What each type of hotel fund looks for in Spain — and why most hotels suit none of them
Jul 2026 · Hospitality
Core, value-add and opportunistic do not buy the same hotel. A map of hotel investment criteria in Spain.
Three profiles of hotel buyer coexist in Spain today, and they almost never compete for the same asset. Core capital seeks long leases with first-tier operators, in established urban locations, at yields only exceptional product can justify. Value-add needs a plan: repositioning, a change of operator, capex with measurable return. Opportunistic buys complexity — special situations, vacancy, change of use.
90% of hotel volume concentrates in four and five stars, and the luxury/economy polarisation has accelerated: capital pays for the top and punishes the middle. The consequence is uncomfortable for many owners: a decent hotel, in a decent location, with decent results, currently suits no institutional capital profile at all.
Our job is to say so before going to market — and, when the asset does fit, to know exactly with whom.
A five-building portfolio in central Madrid: anatomy of an urban value-add
Jun 2026 · Living
Rents in transition, real capex and sale structure: what turns five buildings into a single thesis.
Five buildings in central Madrid, read as a single thesis: rents in transition, real capex and a sale structure that allows entry by asset or as a whole portfolio.
The anatomy of an urban value-add comes down to three figures: passing rent against market rent, the capex per square metre the building genuinely admits, and replacement cost. When the three align, the discount is defensible before any committee.
The structural housing deficit does the rest: in Madrid residential, demand risk is currently the lowest in Europe.
Fully permitted land: the bottleneck behind the +12% in house prices
Jun 2026 · Land
There is less fully permitted land than demand requires. That scarcity anchors our residential reading.
Spain needs more housing than it can deliver: the accumulated deficit stands at around 320,000 homes over five years. The bottleneck is neither demand nor financing — it is fully permitted land.
With 31,000 land transactions expected in 2026 and prices rising above 11%, development-ready land has become the country’s scarcest asset. Whoever controls it controls the housing calendar.
It is a quiet specialism: it demands clean title, verified planning and patience. Precisely the kind of work we do before presenting anything.