We are a vertically integrated real estate company with four decades of experience in the central London market. Throughout that period Greycoat has focussed on the origination of proprietary investment opportunities delivering superior risk adjusted returns.
We are experts in the asset management and redevelopment of large and complex commercial assets. Our diverse team of highly skilled professionals maintain long-lasting relationships with our investment partners, building occupiers and market participants.
The team
A highly committed group of individuals with expertise in the real estate, finance, and legal professions.
Nick Millican
CEO
BSC Hons
Nick joined Greycoat in 2012, having previously spent six years at Rockpoint Group LLC, where he was responsible for the UK investment and asset management programme. As part of that role, he led investments across multiple asset classes and strategies on the direct asset side, investing through all parts of the capital structure. Prior to this Nick worked in the Investment Banking team at Citi.
Ewen MacPherson
CFO
Qualification...
Ewen joined Greycoat in 2015. Ewen was Director of Corporate Finance at Telereal Trillium between 2009 and September 2015. Prior to that, he spent 11 years working in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and J. Henry Schroder & Co. after qualifying as an accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Kevin Payne
Managing Director
Kevin has over 20 years’ experience in the Development Industry, joined Greycoat in 2019 and has been our Managing Director since 2021. Kevin’s background is in Construction and Operations, where he has a history of building teams and successful delivery of large complex projects.
Prior to joining Greycoat, Kevin held Director level roles on Senior Management Teams at Unibail Radamco Westfield (URW) and Mount Anvil, providing leadership across multiple mixed use projects incorporating Office, Residential, Retail and Leisure.
Adrian Bunnis
Chairman
Adrian is Chairman of Greycoat having been head of the Central London development consultancy and development management arm of CBRE. Adrian was responsible for assembling and initiating a number of landmark development schemes including Angel Court (300,000 sq ft), the development of 1 Crown Place (400,000 sq ft), which is a market leading mixed use office, residential and hotel scheme, together with the development and lease up of 120 Fenchurch Street (420,000 sq ft). Adrian brings a wealth of experience from his in-depth market knowledge and his planning and development management expertise.
Greg Hartman
Director
Greg formed ProspectHill Group as a private real estate investment company in 2013. Since formation, ProspectHill has made investments in London (through Greycoat), San Francisco, Los Angeles and Honolulu. Prior to ProspectHill, from 2003 to 2013 Greg was a founding managing member of Rockpoint Group, a global real estate investment firm; and from 1995 to 2003 was a managing member of Westbrook Partners, Rockpoint’s predecessor firm. Prior to Rockpoint and Westbrook, Greg held several positions in the real estate industry including spending seven years at Morgan Stanley Realty, ultimately overseeing the firm’s western US activities. He received an AB from Dartmouth College in 1980 and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1984.
Dan Higginson
Director
BSC Hons
Dan joined Greycoat in 2013, and is involved in the development, leasing and asset management of a number of large central London assets. Prior to this he spent two years at Hammerson, dealing with various aspects of investment, development and asset management in the the London office portfolio. Before that Dan spent over 9 years at CBRE, working in the Office Agency and Development teams.
Viktoria Oakley
Acquisitions Director
Viktoria has 15 years’ experience in strategic land, prior to joining Greycoat as Strategic Land Director in 2022, Viktoria worked for London Strategic Land and Lands Improvement Holdings delivering large scale complex planning permissions and major infrastructure for mixed use schemes across the country.
Andrew Gartshore
Director
Andrew joined Greycoat in 2020 and has deep experience in both real estate and infrastructure investment and asset management, with a focus on acquisitions, financing, capital raise, complex special situations, and active asset management. Experience includes asset and corporate investments, non-performing loans, and various distressed situations, and he has invested in multiple jurisdictions as well as across real estate and infrastructure asset classes and capital tranches.
Andrew was previously with Fletcher Construction (NZ), Bechtel Enterprises (the Investment and Development arm of Bechtel Corp.), Citigroup Private Equity (Real Estate) and Thames Private Investments (a large, Single European Family Office).
