Gareth Davies is a Partner of Europa Generation, a member of the Europa Generation investment committee and has 35 years real estate industry experience
He is also a founder of Generation Estates. Gareth has extensive experience of project origination, acquisition, financing, development, marketing, leasing and sales in Central London and UK markets. Between 2010 and 2015, Gareth worked in a joint venture with the Carlyle Group creating and operating a £500M portfolio of high quality purpose built student accommodation assets throughout Central London (Pure Student Living). From 2004 until 2012 Gareth established three separate joint ventures with The Blackstone Group that developed and operated 2,521 student accommodation beds in London then known as Nido Student Living and which included a 846 bed facility near Kings Cross Station.
Prior to establishing Generation Estates, Gareth was a Director of The Osborne Group where he managed a series of development projects in Central London including mixed use developments in Fulham and Spitalfields and office projects in the City of London. Gareth started his career at St Quintin Chartered Surveyors in the City of London where he became an associate partner and subsequently joined Grimley JR Eve as a partner. Gareth has an honours degree in Land Management from University of Reading and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
