Services

We specialize in providing financing solutions for investors, asset owners and occupiers, enabling our clients to achieve their growth, development, and capital objectives.

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Financing Solutions
  • Sell Side Advisory
  • Buy Side Advisory
  • Equity Dilution and JV Equity Raise
  • Development & Acquisition Debt Raise

Operational Solutions
  • Portfolio Advisory
  • Asset Leases
Real Estate
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Financing Solutions
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Equity Dilution and JV Equity Raise
  • Sale & Leaseback And Built-To-Suit Funding
  • Development & Acquisition Debt Funding

Operational Solutions
  • Operator & Management Agreement
  • Asset Leases
  • Business Optimization
Education & Healthcare

Sectors

CoReal's niche sector expertise alongside a diverse transaction experience, ensures that we provide a highly-tailored transactional & corporate advisory solutions and facilitate the strategic delivery and execution of these solutions, according to the client objective and the specific sector.

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Real Estate

We advise on divestments & investments in institutional grade real estate assets and portfolios across the GCC, US & EU.

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Education & Healthcare

We advise on M&A, Lease & Management Agreement advisory for operating companies, as well as Sale & Leaseback and Build-to-Suit funding across the GCC.

Clients

The CoReal team has strong relationships across the market participants in real estate, education & healthcare sector having either sold or bought for them or sold to them.

  • GCC Merchant Families
  • Real Estate Asset Managers
  • REITs
  • Pension Funds
  • Developers
  • Corporates
  • Private Equity
  • Healthcare Operators
  • Education Operators
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Transactions

CoReal has advised on over US$ 3.5 billion of some of the most complex transactions in the Sectors including the recent ones mentioned below

DIFC, Dubai
  • Deal Structure
  • Asset Sale
  • Asset Class
  • Land
  • Transaction Value
  • AED 290m
  • Highlights
  • Advised EmiratesNBD on the sale of a 1.35 million SF GFA prime site at DIFC
Palm Jumeirah Dubai
  • Deal Structure
  • Asset Sale
  • Asset Class
  • Land
  • Transaction Value
  • AED 700m+
  • Highlights
  • Advised a leading UAE bank on the sale of
    a super prime 500,000 sq f development
    site at Palm Jumeirah
RTL Logistics Riyadh
  • Deal Structure
  • Asset Purchase
  • Asset Class
  • Logistics
  • Transaction Value
  • SAR 60m+
  • Highlights
  • Sourced and advised a leading regional
    asset manager on the acquisition of a
    115,000 sq f cold store in Riyadh
Sobo Residence Dubai
  • Deal Structure
  • Asset Sale
  • Asset Class
  • Multi Family Residential
  • Transaction Value
  • AED 38m
  • Highlights
  • Advised the owner on the sale of a multi
    family residential asset at Jumeirah
    Village Circle
HOSPITAL BTS Dubai
  • Deal Structure
  • Built-to-Suit/Asset Lease
  • Asset Class
  • Healthcare
  • Transaction Value
  • AED 250m+
  • Highlights
  • A 27-year lease on an under construction
    hospital asset in Mirdif, Dubai on behalf of
    the tenant.
Lycee Francaise Dubai
  • Deal Structure
  • Equity Sale
  • Asset Class
  • Education
  • Transaction Value
  • AED 147m
  • Highlights
  • International education enterprise
    generating annual revenues of ca. US$
    24m with 2,200 enrolled students.

Team

  • Gaurav Shivpuri

    Partner

    +971 50 426 3880

    The Founding Partner at CoReal, Gaurav, holds over 25 years’ experience in the real estate sector, of which 20 years have been within the Middle East.

    Gaurav’s extensive experience in investments, fundraising, advisory, and operations of mid and large-scale projects has seen him involved in over US$ 3 billion of transactions. These include equity and debt raising, sale and leasebacks, and build-to-suit projects across the GCC and Egypt. This experience includes three pan- regional real estate funds, where Gaurav led the conceptualization, structure and raising of over US$ 500 million in fund corpus.

    Prior to founding CoReal Partners, Gaurav spent 17 years with JLL. Initially leading the firm’s advisory and corporate finance functions.

    Gaurav holds an MBA from Cornell- Essec with a focus on Real Estate Finance.

  • Kerrie Alder

    Director

    +971 50 559 6576

    Kerrie Alder, holds over 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector, including fund structuring, product development, asset & fund management, 20 years of which have been within the Middle East, 18 within the real estate sector.

    Kerrie has developed multi manager funds and other investment structures for various large institutions in both the UK & the Middle East. This included Emirates Real Estate Fund (now ENBD REIT). She developed & launched the original fund from concept including structuring, documentation & set up, through to day-to-day fund, asset and property management of AED 2 billion AUM (pre-REIT).

    Prior to joining CoReal Partners, Kerrie spent 10 years with ENBD leading product development and ENBD Real Estate Fund.

    Kerrie brings a unique perspective to the team having been all sides of the table – Landlord, investor, tenant & service provider.

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