Dolphin Capital Investors

Dolphin Capital Investors Ltd
Industry Property
Founded 2005
Headquarters Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Key people
 Miltos Kambourides, Founder
Pierre Charalambides, Co-Founder
Products Property Development, Property Investment
Website www.dolphinci.com

Dolphin Capital Investors (LSE: DCI) is a real estate investment company focusing on the residential resort sector in emerging markets, and listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. It is one of the largest real estate investment companies listed on AIM in terms of net assets value (NAV), with a NAV of €713 million as at 31 March 2012.

History

Dolphin Capital Investors was founded in 2005 by Miltos Kambourides and Pierre Charalambides, and was admitted to trading on AIM on 8 December of that year.[1]

In 2007, the company acquired Aristo Developers,[2] the largest holiday home developer in Cyprus. Since its admission to AIM, the company has raised €900 million of equity capital.

Operations

Dolphin Capital Investors (DCI) is a developer of seafront land in emerging markets. It invests in large sites in coastal locations in areas of natural beauty, which have potential for high end residential development and leisure integrated resorts.

Property Portfolio

The company has a total portfolio of over 63 million square metres of land and 59 km of seafront, comprising 14 large-scale resorts under development[3] in Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Turkey, Dominican Republic and Panama, and more than 60 smaller holiday home developments in Cyprus and Greece. Its partners are some of the world’s leaders in hospitality (including Amanresorts, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Kempinski, and Nikki Hotels[4]), architecture (including RAMSA, Designrealization, Denniston International, and John Heah) and golf design (including Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Tony Jacklin, and Rees Jones).

The four flagship projects of the Company are the Porto Heli Collection, Venus Rock Golf Resort, Playa Grande Club and Reserve and Pearl Island.

The company has opened its first resort, Amanzoe, in the prestigious Porto Heli area of the Peloponnese, on August 1, 2012.[5]

Dolphin Capital Partners

Dolphin Capital Investors (DCI) is managed by Dolphin Capital Partners (DCP), an independent private equity firm led by Miltos Kambourides and Pierre Charalambides.

Dolphin Capital Foundation

Dolphin Capital Foundation (DCF) is a non-profit charitable entity dedicated to helping the surrounding regional communities and the natural environments where Dolphin invests, by donating to various charitable endeavours.

References

  1. ↑ Pickard, Jim (2005-11-26). "Dolphin set for a €105m splash on AIM, Financial Times, 26 November 2005". Ft.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  2. ↑ Pickard, Jim (2007-04-05). "Dolphin buys control of Cyprus developer, Financial Times, 5 April 2007". Ft.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Company Reports". Dolphinci.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  4. ↑ Robin Marriott (2008-11-03). "Dolphin signs up partner for 5-star Cyprus resort, Private Equity Real Estate News, 3 November 2008". Perenews.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  5. ↑ Wrathall, Claire (2012-09-14). "Greece resorts to luxury, Financial Times, 14 September 2012". Ft.com. Retrieved 2012-09-20.

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