Bondstone co-invests alongside professional investors seeking a reputable and reliable local partner to pursue real estate opportunities in Portugal. Bondstone designs and implements tailor-made strategic or transactional partnerships with prominent international investment firms, which want to strengthen their position in the Portuguese property market.
Since 2016 the group has successfully structured and developed an interesting portfolio of real estate assets, involving projects that represent a total investment of €315M and assets under management of circa €380M.
is established by Paulo Loureiro (a former Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in New York and MBA alumni from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business) and acquires its first real estate project in Lisbon, investing €8m in the development of a 21-unit luxury residential building.
in Lisbon and adds three new residential projects to its portfolio (Scenic, The Nest and Excluxive). The firm closes 2017 with a pipeline of four residential projects totaling 13,500 sqm and €55m in AuM
to 10 people, providing a unique mix of real estate know-how and financial expertise. The company starts four new projects in Lisbon and Cascais, adding 11,500sqm to its portfolio. Towards the end of 2018 the company held a pipeline of eight projects totaling 25,000sqm, 120 units and an AuM of €100m
The company closed a €35m project in Porto in a 50/50 joint venture with Violas Ferreira Group – a leading Portuguese family office deeply committed to the local commercial real estate industry. The firm concludes 2019 with a pipeline of nine projects (totaling 35,000 sqm, representing an investment of over €100m).
The group adopts a new brand (Bondstone) and establishes itself as a real estate private equity firm seeking to invest in select asset classes and investment styles. Louvre Properties remains as the high-end residential brand of Bondstone’s group.
closes a joint venture with Legendre Group for the development of BTS residential projects. The firm starts 2021 with a team of 17 people (excluding 4 non-executive board members). The company has also secured a pipeline of c. €200m in different asset classes.
closes the vast majority of the pipeline sourced in the previous year and secures pipeline for an additional €500m of assets. The group breaks ground on its long-term goal of setting up its first investment fund.
To safeguard and grow our limited partners’ capital via a transparent, co-operative and devoted approach.
To outperform our investors’ expectations and become the real estate partner of choice in Portugal.
To provide the best work environment and career opportunities to our employees.
To be the most trusted partner for real estate capital investing in Portugal - known for smart and transparent investing - by establishing trust, enhancing value and nurturing relationships.
INTEGRITY
We are honest, transparent and committed to doing what is best for our investors and our company. Our ethos at Bondstone is: ‘Deliver what we promise and only promise what we can deliver’. For us, integrity means we do what we say we are going to do, manage expectations through ongoing communication, and are accountable for agreements and deadlines. We value honesty and consistency in our words and actions so our investors can trust us to get the job done.
EXCELLENCE
We intend on being the best we can be. In order to achieve this, we place the investor at the centre of everything we do. We fully commit to consistently deliver on expectations, go the extra mile and give 100% in all that we do and approach everything with a “can do attitude”. We constantly look to improve ourselves, cultivating our knowledge, skill and attitudes to achieve excellence.
HONESTY
We believe in the age-old adage, honesty is the best policy. To uphold our pledge to honesty, we are realistic about what we can and can’t do and are honest to our investors, colleagues and ourselves. We place honesty at the foundation of all we do and it is the basis from which we build our relationships.
TEAMWORK
We develop our people by providing an environment that fosters teamwork, personal development and professional growth. We empower our employees in a work environment that is conducive to creating the optimal work-life balance. We aim to deliver outstanding results by establishing a culture of exceptional execution and rewarding those who create great outcomes.
SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
We are fully committed to carrying out our social and corporate responsibility on a consistent basis across all aspects of our operations. The principles we observe are Business Integrity, Environmental Sustainability, Respect for Society and Respect for People.
Aggregate projected EM of 1.91x in “ground-up” development projects.
€380M AuM in Portugal across 12 different projects since 2016.
Experience in investing across different economic cycles.
Wealth of knowledge in distinct asset classes in multiple countries.
Board with 25+ years of real-estate exposure.
Breadth of talent and transversal background know-how (i.e. architecture, engineering, finance and economics).
Privately owned firm with horizontal and dynamic management.
Experienced international advisory board.
Interest alignment and incentive sharing across the team.
Flexible mandate with ability to select the most adequate investment structure to meet the various requirements of investors.
Create synergies via an in-depth sourcing and transactional approach.
Design tailor-made programmatic or transactional partnership platforms.
Unlock value either through ground-up development, value-add refurbishment or by an efficient operational management.
Bondstone’s asset management service offers a tailor-made strategic approach for each asset type and investment style, unlocking value either through development, value-add refurbishment or by an efficient hands-on asset management.
Leveraging its extensive local network and thorough sourcing methodology, Bondstone can deliver solid “off-market” opportunities. The firm’s in-house real estate expertise mitigates investment risk and enables timely investment transactions.
Bondstone designs and implements tailor-made programmatic or transactional partnership platforms with prominent investment firms, selecting the most adequate investment structure to meet the investment requirements of its investors and partners.
Bondstone offers flexible property management services, allowing asset owners and landlords to increase rental values, manage daily operations and maximize their returns with reduced risk and time commitment.
We are creating an investment framework to ensure future real estate development, investment and asset management activity aligns with the best standards of environmental, social and governance.
As part of our commitment to responsible investment, we are working towards becoming a signatory of the UN PRI and becoming accredited under several internationally recognized standards.
Bondstone is a private equity real estate investment and asset management firm exclusively focused on the Portuguese market, investing across select asset classes and investment styles.