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OPTYLONKREA
HQ : Lisbon , Portugal Chairman : Hakan Kodal CEO : Charles Wanecq President and COO : William Tonnard
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OptylonKrea is a pan-Mediterranean real estate development and investment management company , created as the result of a partnership between the founding partners of Optylon Capital and Krea Real Estate . OptylonKrea has been deeply involved in the RCBI industry since 2016 , having developed its first real estate projects in Lisbon targeting Golden Visa international investors . In 2017 , the group pioneered the private equity and venture capital business , advising a Golden Visa eligible fund that delivered investors high returns . For its latest Portuguese regulated fund , OptylonKrea advised Golden Visa eligible funds of over € 100 million total equity so far and onboarded 300 Golden Visa investors from 25 different countries . |
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WHAT NEW CONSTRUCTION TRENDS ARE YOU SEEING IN THE GLOBAL RCBI INDUSTRY ESPECIALLY WITH THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ?
As a real estate development and investment management company focused on the RCBI and branded residence markets , we are quite optimistic about the post-Covid economic recovery . The pandemic hit the hospitality industry particularly hard but serviced-apartment brands have proven to be resilient and equipped to serve post-Covid customer preferences . Recent research revealed new design trends in the hospitality market such as a growing popularity for private terraces and gardens , additional bedrooms with the flexibility to use as an office or home gym , and new technologies to facilitate personalized services . We seized the opportunity to reposition our brand , to serve not just travelers but expats and locals looking for co-living and coworking experiences that blend a local and cultural immersion .
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ORA CARIBBEAN
HQ : St Georges , Grenada , Caribbean CBI Director : Richard Hallam
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Ora Caribbean is the sister company to Ora Developers , an international development company with its headquarters in Egypt and large multi-use projects in five separate countries . Both companies are ultimately owned by Naguib Sawiris - renowned businessman , philanthropist and chairman of both Orascom and EuroNews . Ora Caribbean has a $ 500MM , long-term development strategy for Grenada , encompassing five hotel sites and over 500 rooms . Its first Grenadian property was completed at the end of 2018 and its second hotel , whose groundbreaking was in April of 2021 , is an approved development of the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Program . Ora Caribbean is redefining the citizenship by investment model with a 100 % developer buyback offer . |
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WHAT NEW CONSTRUCTION TRENDS ARE YOU SEEING IN THE GLOBAL RCBI INDUSTRY ESPECIALLY WITH THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ?
In the midst of a pandemic where personal space and social distancing are paramount and possibly the new norm , future guests will look to properties that are essentially ‘ deconstructed ’ from the classic hotel footprint , whereby interior corridors and lobby areas encompassing restaurants and bars will become defunct and more open-plan hotels with standalone rooms , separate dining areas and a focus on individual space will prevail .
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