Operational Edge in Real Estate
REAL ESTATE ADVISORY & asset managementSarva Capital Partners is an independent real estate advisory business working with private investors, family offices, property owners and operating partners.
We provide local expertise across the real estate investment life-cycle, from identifying and assessing opportunities through transaction execution and asset-level business plan delivery.
Our focus is on situations where a combination of real estate, operational and commercial expertise can create value.
ABOUT USWhere we focus.
Operational complexity is not always a source of risk. In many situations, it is the reason opportunities exist. Our experience is concentrated in three areas where operational understanding can materially influence outcomes.
Offices where vacancy, lease events, refinancing pressure, repositioning requirements, or capital constraints create a need for active ownership beyond what many institutional ownership models are designed to provide.
01UK Mid-Market Office
Buildings where flexible workspace exposure requires a deeper understanding of operator performance, occupier demand, governance, and income dynamics. Having managed and restructured these portfolios at scale, we bring direct operational experience to their evaluation.
02Flex & Managed Workspace
Hotels and other operationally intensive assets undergoing repositioning, redevelopment, recapitalisation, or operator change. We focus on situations where active ownership and thoughtful structuring can materially influence outcomes.
03Hospitality
WHAT WE DOHow we work.
We work with a limited group of investors, asset owners, and operators where alignment, discretion, and long-term relationships are the foundation of the engagement. Whether evaluating an opportunity, considering a transaction, or discussing an operational challenge.
Origination
Identifying and assessing direct real estate opportunities aligned with investor objectives
We source opportunities through our network of owners, agents, developers and operating partners, with a focus on situations where active ownership or operational improvement can create value.
We support investors through initial screening, underwriting, due diligence, negotiation and transaction execution.
Advisory
Support owners and investors on real estate transaction and strategic decisions.
We assess assets, business plans and transaction structures from an owner and investor perspective, combining financial analysis with an understanding of the underlying real estate and operating business.
Our work can include acquisition and disposal strategy, commercial underwriting, transaction execution, operator selection and the coordination of specialist advisers.
Asset Management
Supporting the execution of asset-level business plans.
We work alongside owners and appointed specialists to improve asset performance, oversee business plans and coordinate key stakeholders.
Our role can include leasing and commercial strategy, operating-partner oversight, capital expenditure planning, performance monitoring and preparation for refinancing or disposal.
how we thinkThe operating principles behind our real estate advisory work.
Regardless of sector, structure, or market cycle, these principles guide how we assess risk and create value.
01
Capital protection starts at entry
Every opportunity is assessed against a recoverable position, with governance and downside resilience considered before upside.
02
Complexity can create opportunity
When perception diverges from reality, operational understanding can reveal value others overlook.
03
Execution matters
Management capability and incentives often shape outcomes more than the original thesis.
04
The business drives the asset
Occupier demand and operator performance are often as important as the real estate itself.
ABOUT USThe relationship between the asset and operating model shapes outcomes.
Sarva Capital Partners was founded by Nikhil Chanrai, whose experience spans institutional capital markets and operational real estate. Having advised on real estate transactions and capital structuring at Nomura, and subsequently held commercial oversight across 14 million square feet of workspace across Europe, Middle East and Asia at WeWork, Sarva was founded to focus on situations where operational understanding creates genuine investment edge.
RELevant experienceAdvised on the creation and financing of institutional real estate platforms across hospitality and healthcare, including Singapore’s first hospitality REIT
Platform Creation
Commercial oversight across c.14 million square feet of operational real estate during the restructuring and repositioning of WeWork’s portfolio across Europe and Asia.
Platform Transformation
Experience evaluating how occupier demand, operator economics, governance structures, and incentives alignment influence income quality and long-term asset value.
