Real Estate Investment
Funding the entire real estate lifecycle.
Why invest in real estate with Octopus?
At Octopus, we’re committed to reimagining real estate investment. From seeing opportunities to bring institutional capital to emerging or underserved sectors, to our relentless focus on those living in the buildings we finance and manage.
We have extensive experience investing across the living and healthcare sectors, with specialist teams and strategies focussed on affordable housing, elderly care and retirement living. We’re also a leading non-bank lender with debt strategies providing finance for the development and repositioning of residential and commercial assets.
Our highly experienced real estate team of more than 90 professionals is trusted to manage £3.7 billion on behalf of our investors across closed-ended funds, evergreen strategies and separate accounts.
“At Octopus Real Estate, we focus on sectors which are underserved, require long-term investment and sometimes a fresh approach – areas where societal need meets innovative solutions. We build specialist teams and partner with forward-thinking developers and operators to give our investors access to compelling investment opportunities throughout the cycle. It’s about helping to deliver thriving communities, one carefully placed investment at a time.”
Ed Clough, Head of Real Estate at Octopus
Unlocking value at every stage
We fund the entire lifecycle of real estate from land, through development, to thriving finished buildings at the heart of their communities. We genuinely believe in the power of property to drive positive change and that buildings delivered to address societal needs with environmental performance at their heart have the potential to deliver strong long-term returns.
Explore our investment opportunities and discover how we can help you build a portfolio that both performs and transforms.
Our real estate strategies
Affordable housing
Delivering genuinely affordable and sustainable homes.
Care homes
Providing care homes that are fit for the future.
Real estate debt
A catalyst for real estate transformation.
Retirement living
Empowering people to live better for longer.
In the news
Octopus and Acacia expand senior living portfolio with £35m investment
February 2024
Octopus is investing £35m, on behalf of its UK care homes strategy, to finance three elderly care homes as part of a partnership with operator Acacia Care. The homes, located across sites in Leicestershire and Norfolk, will provide over 200 beds to Octopus’ portfolio of more than 100 homes.
Coverage in IPE Real Assets
Octopus draws in Big Society Capital investment for UK affordable housing
February 2024
Octopus Investments, a UK-based investment manager, has raised a further £10m for its Affordable Housing Strategy from social impact investor Big Society Capital (BSC), which follows an initial £50m capital raise back in December.
Coverage in Impact Investor
Multiple Keys Needed to Unlock Social Impact
January 2024
Octopus Investments’ Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing, and Mike Toft, Head of Care Homes, shed light on the UK’s significant funding gap in social infrastructure, and the role institutional investors like pension funds can play in bridging the gap.
Coverage in ESG Investor
Octopus holds first close for UK affordable homes strategy
December 2023
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has held a £50m first close of its affordable housing strategy, set up to accelerate the UK’s much needed delivery of good quality and affordable homes.
Coverage in Property EU
Affordable Homes, Family Businesses and Investment
October 2023
Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing at Octopus Real Estate, is joined by Helen Keenan, Chief Executive of Grosvenor Hart Homes, in a recent podcast to discuss some of the challenges and possible solutions in the affordable housing market.
Podcast on Family Capital
New funding solution needed for UK affordable housing
September 2023
The UK affordable housing sector offers an opportunity for investors to close a funding gap, a new report by Octopus Real Estate says.
Coverage in Sustain
Invest with care
March 2023
Social care investment has a troubled track record, but more sustainable models are now meeting strong appetite from asset owners.
Coverage in ESG Investor
Octopus Investments launches UK Affordable Housing strategy for institutional investors
January 2023
Octopus Investments has announced it has launched an Affordable Housing strategy for institutional investors, to accelerate the delivery of genuinely affordable homes in the UK.
Coverage in Institutional Asset Manager
Real estate investor outlines £300m affordable housing strategy
January 2023
Real estate giant Octopus Real Estate has launched an affordable housing strategy for institutional investors with a target of £300m in commitments throughout the year.
Coverage in Inside Housing
Insights
Octopus announces further investment and first acquisition by Affordable Housing Strategy
Investing with care: The key to resilient returns in the UK care sector
Octopus Investments announces £50m first close of Affordable Housing Institutional Strategy
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