DTZ Investors

Name

DTZ Investors

Legal name

DTZ Investment Management Limited

Website

https://dtzinvestors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DTZ Investors is a UK-based, vertically integrated real estate investment manager within the Cushman & Wakefield group, managing over $15.7 billion across 400+ assets for institutional clients in the UK, France, and Japan. It provides fund management, asset management, and transaction services to pension funds, charities, and international investors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Other Financial Vehicles (52599), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Investment Advice (6282), Real Estate Investment Trusts (6798)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Portfolio & Fund Management (Institutional/REIT/PE) (BPAJAMAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE), Capital Markets Advisory (Equity Placement, JV & Recapitalization) (BPAJABAL), Real Estate Investment Management (Acquisitions & Dispositions) (BPAJAMAK), Commercial Real Estate Brokerage (Leasing & Sales) (FSAEAJAB), Real Estate / PropTech Growth Equity (FSANACAH)

Keywords

• Real estate investment management
• Institutional property investing
• Fund management services
• Asset management advisory
• Property portfolio management

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees: DTZ Investors provides regulated Fund Management services in the UK and France, managing property investments on behalf of institutional clients including pension funds, charities, and opportunity fund investors
2. Asset Management Services: Provides strategic advice, asset and portfolio management, and transaction services to investors
3. Transaction Services: Property acquisition and disposal services for client portfolios

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DTZ Investors provides full-service vertically integrated real estate investment management for institutional clients, offering regulated fund management (in the UK and France), asset and portfolio management, and transaction services covering acquisitions and disposals. The firm manages more than $15.7 billion of property across over 400 assets in the UK, France, and Japan, and also operates specialist investment vehicles such as the FLF One French logistics REIT and the Folk Co-Living Fund.

Product overview

DTZ Investors is a full-service vertically integrated real estate investment management company offering fund management, asset management, investment strategy, and transaction services. The company operates several investment vehicles including its core DTZ Investors platform, the FLF One French logistics REIT fund, and the Folk Co-Living Fund. Services span retail, office, logistics, residential, hospitality, and leisure sectors across the UK, France, and Japan, with approximately $15.7 billion of assets under management managed by a team of 110 specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Folk Co-Living Fund: DTZ Investors' co-living fund that acquired land to deliver 352 co-living units at Brent Cross Town. The fund operates in partnership with Halcyon Development Partners and received planning permission in July 2025.

Products and services

• DTZ Investors Real Estate Investment Management Full-service vertically integrated real estate investment management service for institutional clients, covering fund management, asset and portfolio management, and transaction services across retail, office, logistics, residential, hospitality, and leisure sectors in the UK, France, and Japan.
• FLF One (OPPCI French REIT) A French non-listed REIT (OPPCI) focused on acquiring land and developing prime logistics warehouses in France, launched in partnership with Pitch Promotion.
• Folk Co-Living Fund A co-living investment fund that develops and operates market-leading co-living residential assets for institutional clients, including the RIBA award-winning Folk at Sunday Mills in Earlsfield and a 352-unit scheme at Brent Cross Town.

Quantifiable outcome

• AUM grew by approximately 5% in 2014
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Halcyon Development PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026DTZ Investors' Folk Co-Living Fund partnered with Halcyon Development Partners to deliver 352 co-living homes at Brent Cross Town. This is their fourth collaboration following successful market-leading sites including the RIBA award-winning Folk at Sunday Mills.
• Related ArgentminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026DTZ Investors acquired land from Related Argent and Barnet Council for the Brent Cross Town co-living development, part of the 180-acre £8bn park town masterplan.
• The CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2019DTZ Investors and The Collective launched COLIV, the world's first institutional co-living fund, combining DTZ Investors' fund management expertise with The Collective's co-living operational platform.
• Basildon CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2017DTZ Investors was appointed by Basildon Council to advise on the creation of a new Local Authority investment fund as part of its Commercial Property Investment Strategy.
• Pitch PromotioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2017DTZ Investors and Pitch Promotion launched a partnership to build a portfolio of prime logistics warehouses in France through FLF One, a French non-listed REIT (OPPCI), acquiring land and developing logistics facilities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AEW Capital Management: AEW is a global real estate investment manager with approximately $80B AUM focused on core, value-add, and debt strategies for institutional clients; directly comparable to DTZ Investors in product mix, client type, and pan-European/Asian footprint.
• Savills Investment Management: Savills IM is the asset management arm of Savills plc, providing multi-sector real estate investment management across the UK, Europe, and Asia; structurally analogous to DTZ Investors as a brokerage-affiliated specialist investment manager targeting the same institutional client segments.
• Aberdeen Standard Investments Real Estate: Aberdeen (now abrdn) runs a sizable real estate AUM with UK and European pooled funds plus separate accounts serving pension funds; competes with DTZ Investors in the UK institutional separate account and fund management market.
• LaSalle Investment Management: LaSalle is the real estate investment management arm of JLL, managing ~$85B+ AUM across direct, indirect, and debt strategies globally; directly comparable to DTZ Investors in vertically integrated investment management, multi-strategy fund offerings, and institutional pension fund client base.
• M&G Real Estate: M&G Real Estate is one of the largest UK and European property investment managers with a long-standing track record managing pooled funds and separate accounts for pension funds and insurers; directly comparable to DTZ Investors on geography, client base, and core/core-plus strategy focus.
• PATRIZIA: PATRIZIA is a European-headquartered investment manager with €50B+ AUM in real estate and real assets, managing pan-European mandates for institutional investors; a comparable mid-sized European platform with similar sector exposure and institutional client base.
• CBRE Investment Management: CBRE IM is the asset management arm of CBRE with $140B+ AUM, offering direct, indirect, and securities investment strategies to institutional clients; competes head-to-head with DTZ Investors for European institutional mandates and benefits from a similar integrated brokerage platform.
• Schroders Real Estate:

Broad incumbents

• Cushman & Wakefield: Cushman & Wakefield is the publicly-traded parent company of DTZ Investors and a global commercial real estate services firm; relevant as the parent platform that provides brokerage, valuation, and research infrastructure underpinning DTZ Investors' distribution and deal flow.
• Brookfield Asset Management: Brookfield is a global alternative asset manager with $250B+ real estate AUM and an increasing focus on European opportunistic and value-add strategies; represents the upper-bound incumbent competitor whose scale advantage in capital raising could crowd out mid-sized players like DTZ Investors on the largest mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dtz_investors

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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