RDI

Name

RDI

Legal name

RDI

Website

https://rdireit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RDI is a publicly-traded, London-based income-focused UK REIT (LSE: RDI), founded in 2002, that invests in income-generating commercial real estate with evidence of retail property exposure and tenant amenity initiatives such as EV charging deployment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

RDI is a publicly listed income-focused real estate investment trust that invests in, owns, and manages a portfolio of commercial real estate assets, with a stated emphasis on retail properties in the United Kingdom. The trust generates revenue from property operations and seeks to enhance asset value through operational initiatives such as the deployment of EV charging infrastructure across its retail sites. RDI distributes returns to its shareholders via its LSE-listed equity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% increase in customer dwell time at retail locations with EV charging infrastructure

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SavillscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSavills, a UK-based global real estate services provider, partnered with Pod Point as the charging infrastructure provider to install EV charging points across retail locations for clients including RDI REIT. Savills acts as an intermediary facilitating the deployment of EV charging infrastructure to their real estate client base.
• Pod PointcoreTechnology or IntegrationPod Point is the EV charging infrastructure provider that installed 76 charging points across 29 sites serving strategic clients including RDI REIT. The partnership provides electric vehicle charging points as a value-added amenity for retail property tenants and visitors.

Direct peers

• Shaftesbury Capital: UK-focused REIT concentrated on London's West End retail, leisure, and restaurant properties. Directly comparable as an income-producing, London-centric REIT investing in amenitized mixed-use destinations.
• British Land Company plc: Major UK-listed REIT with significant retail park and urban retail exposure alongside office campuses. Comparable as a UK-focused income REIT pursuing sustainability upgrades and amenity-rich retail destinations.
• Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust: UK-listed smaller-cap REIT with diversified UK commercial property exposure managed by Schroders. Comparable income-focused strategy, UK property mandate, and small-cap public REIT structure.
• Hammerson plc: UK-listed REIT with primary focus on prime retail and leisure destinations in the UK and Europe. Direct competitor for UK retail property capital, tenant relationships, and value-add initiatives like EV charging and ESG upgrades.
• Regional REIT Limited: UK-listed smaller-cap REIT focused on regional UK office and industrial property. Comparable as a small-cap UK REIT pursuing income distributions and active asset management within constrained scale.
• Custodian REIT plc: UK-listed smaller-cap diversified REIT with regional UK property exposure. Comparable in scale, income mandate, and small-team operating model targeting institutional income investors.
• Land Securities Group plc: Large UK-listed REIT with mixed retail, office, and mixed-use exposure. Competes for the same institutional capital pool and operates income-focused strategies with similar UK retail exposure and active asset repositioning.
• NewRiver REIT plc: UK-listed REIT specializing in retail and leisure assets with active asset management and ESG repositioning. Highly comparable in scale, UK retail focus, and value-add amenity strategy including EV charging.
• Capital & Counties Properties plc (Capco): UK-listed REIT focused on central London mixed-use estates including Covent Garden. Comparable income-focused mandate, asset repositioning, and emphasis on amenity-driven tenant experience.

Broad incumbents

• Starwood Capital Group (REIT acquisitions): Major private real estate investment firm that has historically acquired UK REITs including RDI REIT. Operates broadly across global real estate and represents both a competitive acquirer of UK retail property and a potential acquirer of UK REIT platforms.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rdireit

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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