index-linked ground rent portfolio with total GDV in excess of £800m.
Data Centres
Conditional and unconditional acquisition of prime Data Centre development opportunities across the UK and Europe. GDV – £350m.
Requirements
Our core purpose is to enhance value-add and opportunistic real estate investment opportunities by creating institutional assets through active asset management, re/development or planning gain. We do this by utilising thematic strategies, typically in specialist subsectors, where we see long term growth, opportunity or specific market dislocation.
VALUE-ADD INVESTMENT
Sector agnostic
Investments with potential for redevelopment or active management
Part-vacant or assets with surplus
land considered
Any lease lengths
Portfolios considered
Lot sizes up to £50m+
DEVELOPMENT
Unconditional or conditional acquisitions
We also consider the acquisition of consented land with a view to unlocking alternative use value
Lease lengths up to 5 years, if applicable
Minimum site area of 1.00 acre
Lot sizes up to £20m on an unconditional basis and no upper limit on a conditional basis
Freehold and leased operational sites
Undeveloped freehold sites – from raw to “ready to build”
Sale & Leaseback and other opportunities to partner with operators
Forward purchases and commitments with landowners and developers
Individual purchases from less than £0.50m and portfolios up to £20m
Stephen Lansman
Chairman
Ben Lansman
Managing Director
Sammi Charad
Head of Development
Sue Benson
Company Secretary and Financial Controller
Jack Culmer
Senior Asset Manager
EL – Head of Acquisitions
Ivania Walter
Bookkeeper
Michael Sherley-Dale
Non-Exec Director
Waqar Zaman
Finance Analyst
Nell Mueller-Shaw
Senior Legal Counsel
Stephen Lansman
Chairman
Stephen has over 30 years’ experience of strategy, investment and development. He is Chairman of the Group, which he founded in the 1980’s and is responsible for new business initiatives including new Joint Ventures and new Capital.
+44(0)207 434 8786
stephen@foundationpc.co.uk
Ben Lansman
Managing Director
Ben has 15 years’ experience in real estate investment and development. He became a director of the Group in 2013 and MD in 2017. Ben manages the Group, in house and external teams and JVs.
+44(0)207 434 8786
ben@foundationpc.co.uk
Sammi Charad
Head of Development
Sammi joined FPC in 2022, having worked closely with FPC as a Development Partner. He has extensive multi-sector real estate experience and has joined the business to help grow activity.
+44(0)207 434 8786
sammi@foundationpc.co.uk
Sue Benson
Company Secretary and Financial Controller
Joined in 2012. She secured a BSc at Cardiff, qualified with Deloitte and has over 20 years’ experience in senior finance roles and over 10 years in real estate.
+44(0)207 434 8786
sue@foundationpc.co.uk
Jack Culmer
Senior Asset Manager
EL – Head of Acquisitions
Joined in 2018 with a BSc in Business Management from Sheffield University. He previously worked for Lloyds Bank in their Commercial Real Estate Debt team.
+44(0)207 434 8786
jack@foundationpc.co.uk
Ivania Walter
Bookkeeper
Joined in 2020 to support the Financial Controller and project teams.
+44(0)207 434 8786
ivania@foundationpc.co.uk
Michael Sherley-Dale
Non-Exec Director
He founded City North Group in 1983 which floated on the main Stock Exchange in 1998 and was sold to Grainger plc in 2005 for £60 million. In 2010 Michael founded JMS Estates (IOM) Ltd as a specialist in Central London letting and development and this now has more than £110 million of gross assets.
info@foundationpc.co.uk
Waqar Zaman
Finance Analyst
Joined in 2024. Waqar secured an MSc in Mathematical Finance from Queen Mary, University of London and has a background in Corporate Tax at KPMG followed by experience in corporate finance at a boutique firm in the East Midlands.
He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of ICAEW.
T: +44 (0)20 7434 8787
E: waqar@foundationpc.co.uk
Nell Mueller-Shaw
Senior Legal Counsel
Nell has over 14 years of experience in a wide variety of commercial property work, including acquisitions & disposals, landlord & tenant work, development schemes, urban regeneration and strategic development sites. Nell has experience working in the renewable energy sector and has worked in both private practice and in-house.
Nell deals with the legal affairs of the business on a day-to-day basis.
T: +44 (0) 207 434 8797
E: nell@electricland.com
Keila Abreu
EL - Development Director
Niel Dey
EL - Senior Development Engineer
David Savinson
EL - Development Partner - Germany
Arndt Alferink
EL - Development Partner - Germany
James Bennett
EL - Development Manager
Ronald Tang
EL - Development Engineer
Tanaka Dube
EL - Development Associate
Keila Abreu
EL - Development Director
Joined in 2019 with a BSc in Law and MSc in Project
Management, after holding a variety of leading development roles in UKPR and Sembcorp. Keila has also been recognised in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe.
+44(0)7534 399273
keila@electricland.co.uk
Niel Dey
EL - Senior Development Engineer
Joined in 2022 with a MEng in Chemical Engineering and has held various engineering roles in project management and consulting.
+44(0)7398 285196
Niel@electricland.co.uk
David Savinson
EL - Development Partner - Germany
David has over 35 years’ experience in real estate investment and development in the UK and Germany. He set up the Hamdon Real Estate Group in Hamburg, Germany with Arndt Alferink in 1999 and remains it’s Managing Director. He is a Chartered Surveyor and was a member of the Board of RICS Germany from 1997 – 2007.
David is the joint lead on securing Electric Land’s development pipeline in Germany.
+49 163 3571354
David@electricland.co.uk
Arndt Alferink
EL - Development Partner - Germany
Arndt has over 25 years’ experience in real estate investment and development in Germany and Switzerland. He set up the Hamdon Real Estate Group in Hamburg, Germany with David Savinson in 1999.
Arndt is the joint lead on securing Electric Land’s development pipeline in Germany.
+49 178 4778028
arndt@electricland.co.uk
James Bennett
EL - Development Manager
Joined in 2021 with a with an MSc in Spatial Planning and Development and BSc in Biological Sciences. He joined Electric Land from the University of Reading.
+44(0)207 434 8785
james@electricland.co.uk
Ronald Tang
EL - Development Engineer
Ronald joined in 2023 with an MSc and BEng in Mechanical Engineering and has held engineering roles in project management.
His responsibilities include sourcing grid connections at the origination stage and managing those through the development process to deliver shovel ready projects.
+44 (0)20 7434 8795
ronaldtang@electricland.co.uk
Tanaka Dube
EL - Development Associate
Joined in 2024 with a BSc in Property Development and an MSc in International Real Estate Finance and Investment.
Tanaka works within the development team sourcing land at the origination stage and then managing those sites through the development process to deliver shovel-ready projects.
T: +44 (0)20 7434 8787
E: tanaka@electricland.co.uk
