Michael Sharples Email & Phone Number

Michael Sharples is a Co Founder at The Crosslane Group.

• Co Founder

  The Crosslane Group

  Sep 2006 - Present

  The Crosslane Group operates across several business sectors within Europe, including the UK, Germany, France & The Netherlands.It's major focus is within real estate in the Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector and Fund Management.Crosslane has established a proven track record in student accommodation since 2008, spanning site identification and securing planning permission, sourcing development debt and investment finance, acquisition, development, lettings and operational management and asset management.Crosslane has already developed a portfolio of over 3,000 PBSA beds across Europe, with a further 584 beds under construction and a pipeline of a further 3,500 beds to be developed by 2018.In the UK Crosslane PBSA developments are predominantly focussed on top performing regional Russell Group university cities outside London typically 130-450 beds.This strategy was first developed out through the creation of two special purpose structures in 2009: Crosslane Student Accommodation Fund No.1 Limited Partnership and St. Regent Limited Partnership, funded by a Luxembourg fund of funds.In 2013, the strategy was enhanced through the creation of the Victus European Student Accommodation Fund via Crosslane as the fund advisor