What Arax Properties does

Arax Properties is an independent, founder-led real estate operating partner founded by Fabrice Varoqui (formerly of Goldman Sachs Real Estate Principal Investment Area, Soros Real Estate Partners, and London & Regional Properties). The firm targets institutional capital partners for joint venture investments across three core European markets: the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Its operating model combines institutional-class financial and strategic expertise with hands-on asset management and local execution through wholly-owned subsidiaries in London (headquarters), Berlin, Paris, Luxembourg, and Düsseldorf.

The firm manages three core product lines: a pan-European Office Portfolio (London, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Paris), a German-focused Residential Portfolio (Essen, Delmenhorst, Gelsenkirchen, Neu-Isenburg, Lünen, Braunschweig, Mönchengladbach), and a UK Multi-let Industrial Portfolio (Loughborough, Sittingbourne, Chessington). The flagship live development is Falcon Business Park in Loughborough, where a 2026 £42.3 million Investec loan funds five new speculative industrial units, expanding the park to approximately 743,000 sq ft. There is no proprietary technology platform; competitive differentiation rests on micro-location analysis, tenant-needs understanding, and partner-led deal sourcing.

The firm operates with approximately 30 employees across five European offices. Revenue is generated through management fees and carried interest on joint venture capital deployed with blue-chip institutional investors, rather than from balance-sheet ownership of assets. Investment style is described as value-oriented with explicit risk-return balance and deliberate timing on entry and exit. No parent company, external private equity backing, or public listing is indicated. The senior team averages 22 years of experience and has collectively invested over £10 billion of European real estate across their careers, with individual partners having completed €3-4 billion of transactions in prior roles at firms including Apollo Global Management, Colony Capital, CBRE Global Investors, Ivanhoe Cambridge, Vonovia, and Peach Property.

Name

Arax Properties

Legal name

Arax Properties Ltd

Website

https://araxproperties.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arax Properties is an independent, founder-led European real estate operating partner that builds joint ventures with blue-chip institutional investors across the UK, Germany, and France, managing office, residential, and multi-let industrial portfolios through offices in London, Berlin, Paris, and Luxembourg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate M&A / Joint Venture Advisory (Platform Deals, Partnerships) (BPAJANAF), Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE)

Keywords

• Real estate investment
• Property asset management
• Institutional real estate
• European commercial property
• Joint venture investing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Investment Returns: Generates returns through property value appreciation, rental income, and capital gains from property exits. Revenue is derived from managing investments on behalf of institutional investors through joint venture structures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Arax Properties acts as an operating partner for institutional investors, originating and managing European real estate investments through joint-venture structures. The firm focuses on office, residential, and multi-let industrial portfolios in the UK, Germany, and France, deploying investor capital into direct property acquisitions and arranging related senior debt financing.

Product overview

Arax Properties operates as a real estate operating partner offering three core investment products: Office Portfolio (properties in London, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Paris), Residential Portfolio (properties across German cities including Essen, Delmenhorst, Gelsenkirchen, Neu-Isenburg, Lünen, Braunschweig, Mönchengladbach), and Multi-let Industrial Portfolio (UK industrial properties in Loughborough, Sittingbourne, Chessington). The company also manages development projects such as Falcon Business Park. These products are offered through joint ventures with institutional investors and are managed across offices in London, Berlin, Paris, Luxembourg, and Düsseldorf.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• European Real Estate Operating-Partnership / Joint-Venture Investment Management Acting as operating partner for institutional investors in UK, German, and French real estate through joint-venture vehicles, including sourcing, acquisition execution, asset management, and arranging related senior debt.
• Office Property Investment Programs Joint-venture-based investment in office property portfolios across the UK, Germany, and France for institutional investors.
• Residential Property Investment Programs Joint-venture-based investment in residential property across the UK, Germany, and France for institutional investors.
• Multi-let Industrial Portfolio Investment Programs Joint-venture-based investment in multi-let industrial property portfolios across the UK, Germany, and France for institutional investors.
• Falcon Business Park Acquisition (Investec-financed JV) Specific transaction in which Arax arranged senior debt to acquire Falcon Business Park on behalf of an institutional joint-venture vehicle.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Aureon PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 June 2026Joint venture partner with Arax Properties for Falcon Business Park development in Loughborough. Investec Bank plc provided £42.3m loan to this joint venture for refinancing and funding new speculative industrial development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Round Hill Capital: European real estate investment manager specializing in residential and student housing, building JV mandates with institutional investors across the UK, Germany, and other European markets. Closely comparable to Arax's residential German franchise led by Christoph Kattenfeld (formerly of Round Hill/Peach Property).
• GreenOak Real Estate: GreenOak is a global real estate operating partner that invests via JV structures with institutional capital in Europe and the US, with very similar transaction size, asset class breadth, and operating-partner positioning as Arax. Direct head-to-head competitor for the same blue-chip institutional JV mandates.
• Europa Capital: UK-headquartered European real estate private equity manager operating via JV structures with institutional investors across UK, Germany, France, and neighboring markets. Closely overlaps Arax's geographic footprint and operating-partner positioning in mid-market European value-add transactions.
• Brockton Capital: UK-based European real estate operating partner building JV mandates with institutional investors, with comparable UK and Continental European focus. Directly competes with Arax for institutional value-add JV mandates in UK offices and Continental European opportunities.
• Patron Capital Partners: Pan-European opportunistic real estate operating partner that structures JV mandates with institutional capital partners across multiple asset classes. Direct comparable to Arax in Pan-European operating-partner model and institutional LPs.

Broad incumbents

• LaSalle Investment Management: One of the world's largest real estate investment managers, operating across UK and Continental European markets on behalf of institutional investors. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering diversified strategies in overlapping asset classes and geographies, though at significantly greater scale.
• AEW Capital Management: Global real estate investment manager with a sizable European platform serving institutional LPs across UK, Germany, and France. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering value-add and core strategies across the same European asset classes as Arax.
• Kennedy Wilson: Global real estate investment company operating in the UK and Continental Europe with a mix of direct investments and institutional capital partnerships. Comparable as a larger, established incumbent with overlapping European office and residential exposure; competes for the same blue-chip LPs as Arax.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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