The team at Sigma Retail Partners use their extensive experience in the retail property market to provide an outstanding service to our Capital Partners
What We Do
The team at Sigma Retail Partners use their combined 100+ years in the retail property market to provide an unparalleled hands-on service to our Capital Partners. Our team has been engaged in over 70% of retail schemes in Ireland in various roles including acquisition, disposal, leasing, asset management, site assembly, design advice or scheme positioning. This unique skillset, combined with our strategic approach, provides a highly efficient and cost-effective asset management platform.
Strategic Approach
“Retail assets are complex and need a bespoke strategic plan for each asset, which dovetails with our individual Capital Partner’s specific objectives”
From the outset we create and agree a bespoke strategy for each asset, which aligns with our individual Capital Partner’s specific objectives. This plan is the roadmap for future key decisions and is regularly monitored and refined to ensure the best possible outcome in terms of value enhancement.
Decisive
“Our unique skillset combined with our strategic approach provides a highly efficient and cost-effective asset management platform.”
Strong asset managers are leaders and must make a variety of important decisions every day in the interests of adding value to the assets within our portfolio. Timely decision making is critical, especially due to the ongoing dramatic change in the operation of so many significant retail assets.
We draw from our vast asset management experience to ensure that timely and appropriate decisions are made to protect and enhance value.
VALUE ENHANCEMENT
“We consistently deliver strong result when negotiating lease regears i.e. removal of break options, increased rent, extended lease length, removal of exclusivities, settlement of rent reviews, introduction of turnover clauses etc. These initiatives deliver extended WAULT, rent and value to the portfolio of assets managed by Sigma.”
The Sigma team approaches each occupier we deal with based on our knowledge of the performance of their business locally, nationally and globally. We gather robust financial data and turnover information and through our analysis we assess the rent our retail and leisure occupiers can sustain at each location within the portfolio. This methodical approach has allowed us to collate a significant amount of additional data in understanding retailer performance. Where possible, we also agree the inclusion of Green clauses in leases thus improving our ability to deliver on environmentally enhancing measures especially when store refits take place.
Refinance
“Our unrivalled experience in the retail property market ensures that the assets we manage remain relevant to retailers and consumers and perform to their maximum potential relative to their location, size and catchment.”
Our team has played a key role in the refinancing of three major loan portfolios. Our team consistently provides direct engagement with lenders and their advisors, demonstrating a hands on approach to all arrears outstanding, the delivery of regears which added value to the portfolio, robust asset management reports including strong collection stats for rents & service charge, information on asset performance to include footfall, trading, catchment data etc. This ultimately facilitates competitive new financing terms for these portfolios.
