Underperforming, hard to sell, poorly structured or simply not reaching its potential. Black Star PI finds the structure that works for you, then creates the value the property was missing.
What it is, what it earns, what it could be.
The one thing holding the property, or its owner, back.
A purchase, a lease, a delayed completion or a development plan, whichever fits.
Optimise, reposition and hold what the numbers support.
These are the properties where a creative structure and an engineer's eye make the biggest difference, for the owner and for the building.
Buy now, buy later, or on terms built around your timing, your mortgage and your plans. That includes renting the property from you now and buying it later at a price agreed today.
Direct purchase · Purchase lease option · Delayed completion · Vendor-led termsEmpty, underperforming, badly let or simply unwanted. We can manage it, lease it, or set it on a route to an eventual sale, whichever solves the problem.
Management-led arrangements · Lease structures · Route to acquisitionRefurbishment, conversion, redevelopment and change of use, turning tired or awkward buildings into property worth more.
Refurbishment · Conversion · Redevelopment · Repositioning · Change of useResidential, commercial and mixed-use property, judged on its fundamentals and its long-term value.
Residential · Commercial · Mixed-use
Every agreement is drafted by solicitors, and you always have your own.
Houses and flats, including property that needs work, time or a different structure.
Buildings with a use, a lease or a layout that is holding their value back.
Shops with space above, and buildings that can do more than one job.
Where: multi-jurisdiction · based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
“Property can be approached with the same discipline I bring to major infrastructure programmes: understand the asset, identify the constraint, structure the right intervention and create long-term value.”
I'm drawn to property that is underperforming, difficult to sell, poorly structured or not reaching its potential, because that is where intelligent acquisition, optimisation and repositioning make the biggest difference.
Kingkof Kofi Opoku-OhemengFounder and CEO · over two decades delivering infrastructure and asset programmes across transport, aviation, ports, energy, utilities and buildings
No. Tell us about the property and we will tell you honestly whether we can help, and how.
No. You take the time you need, and nothing moves until you are ready.
Solicitors do, and you always have your own. You never sign anything home-made.
Why property funds must stop promising faster exits than their assets can deliver.
A few lines is enough: where it is, what it is, and what's not working. We'll come back to you personally.