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About Us

Headquartered in Milan central business district, K23 is a premier real estate capital markets boutique firm specialized on italian investment opportunities with structured coverage across the most relevant asset classes and investment strategies.

K23 can count on privileged relationships with the local entrepreneurial arena and selling parties (both institutional and private) as well as a wide international capitals reach.

Management Team

Our diverse, multi-disciplinary management team relies on professionals with +40 years of cumulative experience in real estate and corporate finance in the context of prestigious international firms.

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Francesco
Melis

Managing Partner

+30 years of professional experience

AREA OF EXPERTISE

  • Real estate capital markets
  • Investment execution and management
  • Special situations and NPLs

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • REAG – Duff & Phelps – Kroll

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Serena
Currone

Head of Origination

+10 years of professional experience in Italy, UK and US

AREA OF EXPERTISE

  • Investment banking
  • M&A and private equity
  • Direct investments/club deals
  • Debt advisory
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate capital markets
  • Investment execution and management

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Deloitte
  • Banca IMI/Intesa Sanpaolo CIB
  • Swiss-based Family Office

Business Model and Mission

  • Tailor-made approach and solutions
  • Long-term value creation perspective
  • Excellence
  • Specialized expertise at the service of clients
  • Real estate-to-finance integrated approach
  • Multiple perspectives analytic approach

Track Record

+250mln

cumulative real estate transaction value executed over the past 4 years across various asset classes with logistics and sale and lease-back core investment strategy as main specializations

+180mln

cumulative real estate backed single-names/portfolios NPLs advised/executed over the past 4 years

Recent Selected Transactions

2022

An international Investor through a fund managed by a leading Italian asset management company acquired from Adriatica Logistics – primary cold/controlled-temperature logistics operator – under a sale and lease-back structure, a portfolio of 2 strategic logistics warehouses located in Emilia-Romagna for a total covered surface of 12,000 m2

International investor
Leading SGR

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acted as real estate advisor

2020-2021

An international Investor through a fund managed by Castello SGR acquired from BCube Group – leading player in the integrated logistics sector – under a sale and lease-back structure, a portfolio of 2 strategic logistics sites located in Piedmont and Tuscany, respectively at the service of the automotive and oil&gas industries, for a total covered surface of 140,000 m2

International investor

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acted as real estate advisor

2019

The international investor LCN Capital Partners through a fund managed by InvestiRe SGR acquired from Leroy Merlin – leading European do-it-yourself retailer – under a sale and lease-back structure, a portfolio of 7 big-box retail properties located across Italy for a total covered surface of 69,000 m2

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acted as real estate advisor

2019

A private investor acquired from a private selling party an office building located in Milan business district with a surface of 2,200 m2, rented to Assobiomedica and Facile.it.

Private investor

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acted as real estate advisor

2018

The former Telecom building located in Udine, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, with a surface of 6,500 m2 under trasformation and repositioning in a 120-beds healthcare home was rented to Zefiro, primary Italian operator

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acted as real estate advisor

Contacts

K23 Srl
P.I. 09130990964
Via Meravigli 13 – 20123 Milano
Tel: +39 02 454 713 86
Fax: +39 02 454 713 87
info@k23.it

Francesco Melis
francesco.melis@k23.it

Serena Currone
serena.currone@k23.it