United Arab Emirates

UK property deals for international investors

A track record is only a list until someone can tell you why each deal worked.

Experience across every major sector

UAE overview

More than £1.25bn of transactions over 35 years has given us experience across the whole UK commercial property market, and we’ve owned and operated UK businesses as well as investing in property. These are the deals UAE families ask us about most, with the full story behind each one below.

  • Castle Quarter, Norwich: a city centre retail and leisure scheme acquired through a receivership debt deal, producing around £2.6m of net operating income.
  • The Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead: bought off-market for £7m in 2025, producing £850,000 a year, against a 2014 valuation of circa £55m. A year on, it produces £1.5m a year and is valued at £16m.
  • Discovery Park, Sandwich: a former Pfizer campus bought by our clients for £20m, with value growing to more than £75m in two years under our asset management.
  • Baleday: bought from administrators for a Gibraltar-based trust for £4.5m plus £3.3m of obligations, and sold to Marwyn Group for £15.4m within 14 months.
  • St Magnus House, Aberdeen: bought for £4.75m and producing £1.48m a year in rent, a gross yield of around 36%.
  • 16-17 Clerkenwell Close, London: an £18m investment that became an asset valued at £24.5m after a new 10-year lease at £57 psf.
  • 110 Golden Lane, London: taken from 50% let to fully let on 10-year leases, producing £879k a year.

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International investors

Has Maritime Capital worked with investors outside the UK?

Yes. Alongside international families, we act for clients in Guernsey, Jersey and Gibraltar. We acquired and sold Baleday on behalf of a Gibraltar-based trust, completed Castle Quarter with UK and offshore structures and investors across eight time zones, and sold 7 Curzon Street in Mayfair to a Monaco-based investor.

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Our track record

Every deal referenced on this page, with the full story behind each one.

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Speak to our team

Every one of these started with someone looking more closely than the market had.

Ask one of our Directors about a deal at max@maritimecapital.co.uk or +44 (0)20 3576 5097.