United Arab Emirates
Owning property in the UK from the Gulf works best when someone on the ground looks after it as carefully as you would.
Maritime Capital is a family-run property house in Richmond, south-west London. We act as the property family office for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, handling UK commercial property for them from acquisition through day-to-day asset management to an eventual sale. Over 35 years we’ve transacted more than £1.25bn, and many of our clients have been with us across more than one generation.
We find, buy and actively manage UK commercial property for UAE-based families and their family offices. That means sourcing opportunities, often off-market, structuring each purchase, managing tenants and leases, and handling the accounting and income distribution. The family keeps control of every decision while we do the work on the ground.
The UK has a long-established commercial property market built on centuries of English property law, with courts and contracts that international investors know and trust. Leases and title are well tested, ownership is recorded on a public register, and a deep market of tenants, lenders and buyers gives overseas owners the stability to plan across generations.
Our own approach within that market is narrower: we buy where a seller’s circumstances create a gap between the price and what the asset is worth once it’s actively managed. We bought The Marlowes in Hemel Hempstead off-market in early 2025 for £7m, when it was producing £850,000 a year, against a 2014 valuation of circa £55m. A year on, it’s valued at £16m.
Families who have sold a business and want to invest the proceeds, parents preparing the next generation to take over, and established family offices that want specialist UK commercial property expertise alongside their own team. We typically work with portfolios of £50m and above.
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Our track record
An off-market shopping centre bought far below its past valuation, and a science park whose value nearly quadrupled under our management.
Speak to our team
Speak to one of our Directors at max@maritimecapital.co.uk or +44 (0)20 3576 5097.
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