Tristan Fund and Queensway expands Point A brand with acquisition

Tristan Capital Partners and Queensway have completed the purchase of a 63,195 sqft office property on St. Andrew Square in Edinburgh, Scotland from Patrizia Hanover in order to develop a new Point A Hotel. The deal will mark the first add-on investment to the Fund’s Point A Hotel platform, held in a Joint Venture with Queensway, subject to planning. The transaction will expand the footprint of the platform to 12 locations across the UK and Ireland. The fund acquired a majority stake in the Point A platform in 2022, which at the time comprised a portfolio of 10 operating and 1 development in the UK and Ireland. The latest acquisition in Edinburgh will see Queensway develop and deliver for the Joint Venture a Point A hotel on St. Andrew Square, centrally located in the city's New Town area. The firms said the shareholders have “committed significant additional equity” to fund this phase of growth for the brand with a particular focus on strategic locations in London. Kristian Smyth, MD, Investments at Tristan Capital Partners, said: “St. Andrew Square is a marquee location in one of the strongest hotel markets in Europe. We believe the addition of another Point A in the Scottish capital to complement our existing offer in Haymarket will be a positive for both our platform and the city of Edinburgh. “Our stated ambition when we acquired the platform was to materially expand our hotel footprint in strategic locations and we are actively focused on delivering on this objective with substantial capital available to deploy. We have identified several London boroughs which are of particular interest and are engaged in dialogue with agents and owners of existing hotels or appropriate office assets suited to hotel conversion.” Naushad Jivraj, CEO, Queensway, said: “We are thrilled to build on our existing partnership with Tristan Capital Partners’ fund and continue the expansion of the platform. St Andrew’s Square in Edinburgh is a prime city centre location with excellent economic and social activity. The acquired site will be redeveloped to provide consumers with a new budget boutique offering located in the heart of the city close to key attractions. “Under the management of Queensway, the Point A Hotels brand is continuing to develop a high-quality product at great value, generating positive customer feedback resulting in strong occupancy levels.” He added: “Our existing Point A Hotel in Edinburgh has been very well received by consumers and is one of the strongest performing hotels in our portfolio. We hope that this new project will provide much needed additional capacity for which we see significant customer demand.”