Chris Orr
Director
Chris joined Greycoat in 2019, having previously worked at CIT Real Estate Partners where he was a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management responsible for both their UK and European portfolio’s. Prior to that he gained extensive experience asset managing central London offices and mixed use London estates on behalf of institutional investors.
Jon Kenny
Acquisitions Director
Jon joined Greycoat at the beginning of 2020 as Acquisitions Director. He has 25 years experience in Regeneration and Strategic Land Development having worked on multiple large scale Green and Brownfield projects across the UK. Before joining Greycoat, Jon spent 19 years as Development Director at CEG having established their development business in 2001. Greycoat’s interest in Strategic Land is to invest in residential led projects in strong market areas which require substantial capital investment and offer attractive returns for bringing serviced, housebuilder ready land, to market.
Kasia Mitchell
Finance Director
Kasia joined Greycoat in 2023 as the Finance Director. She has over 20 years’ international finance experience, gained in various industries working for both UK and international property firms. Experienced in managing, coaching and leading Finance, Admin and HR teams.
Victoria Green
Executive Assistant to CEO & CFO
Victoria joined Greycoat in 2019. She currently works as an Executive Assistant to the CEO & CFO, as well as assisting the Acquisitions and Finance teams. Prior to this Victoria has worked in customer services since 2011, and from 2017 worked as Head Receptionist and Administrator at David Lloyd Clubs.
Yvan Atangana
Acquisitions Analyst
Yvan Joined Greycoat’s acquisitions team in August 2022 as an analyst. Prior to this he was a multi-subject secondary school teacher, and a member of the school’s pastoral committee where he oversaw its inaugural partnership with the SMILE-ING Boys project. Yvan holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester, and a Masters in International History from the London School of Economics.
Our property heritage
Founded in 1976 Greycoat was listed on the London stock exchange for 21 years before becoming a private company in 1999.
From 1999 Greycoat has provided high quality investment and development expertise to third party institutional investors.
Since September 2012 Greycoat has invested in and asset managed new projects with an enterprise value of £1.3 billion.
Public Company
1976 - 1999
5.5 million sq ft in 54 different projects
KEY PROJECTS
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123 & 151 Buckingham Palace Road
195, 000 sq ft
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Embankment Place
350,000 sq ft
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Moor House, London Wall, EC2
327,400 sq ft
Private Company
1999 - 2012
4 million sq ft in 19 different projects
KEY PROJECTS
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Chesham House, 30 Warwick Street, W1
112,000 sq ft
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101 New Cavendish Street, W1
101,900 sq ft
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Devonshire Square / Cutlers Gardens Estate, EC2
640,000 sq ft
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Watermark Place, Upper Thames Street, EC4
540,000 sq ft
Recent History
2012 - NOW
2.7 million sq ft in 10 different projects
KEY PROJECTS
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Lime Street Estate, EC3
121,711 sq ft
30,000 sq ft available to let
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Stirling Square, SW1Y
93,564 sq ft
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Premier Place, Devonshire Square, EC2
234,234 sq ft
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Suffolk Street, SW1Y
21,170 sq ft
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MOTO / Equity Partners Infrastructure Company No. 1 Limited (“EPIC”)
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8 Salisbury Square, EC4
165,197 sq ft
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The Minster Building, Mincing Lane, EC3
298,957 sq ft
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10 Fenchurch Avenue, EC3
450,000 sq ft
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Vintners Place, Upper Thames Street, EC4
266,355 sq ft
95,000 sq ft available to let
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Stonecutter Court, 1 Stonecutter Street, EC4
152,808 sq ft
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21 Lombard Street, EC3
115,955 sq ft
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Tower 42 Estate, Old Broad Street, EC2
501,902 sq ft
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Ludgate London, Ludgate Hill, EC4
105,289 sq ft