MP Real Estate

What MP Real Estate does

MP Real Estate Limited is a privately held, founder-managed firm of Chartered Surveyors (RICS-regulated) registered in England and Wales (Company No. 8104247), operating from a primary office in Cambridge and a registered office in Waltham Abbey, Essex. The firm is owned and operated by two founding Directors, Andrew McGahey and Neil Perrin, each bringing over 40 years of commercial property experience previously held at leading UK firms including Savills, Lambert Smith Hampton, Hartnell Taylor Cook, Chestertons, and Pepper Fox.

The firm's core offering is an integrated chartered surveying service across four interconnected areas: Investment Advisory, Development Agency, Occupier Services, and Asset Management, focused on retail, leisure, and business space property sectors. There is no proprietary technology platform; value is delivered entirely through professional expertise, sector specialisation, and long-standing client relationships. The firm holds retained acquisition mandates with three major occupier brands (Aldi, Costa Coffee, and Premier Inn/Whitbread) covering the eastern region and northern home counties, alongside institutional advisory mandates for clients including abrdn, AVIVA Investors, CBRE Global Investors, Orchard Street Investment Management, Granite Estates Group, and Cambridge City Council.

The business model is professional services fee-based, with revenue earned on a per-mandate basis through advisory retainers, investment transactions, development fees, and long-duration asset management engagements. The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with no self-serve, product-led, or digital channel components; new business is generated through professional reputation, RICS credentials, and direct client referrals rather than marketing campaigns. Distribution is direct: all service delivery is handled personally by the two Directors across a defined regional footprint spanning Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and the Northern Home Counties.

Name

MP Real Estate

Legal name

MP Real Estate Limited

Website

https://mprealestate.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MP Real Estate is a boutique UK chartered surveying firm founded by Andrew McGahey and Neil Perrin, providing investment, development, occupier, and asset management advisory to landlords, developers, occupiers, and investors in retail, leisure, and business space across Eastern England and the Northern Home Counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Advisory

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Real Estate Property Managers (53131), Nonresidential Property Managers (531312)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Capital Markets Advisory (Equity Placement, JV & Recapitalization) (BPAJABAL), Real Estate Strategy & Portfolio Consulting (Corporate/Institutional) (BPAJANAB), Real Estate Development & Feasibility Advisory (Highest-and-Best-Use, Entitlements Support) (BPAJANAC)

Keywords

• Chartered surveying services
• Commercial property advisory
• Development agency services
• Investment property advisory
• Retail leisure property

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Advisory Services: MP Real Estate earns fees for providing investment advisory, development agency, and asset management services to landlords, developers, occupiers, and investors across commercial property sectors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

MP Real Estate is a firm of Chartered Surveyors that delivers expert independent property advice to landlords, developers, occupiers, and investors. The firm offers a fully integrated advisory service encompassing capital markets, development, agency, and asset management across business space, retail, and leisure property sectors, with particular specialisation in supermarket, retail warehouse, roadside, and leisure developments across the eastern region of the UK.

Product overview

MP Real Estate is a single-service consultancy offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company provides integrated chartered surveying services across four interconnected areas: Occupier Services (helping clients find and acquire commercial space), Development (guiding developers through the property development lifecycle), Investment Advisory (supporting clients in buying and selling property investments), and Asset Management (strategic management of property portfolios). The firm specializes in retail, leisure, and business space sectors, with specific expertise in securing opportunities for major occupiers including Aldi, Costa Coffee, and Premier Inn across the eastern region of the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Investment Advisory Dedicated investment advisory service focused on achieving client objectives in property sales and acquisitions across commercial property sectors, with detailed market knowledge and direct access to investor decision-makers.
• Occupier Services Advisory service helping occupier clients identify expansion opportunities, negotiate site acquisitions, and manage the complete leasing or purchase process from site identification through contractual commitment.
• Development Services Full-service development advisory covering site finding, financial appraisal, acquisition, scheme design, pre-letting, planning, and funding for supermarket, retail warehouse, roadside, and leisure sector projects.
• Asset Management Strategic asset management service working with clients over extended periods to execute business plans and maximise asset values before implementing sales.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cambridge Commercial Park rents moved above £13 per sq ft, amongst the highest in Cambridge, through active asset management over 5 years.

