Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA)
Ground-up development, operating platforms and value-add repositioning across UK and Continental European markets.
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Capital Solutions · Established 2013
Institutional Capital for Real Estate and Energy Infrastructure sponsors.
An independent firm structuring and raising equity and debt for best-in-class developers and operators across the UK, Europe and North America — direct, platform and fund-level.
I. Introduction
Independent capital solutions, built for real assets.
Silver Spire Capital structures and raises equity and debt capital for real estate and energy infrastructure sponsors across direct, platform and fund-level strategies.
Since 2013, we have structured and raised institutional capital for sponsors, developers and investment managers globally — with a focus in recent years exclusively on direct real estate and energy infrastructure.
We align investors’ needs with best-in-class sponsors and managers, enabling clients to diversify their investor base through targeted introductions rather than a scattergun approach. Our partnerships are long-term, with a deliberately select group of high-quality sponsors.
II. Sector Focus
Where we deploy our network — living and energy infrastructure.
We work across the full capital stack — equity and debt, common and preferred, senior and subordinated — in the sectors below. Each profile describes the sector context, not the instruments we use. Mandates in adjacent areas of real estate and energy infrastructure are considered on a selective basis.
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Real Estate — Living & Hospitality
Build-to-Rent (BTR)
Ground-up schemes and the conversion of underperforming commercial assets into institutional-grade rental product.
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Co-Living & Flexible Living
Operator-led platforms expanding across primary European cities — from individual pipeline support to platform-level partnerships.
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Single & Multifamily Rental
Single-family, multifamily and broader rental strategies across US and European living markets.
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Hospitality & Hotels
Portfolio and single-asset capital solutions for hotel operators and sponsors, including acquisition financing and value-add programmes.
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Private Rented Sector (PRS)
Stabilised and value-add private rented residential portfolios — refinancing, recapitalisation and platform-level mandates.
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Energy & Digital Infrastructure
Battery Energy Storage (BESS)
Utility-scale battery storage projects — equity, mezzanine and senior debt across development and operating phases.
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Data Centres
Hyperscale and colocation developers — site acquisition, build-to-suit and platform capitalisation.
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Adjacent Infrastructure
Grid services, renewables and the broader energy-transition value chain alongside core mandates.
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III. Capabilities
The full capital stack, sourced and structured.
Equity
Direct, platform and fund-level placement with institutional LPs and strategic partners.
- 01Common / JV Equity
- 02Preferred Equity
- 03Co-Investment
- 04Forward Funding / Commit
Debt
Structured solutions sourced from banks, debt funds, insurance capital and private credit.
- 05Senior Debt
- 06Structured / Whole Loan
- 07Mezzanine Capital
- 08Bridging Finance
Special Situations
Liquidity and balance-sheet solutions for sponsors at inflection points in the cycle.
- 09Asset Sales
- 10Recapitalisations
- 11Platform Partnerships
- 12Strategic JV Formation
We act as an extension of the sponsor’s internal capital markets team — targeted, jurisdiction-aware, and execution-led.
“Our success is founded on a diligent, multi-faceted approach tailored to each client. Relationships span sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, banks and specialist real estate & infrastructure investors.”
— Silver Spire Capital
IV. Mandates
Selected transactions.
01 / MandateEU
Utility-Scale BESS Project
Capital placement on a large-scale Battery Energy Storage project.
LandmarkEquity · Infra Capital
02 / MandateEU
PBSA Platform Investment
Preferred equity investment supporting 1,000 PBSA beds at the outset, expanding to 5,000+ beds across key European cities. Bridge and senior debt also placed across the platform.
Preferred EquityPref Equity · Bridge · Senior
03 / MandateUK
BTR Conversion Scheme
Senior and mezzanine structured debt financing the conversion of an existing building into a high-end Build-to-Rent asset.
Structured DebtSenior · Mezzanine
04 / MandateUS
Urban Residential Development
Organised placement of senior structured debt to fund a major urban residential development project in the United States.
Development FinancingSenior · Structured
05 / MandateUK · EU
Living Sector Operator
Sourced third-party equity partnerships and structured capital to fund the growth and pipeline expansion of an operating platform.
Platform CapitalisationJV Equity
06 / MandateUK
Co-Living Ground-Up Development
Bridge financing transitioning into senior and mezzanine debt for a ground-up co-living development.
Project-levelBridge · Senior · Mezz
V. How We Partner
An extension of your capital markets function.
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Capital structuring
Pre-marketing diligence and structuring across equity, preferred equity and debt — before any investor engagement begins.
02
Targeted investor mapping
Jurisdiction-specific capital aligned with asset type, risk profile and execution strategy — never a scattergun approach.
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Diligence & execution
We manage and coordinate investor engagement through diligence, credit approval and execution — alongside the sponsor.
04
Platform & JV formation
Support on joint-venture formation, platform-level partnerships and project-specific capital raises.
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Follow-on & growth capital
Ongoing capital markets support for follow-on funding rounds and broader growth initiatives.
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Full transparency
Complete visibility of the sales cycle, close and continuous contact, and a discreet hand on sensitive conversations.
VI. Approach
Selective by design — partners stay close to every mandate.
Silver Spire Capital is run by a dedicated team that accepts a deliberately limited number of mandates each year. The managing partners lead every transaction directly — from origination through to close — so sponsors deal with the decision-makers at every stage, never a handover chain.
Across the industry, placement processes are often spread thinly — dozens of mandates running concurrently across many partners, with coverage stretching and a gap opening between what is promised at pitch and what is delivered after engagement. Our model is deliberately the opposite: focused coverage, partner-led execution, no handover chain.
Our sponsors have the partners’ direct line and the time to use it. We make a point of being reachable at every stage of a process, and of staying close to the sponsor throughout.
VII. Contact
Speak with the team.
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