Twenty-five years of complex transactions
The principals of Align have acquired and asset-managed complex real estate across the hospitality, wellness and leisure space, in the UK and overseas, from luxury brands through to budget sectors.
Every transaction, in full
Fifteen holds, turnarounds and advisory mandates. Open any one for the figures, the strategy and the outcome.
DoubleTree by Hilton Docklands
Docklands Riverside, London
Acquired under-invested for £45m; repositioned and exited within 28 months at £200k per key.
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Mar Hall
Glasgow, Scotland
Bought out of administration and rebuilt into one of Scotland’s premier luxury resorts inside 16 months.
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Croydon Park Hotel
Croydon, London
Acquired at a cyclical low on a 9.2% yield; value grown from £88k to £141k per key over the hold.
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Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa
Liverpool
Acquisition, refurbishment and Green Belt planning permissions.
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The Morrison Hotel
Dublin
Acquisition and operational management; DoubleTree to Curio transition.
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The Bruntsfield Hotel
Edinburgh
Acquisition, refurbishment and repositioning planned.
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Macdonald Hotels
Manchester & Edinburgh
Origination and advisory for the off-market acquisition.
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Powerscourt Hotel
Enniskerry, Ireland
Operational management.
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Carton House
Maynooth, Ireland
Operational management.
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Bolton Stadium Hotel
Manchester
Operational management.
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Hilton Park Lane
Mayfair, London
Acquisition from Land Securities; Hilton Frankfurt also acquired.
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Chewton Glen
Hampshire
Acquisition, asset and operational management.
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Fairmont Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
Acquisition and operational management.
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Club Med
Turks & Caicos
Acquisition.
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David Lloyd Leisure
UK
£925m acquisition from Whitbread; 69 clubs, merged with Next Generation Clubs.
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Prior to founding Align, the team led some of the sector’s landmark transactions.
Hotels & resorts
- Accor: €863m portfolio investment across 19 hotels in Holland and 72 in Germany
- Strand Palace Hotel, London: acquisition and operational management
- Great Northern Hotel, King’s Cross: development management
- Amaris Hospitality: operational, development and financial management
- Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn and Howard Johnson: multiple UK developments
- Mercure: development and construction
Leisure
- David Lloyd Leisure: £925m acquisition of 69 clubs from Whitbread
- Next Generation Clubs: £102m acquisition of 14 upscale clubs, merged with David Lloyd
- V&A Waterfront, Cape Town: $950m JV acquisition of a 123-hectare mixed-use estate
- Luminar: portfolio acquisition including the Empire, Leicester Square
Health
- General Healthcare Group: £2.35bn consortium acquisition, the largest European healthcare M&A of its time
- Southern Cross Healthcare: Ashbourne Living property acquisition and rebranding
- British Society of Gastroenterology: specialist facility development, south-west England
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Whether you hold an underperforming asset, are weighing an acquisition, or need an owner-side view on strategy and capital, we would be glad to talk it through.
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