Background

Equite is a privately held 15 year old, Luxembourg headquartered real estate management structure with the objective to generate investors a safe fixed return, providing an attractive alternative in times of zero interest rates and turbulent stock markets.

The structure fully controls Equite Capital SLP (structure registered with the Register of Commerce of Luxembourg under the number B208947) that issues the “Europe Real Estate Bond” fixed income security, with all the capital invested in directly owned and managed European real estate development subsidiaries. Activity is carefully selected across Europe (Denmark 40%, Germany 35%, Slovakia 25%).

The investment manager for the structure is Equite Management Sàrl, company registered with the Register of Commerce of Luxembourg under the number B208726, AIFM registration number A00001803. Led by senior executives with more than four decades of combined development experience in four EU countries who have collectively developed over 70,000m² of residential real estate representing more than €130m in asset value.

Investment and Operational Strategy

Equite’s success and competitive advantage lie within 40 years of combined real estate industry experience, intimate local knowledge, powerful network of contacts and conservative approach to risk.

In many cases, Equite and its subsidiaries operates with its own equity, but occasionally may take on external private debt or equity. Our principal objective is to deliver predictable returns and achieve investment stability irrespective of the source of funding. We achieve these objectives through implementing its three-pronged strategy of:

Generally, the directors search for development property that falls under one or more of the following conditions:

• A site that allows for efficient cost effective construction.
• Current property owners have insufficient knowledge or connections required to secure the needed permits.
• Current owners do not have sufficient capital to develop their property.
• A local market temporarily hit by crisis where local capital may be unavailable, thus allowing our liquidity to leverage opportunities in the market.
• Property fundamentals for the site are such that our key industry contacts can be used to obtain otherwise difficult bank financing, advanced investment company interest and/or advanced sales company commitments if desirable.

Directors

Thomas Bolther is an investment property developer with more than two decades of property investing experience in real estate development. He has a proven 20-year track record of successful real estate projects in various European markets including Germany, Denmark and Hungary. Mr Bolther’s established network of contacts and local market expertise allows him to find, correctly evaluate the potential of and develop undervalued real estate. Mr Bolther is fluent in Danish, English and German and has working knowledge of Swedish and Norwegian.

Petr Vaclavinek co-founded and provides ongoing management for a Slovakian real estate development company specializing in apartment buildings development and is actively participating in strategic direction of the company initiatives. Current and past projects include development of several apartment buildings, featuring over 200 properties. Mr. Vaclavinek also founded and provided direction for a real estate company specializing in land development. He has experience in strategic forward-planning and operating within the tight financial disciplines imposed by strict guidelines and methodical administration to deadlines. Mr Vaclavinek is fluent in  English, Czech, Slovakian and Spanish and has working knowledge of Polish and Portuguese.