Mactaggart Family & Partners

Overview

Mactaggart Family & Partners invests in UK development transactions across offices, hotels, residential property and self-storage. It also invests in operating businesses where real estate represents a large part of enterprise value.

History

The firm was founded in 1896 in Glasgow as Western Heritable by Sir John Mactaggart Bt. Its historical activities included residential development and management in Glasgow, Fulham, St John’s Wood and Mayfair. Following a corporate restructuring, the firm’s activity is focused solely on UK development transactions.

Leadership

William Laxton is CEO and leads UK investment and development origination, underwriting, structuring, capital raising and execution.

Jack Mactaggart is a Director focused on Central London commercial investment. William Cane is Financial Director and Company Secretary, with responsibility for the group finance function. Annabelle Cornelius is Asset Manager, overseeing business plans, leasing, rent reviews, refurbishment programmes and other portfolio activities.

Services

The platform acquires assets and land with equity, introducing debt after key transaction variables have been de-risked. Its approach combines real estate fundamentals, cautious assumptions, rigorous analysis, planning and use review, operator partnerships and capital structure work.

What the firm offers

• Private and alternative investments

Client Focus

The Mactaggart family office acts as a cornerstone investor and significant equity investor in every transaction undertaken by the platform, alongside co-investors. The platform serves co-investment partners and says its interests are aligned with third-party investors through family office participation.

Approach

Mactaggart Family & Partners describes its purpose as generating risk-adjusted returns and cash flows through development projects. Its portfolio highlights include UK office, hotel, residential and self-storage assets, along with historic holdings in New York and West Palm Beach.

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