Grupo Lar En 2019-04-12T10:01:14+00:00

50 years’ experience in property investment, development and management.

Grupo Lar

About us

Grupo Lar is a Spanish company with a marked international outlook dealing exclusively in property, the sector in which we started out and have remained for the last 50 years. We are specialists whose mission is not just to consolidate but to develop and expand both in Spain and abroad. All our efforts are devoted to doing things better and more ethically thanks to sound management practices focused on generating value for shareholders, clients and employees at all times.

Grupo Lar specialises in property asset investment and management through a strategy based on diversification of risk, the development of competitive advantages through strategic alliances, and technological innovation

6

Countries

14.075

Homes under development

3.861

Million € Portfolio

+325

Employees

Grupo Lar

International expansion

Grupo Lar operates in seven countries: Spain, Poland, Romania, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Each expanding market has been chosen methodically after an in-depth study evaluating its solidity and capacity for growth.

All our subsidiaries in those countries are managed by professionals with extensive experience in the sector and an international outlook.

The international expansion strategy is based on rigorous analysis and continuous learning. The steps Grupo Lar undertakes in each expansion process are as follows:

  • Determining the goals: Analysing the company’s goals in line with the expansion plan.
  • Identifying the opportunity: Profiling the different alternatives for expansion offered by the various countries or regions.
  • Learning about new markets: Analysing all the factors which may influence the position of the business in the target market and identifying the areas where it will be necessary to adapt.

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Product diversity

Specialists in several sectors: Grupo Lar has invested in and managed a wide range of assets, including shopping centres, residential property, logistics centres and offices, demonstrating its ability to adapt to the cyclical nature of the sector and seize opportunities for future growth in the best conditions.

Grupo Lar

Alliances

Grupo Lar has successfully associated itself with the property funds of prestigious international institutions.

  • Joint venture (50%) with Grosvenor (2000-2008), constructing, investing in and managing offices, shopping centres and business centres in Spain. 6 industrial estates, 6 office buildings and 13 shopping centres.
  • Grupo Lar and Whitehall (Goldman Sachs) established an alliance (1998-2002) investing in shopping centres and offices.
  • Germany: in 2007, Grupo Lar invested in office and residential businesses for private banking clients of La Caixa.
  • Spain:
    • Shopping centres: Joint Venture with Ivanhoe Cambridge, Eroski, Vastned Retail, Acciona Inmobiliaria, Green Oak, Sonae Inmobiliaria, GE Capital, Henderson and Rockspring.
    • Residential segment: more than 3,850 homes through alliances with Banco Sabadell, Bankia, AXA Re, Catalunya Caixa and property developers.
  • Latin America: strategic alliances with Grupo Acción in Mexico and Cosapi in Peru.