AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (“AXA IM – Real Assets”), a global leader in real asset investments and the leading(1) real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe, announces that it has entered the UK private rented residential market with the acquisition, on behalf of clients, of the iconic Dolphin Square in Pimlico, Central London, from Westbrook Partners. The neo-Georgian designed freehold asset is the largest single private residential complex in the UK, comprising 1,233 units on a 7.5 acre site. The acquisition forms part of AXA IM – Real Assets’ wider strategy of seeking high quality residential assets supported by strong demographic drivers, which it can invest into for the long term, and adds to its c. €20 billion portfolio comprising various residential asset classes across 15 countries …
