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Driving Innovative Thinking
Across Real Estate Markets

Docklands is the operating incubator for Mark Bradford’s real estate interests and activities. An entrepreneur and active participant in the sector for over 30 years, Mark has built a number of successful service and investment businesses.

Our Service Platforms

Docklands together with it’s local and international partners is building and delivering on three service platforms- Docklands Trading, Docklands Consulting and Docklands Tech.

Trading

Demand among South African investors for off-shore real estate assets remains strong.

Property fundamentals in a number of international markets are compelling; positive cash on cash returns, cost effective debt, scale, solid occupier demand, liquidity and importantly deep pools of investors to absorb asset disposal. This in addition to the benefits of risk diversification and Rand hedge.

Docklands Ventures has established, preferential relationships with selected unlisted real estate funds, investment and asset managers . All have proven track records and referenced institutional and high net-worth investors.

In leveraging our network of professional relationships we are able to deliver credible real estate opportunities to our clients. Clients are able to invest on an opportunity by opportunity basis, alongside UK and European investors in three to four year capital commitment windows. Importantly, the investment is managed by teams with in-market resources, track record and reputation. Where relevant, we encourage the asset manager to co-invest in the opportunity. Docklands Ventures focuses on the UK and European markets where taxation and capital repatriation paths are well established.

Docklands Consulting
Consulting

Docklands Ventures delivers on consulting and advisory appointments in the real estate sector. Market leading skills and resources are assembled to drive results on a project by project basis.

Cognisant of protecting client identity and scope of work, Docklands has developed and implemented corporate turnaround strategies, consulted on occupier and investor portfolios, provided real estate capability to multi-national management consultants and acts as independent advisor in real estate transactions.

Docklands Technology
Tech

Driven by an interest in “rethinking the way in which real estate markets should be doing business”, Docklands Ventures innovates, develops and invests in real estate technologies.

Included in the Docklands tech ecosystem, is The Upps (www.theupps.co.za) which owns and operates the ParkUpp and StoreUpp booking platforms.

Our Service Platforms

Docklands together with it’s local and international partners is building and delivering on three service platforms- Docklands Trading, Docklands Consulting and Docklands Tech.

DocklandsTech

DocklandsTrading

DocklandsConsulting

Docklands Technology

DocklandsTech

Driven by an interest in “rethinking the way in which real estate markets should be doing business”, Docklands Ventures innovates, develops and invests in real estate technologies.

Included in the Docklands tech ecosystem, is The Upps (www.theupps.co.za) which owns and operates the ParkUpp and StoreUpp booking platforms.

   

Docklands Trading

DocklandsTrading

Demand among South African investors for off-shore real estate assets remains strong.

Property fundamentals in a number of international markets are compelling; positive cash on cash returns, cost effective debt, scale, solid occupier demand, liquidity and importantly deep pools of investors to absorb asset disposal. This in addition to the benefits of risk diversification and Rand hedge.

Docklands Ventures has established, preferential relationships with selected unlisted real estate funds, investment and asset managers . All have proven track records and referenced institutional and high net-worth investors.

In leveraging our network of professional relationships we are able to deliver credible real estate opportunities to our clients. Clients are able to invest on an opportunity by opportunity basis, alongside UK and European investors in three to four year capital commitment windows. Importantly, the investment is managed by teams with in-market resources, track record and reputation. Where relevant, we encourage the asset manager to co-invest in the opportunity. Docklands Ventures focuses on the UK and European markets where taxation and capital repatriation paths are well established.

Docklands Consulting

DocklandsConsulting

Docklands Ventures delivers on consulting and advisory appointments in the real estate sector. Market leading skills and resources are assembled to drive results on a project by project basis.

Cognisant of protecting client identity and scope of work, Docklands has developed and implemented corporate turnaround strategies, consulted on occupier and investor portfolios, provided real estate capability to multi-national management consultants and acts as independent advisor in real estate transactions.

About Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford
Docklands Ventures is the operating incubator for my real estate interests and activities.
I have been an active participant in the commercial real estate markets for over 30 years during which time I have worked alongside extraordinarily talented people for note worthy clients in some of the worlds most exciting cities. I am a property investor, trader and prop-tech developer.
Leveraging networks, knowledge and experiences Docklands Ventures together with its local and international partners is delivering on its trading, consulting and technology platforms.
Docklands recently established The Upps (Pty) Ltd  to house its investment in innovative booking platforms ParkUpp and StoreUpp .
I am open to conversations and to explore opportunity.
Mark Bradford

Driven, built and lead businesses from concept to profitable operation

Respected leader with extensive industry networks and proven entrepreneurial abilities.

Principal shareholder and investor in a number of private property holding entities.

Director and shareholder in Docklands Ventures, the operating incubator for his real estate interests and activities.

Investor and advisor in unlisted real estate opportunity in the UK and select European cities.