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered key, core retained client and active.

• abrdn (Aberdeen Standard Investments)keyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024MP Real Estate worked in partnership with abrdn on the conversion of vacant office space above Lion Yard Shopping Centre, Cambridge into a 125-bedroom Premier Inn hotel. MP Real Estate acted as retained advisor to Whitbread/Premier Inn on the acquisition, while abrdn owned the underlying asset and benefits from a secure, indexed-linked income stream.
• Aldicore retained clientChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMP Real Estate is retained by Aldi to identify and secure new store opportunities across the eastern region. The firm acts as Aldi's exclusive agent for site-finding, acquisition negotiation, and development advisory in the region.
• Costa Coffeecore retained clientChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMP Real Estate is retained by Costa Coffee to identify and secure new drive-thru opportunities across the eastern region.
• Premier Inn (Whitbread PLC)core retained clientChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMP Real Estate is retained by Whitbread/Premier Inn to source new hotel development opportunities across the eastern region and northern home counties.
• Granite Estates Group LimitedactiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerGranite Estates Group has been advised by MP Real Estate on multiple projects including Knight Retail Park Saffron Walden (pre-letting, investment sale, and development funding), and the Premier Inn Saffron Walden development funded to LXi REIT.
• AVIVA InvestorsactiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerAVIVA Investors has been advised by MP Real Estate on leisure park developments including Festival Leisure Park, Basildon, where Costa and Wendys drive-thrus are being developed.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Savills: Global real estate advisory firm with deep UK investment, development, and asset management practices; both MP Real Estate founders previously held senior roles at Savills Cambridge. Operates at much greater scale and geographic breadth but offers directly overlapping services in capital markets, retail, and development advisory.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm offering investment, capital markets, valuation, and asset management. Competes for the same institutional investor mandates as MP Real Estate (including in Cambridge) but with substantially broader geographic coverage and analytical resources.
• Avison Young: Global commercial real estate advisory firm with UK investment, capital markets, and asset management capabilities. Directly competes for institutional investor mandates in Cambridge and Eastern England, though operating at significantly greater scale and breadth than MP Real Estate.
• Lambert Smith Hampton: UK commercial property consultancy offering investment, development, and asset management; Andrew McGahey previously headed its Cambridge office. Directly comparable service offering with broader national footprint, particularly strong in office, retail, and industrial agency.
• Strutt & Parker (BNP Paribas Real Estate): UK-wide property consultancy (now part of BNP Paribas Real Estate) offering investment, development, and asset management across commercial property. Comparable advisory services with national footprint, particularly relevant for cross-region mandates involving MP Real Estate's occupier and investor clients.
• Chestertons: International property consultancy with strong UK presence in commercial investment, development, and asset management; Neil Perrin previously worked at Chestertons London West End. Overlapping service lines and sector focus, particularly in mixed-use retail/leisure development.

Direct peers

• Cheffins: Cambridge-based property firm with commercial agency, investment, and development services across Eastern England. Direct regional competitor to MP Real Estate with overlapping retail, leisure, and business space mandates and shared Cambridge institutional client base.
• Carter Jonas: UK-wide property consultancy with strong regional offices in Eastern England providing investment, development, agency, and asset management across commercial property. Comparable in service mix, sector focus (retail/leisure/office), and client base of institutional investors and occupiers.
• Brown & Co: Eastern England-focused property and professional services firm offering commercial agency, investment, and development advisory. Comparable regional footprint, sector mix (retail, commercial, agricultural), and relationship-led advisory model.
• Bidwells: Cambridge-headquartered UK real estate advisory firm offering investment, development, and asset management services across commercial property sectors including office, retail, and life sciences. Most comparable peer given shared Cambridge base, similar service mix, and overlapping institutional and developer clients in Eastern England.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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