Business Investments

Strategic

Strategic investments form part of our business model, allowing us to create lasting relationships with companies that complement our own.

AWOL

AWOL – A way of living – is the PRS management arm of our business. Put simply, this is about creating A way of living for our tenants, providing a 5* lifestyle without the high costs traditionally involved. Exceptional customer service and great value for money lie at the heart of this concept and from day one our mission has been to create the most desirable places to live in London. We believe your home is more than just the four walls where you go to bed each night and AWOL – A way of living – represents exactly that for all our residents.

AWOL London Ltd

AWOL London Ltd is the affordable housing arm of the City & Docklands group. AWOL London will be acquiring, developing, and managing affordable housing with a range of different affordable tenures.

Harnessing the experience that we have gained through operating our build to rent platform AWOL, AWOL London will deliver a 5* service to the affordable housing market, a first for the industry and a very exciting proposition.

Visilean

VisiLean is a cloud based construction management service that supports lean production planning and controlled workflow and a direct integration with BIM (Building Information Model).

Today, VisiLean is the only service that offers the direct integration of the collaborative planning workflow with BIM.

It is proven that lean practices, especially the Last Planner® system, helps construction companies achieve significant efficiency savings, improve trust between partners and help deliver the project safely and within target costs. VisiLean aims to support this workflow by providing specifically designed modules that support all phases of the full production planning – including Phase, Lookahead (including constraints management), and Weekly planning.

VisiLean enables real-time tracking of these plans through mobile apps and execution views, where crews can report back on progress and attach photos, and notes.

alternative

We invest in start-ups that we nurture from health to lifestyle, senior care to retail & leisure.

Scalar North Capital

Scalar North Capital is an investment vehicle which deploys private capital into early-stage companies across the UK, Europe and Israel.

Chip

Chip – AI driven savings and investment platform. Chip uses technology to break down barriers so you can build a truly diverse portfolio, with one simple place to manage your wealth.

Connectd

Connectd – World’s leading platform for early-stage funding. Their mission is to break down the barriers that exist in early stage and start-up investment to bring together startups, investors and business advisors.

Converge

Converge partners with the companies in all areas of construction to develop cutting-edge technologies and elegant human-centric solutions that solve the most difficult problems in the industry that exist in early stage and start-up investment to bring together startups, investors and business advisors.

Wingmans

Wingmans launched as a Street Food pop up in June 2015 as a sponsor of the BST Festival in Hyde Park and has since gone on to attend a large number of events, festivals, collaborations and residencies throughout the UK And Europe. Wingmans opened its first permanent outpost in the old Kilburn Ironworks, and now has a flagship restaurant in the heart of Soho. Wingmans specialise in homemade comfort foods with focus on gourmet chicken wings freshly tossed in a signature sauce of your choice, accompanied by homemade American style sides.