Casper Douglas Capital

Casper Douglas Capital (CDC) is a privately owned property company set up in 2001 to specialise in the following.

High yielding and reversionary property investments.
short/medium term development opportunities.
Any market sector including retail, leisure, office, industrial and residential.

CDC are interested in purchasing well-located mixed use (residential/commercial) properties or sites and will consider any project which can be actively managed through planning gain, development, refurbishment, break-up and/or rental growth.

Casper Douglas Capital's three core business areas are development, investment and asset management. Their strategy is to create simple, profitable and secure property investments.

Development Strategy - CDC identify well located sites with strong demand and potentially good rental growth. Sites with or without existing planning consent will be considered.
Investment Strategy - High yielding mixed use/ multi tenanted properties with strong medium term growth prospects. CDC support start-up businesses, as well as established companies.
Asset Management - Opportunities to actively manage existing & new lease structures.


	Rupert Harding previously worked for DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, Mason Owen & Partners and Ramagge & Company. He co-founded Casper Douglas Capital in June 2001. Other directorships include Casper Douglas Properties, Casper Douglas North, Casper Douglas Investments, Casper Douglas Capital Investments and Casper Douglas Restaurant Ventures.
	Adam Blaker has been in property for over 20 years. He co-founded Casper Douglas Capital in June 2001. He is also a director of Casper Douglas Bluebell and Casper Douglas Capital Investments.

Since 2001, Casper Douglas Capital have bought (and set up joint ventures on) around £35m of commercial & residential, development & investment property.

They have built or refurbished over 100 residential units throughout the U.K. with further units in the planning pipeline. CDC have also created a number of commercial investments in the retail, office and industrial market.

They are keen to identify and acquire similar mixed commercial/residential opportunities and fully retain agents who successfully introduce new opportunities.

CDC have an impressive record of adding value to commercial & residential property through their development and asset management activities. These include:

20 contemporary apartments in Newport Road Cardiff (2005). Bought by JV partner
20 contemporary apartments in a former convent in Windsor.
£1.2m refurbishment/extension on a detached house in Coombe, sold for £4.5m
Refurbishment of detached house in Wimbledon Village, sold for over £3m
Refurbishment of a retail/residential property in Battesea. Sold for 50% return.
Refurbishment of shop and flat in Columbia Road, E2. Sold to occupier during refurb
Refurbishment of shop & 2 flats in Thirsk, N. Yorks. Sold for 20% return.
Refurbishment of a mixed use building in Old Brompton Road, London - commercial and 3 flats
Refurbishment of a number of houses in Fulham, Hampstead, Notting Hill up to £1.2m each

CDC are grateful for the continuing support of their lenders and professional team including HSBC, The Principality Building Society, Bank of Scotland, Abbey National, Northern Rock, Barclays, NatWest, Cooke Matheson, Davenport Lyons, Halliwells, Moss & Williamson and Blandford Goldsmith.