Marceau Immo

What Marceau Immo does

Marceau Immo is a French private real estate firm founded in 2007 that specialises in the acquisition, restoration, and resale of heritage character buildings (immeubles de caractère) in major French cities. The company positions itself as a 'passeur de patrimoine' — a buyer-acquirer that purchases historic or architecturally significant properties from owners, oversees sensitive renovation using in-house real estate, commercial, fiscal, and financial expertise together with external architects and artisans, and then resells the valorized assets to investors. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scorimar, the family holding company of Georges Pébereau, and is structured as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) with €200,000 of share capital.

The company targets two primary customer segments: (i) owners of character buildings seeking to sell with confidentiality and a competitive offer free from financing-suspension conditions, and (ii) real estate investors seeking heritage assets in prime French city locations with rental potential. Its revenue model is transaction-based — Marceau Immo captures the spread between acquisition cost (including renovation) and resale value for each building. Geographic reach currently spans at least seven French cities, anchored by a Paris headquarters on Boulevard Saint-Germain and a Lyon subsidiary created in 2020, with broader activity in Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Aix-en-Provence, and Lille.

Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: the firm markets through its corporate website and direct outreach, and prides itself on the ability to close transactions without financing contingencies thanks to its parent group's capital support. Technology is non-digital in nature — there is no software product, no AI capability, and no public API — and the headcount is small (1–10 employees), reinforcing the artisanal, deal-by-deal nature of the operating model. The combined effect is a specialist, capital-supported heritage property operator rather than a scalable platform.

Name

Marceau Immo

Legal name

MARCEAU IMMO

Website

https://marceau-immo.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Marceau Immo is a French private real estate firm founded in 2007 that acquires, restores, and resells heritage character buildings in major French cities, serving property owners and real estate investors as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Scorimar family holding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Property Transaction Fees: Revenue generated through property acquisition and sale transactions. The company acquires character buildings from sellers and then valorizes them through renovation and restoration before resale, capturing value through the transaction spread.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Marceau Immo acquires heritage character buildings (immeubles de caractère) directly from owners in major French cities, renovates and valorizes them while preserving architectural identity, and resells them to investors. The company offers three intertwined service lines: buying buildings from owners under confidential exclusive arrangements, providing investment opportunities in renovated heritage assets, and restoring properties with artisanal craftsmanship before resale or rental.

Product overview

Marceau Immo is a French real estate company founded in 2007, specializing in the acquisition, sale, and valorization of heritage/character buildings (immeubles de caractère) in major French cities including Bordeaux, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, and Aix-en-Provence. As a 'cœur de ville' (city center) developer, the company focuses on preserving historical architectural heritage while integrating modern comfort. The company operates as a subsidiary of Scorimar, a family holding company created by Georges Pébereau, and offers services including property sales, investment opportunities, and building renovation valorization. The Lyon subsidiary was created in 2020. The company does not offer distinct digital products or software platforms—its offering consists of real estate transaction services and property renovation projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Property Acquisition from Owners
• Investment Property Sales
• Property Valorization and Renovation

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Gecina: Leading French REIT specializing in prime residential and office real estate, primarily in Paris and major French metros. Operates in the same prime French urban real estate segment that Marceau Immo targets, representing the institutional capital that ultimately often acquires renovated heritage assets.
• Altarea: Major French real estate developer with a diversified mixed-use, residential, and retail portfolio. Operates across French prime city locations where Marceau Immo sources its inventory, providing broader competitive context for the French property developer landscape.
• Icade: Major French real estate company operating in commercial, residential, and healthcare property segments across France. Serves as a relevant broad incumbent comparable given its scale and French market presence in asset classes adjacent to Marceau Immo's heritage focus.
• Klépierre: European leader in shopping mall and retail real estate with significant French portfolio. While primarily commercial rather than heritage residential, Klépierre operates at the intersection of prime French urban real estate and represents a relevant incumbent comparable for city-center asset management.
• Covivio: Major European real estate operator with significant French portfolio in offices, residential, and hotels. Comparable as a French/European broad incumbent competing for prime urban real estate opportunities and offering an alternative investor profile in the same property categories.
• Nexity: Largest French real estate developer with a broad residential, commercial, and services portfolio. While not focused exclusively on heritage buildings, Nexity operates across the same French real estate transaction space and is a major incumbent in the broader market Marceau Immo addresses.

Direct peers

• Etyo Investment: French impact real estate investment firm focused on sustainable urban transformation and heritage building rehabilitation. Shares a similar philosophy of preserving character while modernizing assets, operating across major French cities with a comparable value-add approach to urban real estate.
• Novaxia: Paris-based real estate investment manager specializing in transforming obsolete and underused urban real estate, including heritage buildings, into productive assets. Operates in a comparable French heritage/urban transformation niche, though at significantly larger scale and via fund structures rather than direct principal investing.

Regional players

• Sofidy: French real estate investment manager specializing in SCPI (real estate investment trusts) and club deals across retail, residential, and office property. Operates as a French-focused investor in urban real estate that Marceau Immo could transact with as an institutional exit buyer.
• Praemia REIM: French real estate investment manager (formerly Primonial REIM) with diversified strategies across French real estate including residential, office, and specialized assets. Represents the institutional French real estate capital that could acquire renovated heritage assets from operators like Marceau Immo.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Marceau Immo