We invest in urban communities, developing and holding property for the long term.
Stadium Capital Holdings has been at the heart some of London’s major regeneration schemes over the last three decades. We are respected for our record of combining original ideas with persistence, and for forging effective partnerships. We develop and regenerate with creativity, and invest for long term growth. We useour own capital, but also have access to UK and overseas capitalwith joint venture partners
We invest in urban communities, developing and holding property for the long term.
Stadium Capital Holdings has been at the heart some of London’s major regeneration schemes over the last three decades. We are respected for our record of combining original ideas with persistence, and for forging effective partnerships. We develop and regenerate with creativity, and invest for long term growth. We useour own capital, but also have access to UK and overseas capitalwith joint venture partners
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” - Albert Einstein
We use our originality, persistence, experience and creativity to make places where people want to spend their time
Creativity
If there is anything that encapsulates the essence of Stadium it is the story of how Stadium’s Antony Spencer found the site of the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal Football Club.
Scouring an A-Z map of north London and cutting from a piece of paper the footprint of a 60,000-stadium, Antony worked out that a site at Ashburton Grove (just 500 metres from the old Highbury stadium) could work. Painstakingly, Antony went round all 240 businesses on site (including the local Council’s refuse depot) and found that if alternative premises could be found the vast majority would be happy to move. As one satisfied landowner later said;”It’s not every day someone asks you to sell them their property when you’re sitting next to a rubbish dump. I said to him, ‘Come in, let’s get the kettle on’”.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Partnership
Achieving success is about building and nurturing long-lasting relationships – with clients, with partners, with funders, with communities and with decision-makers. Stadium’s approach is to work in partnership to create developments which have widespread and long-lasting benefits. We spend time understanding what works best, in consulting the local community and in building up positive relationships with local Councils to establish how we can contribute to meeting local needs.
The devil is always in the detail. We make it our business to get relationships right. After all, people like doing business with people they can get on with.
Understanding and persistence
We understand the property cycles and ensure we stay ‘ahead of the curve’. We use our knowledge to identify pockets of value, and our experience to unlock it, within a planned approach and exit strategy.
Everyone says they go the ‘extra mile’ to get results. But we really mean it. We understand the complexities of urban regeneration and the competing agendas which need to be satisfied. We know how to negotiate. We never give up. We always find a solution.
There is the old saying, ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’. That continues to be true – but our persistence makes sure things happen sooner rather than later.
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” – Sir Winston Churchill
Delivery
We are very proud of what we have achieved. Everyone knows that our work with Arsenal Football Club delivered the iconic Emirates Stadium. But the project also delivered over 3,000 new homes, business premises and community facilities, public open space and a new sub-regional waste transfer station. Stadium helped to transform over 60 acres of derelict land and deliver new prosperity to the local community.
”We wouldn’t have been able to do the Emirates Stadium without Antony Spencer’s foresight. It was under our noses but we couldn’t see it. Not only did he find the site for us, but he spent the next few years putting it together.”
Ken Friar, Director, Arsenal FC.
“What you need to deliver a successful stadium development: preparation, planning, partnership, persistance” – Antony Spencer.
Planning
Planning permission is critical to almost all property transactions.
We have much experience of master planning large scale regeneration projects, creating sustainable and varied development schemes, as well as in securing detailed planning approvals for individual sites.
We specialise in purchasing development sites without planning permission, and then proceeding to maximise value through the planning system.
We use our own capital where appropriate but also have access to funding from both UK and international sources.
Our creative thinking and persistence to forge effective partnerships with our private and public sector partners ensures a productive relationship with partners, clients and tenants.
Our business is broad and complex, but we have common threads running through everything
Using experience and understanding of the cyclical nature and supply and demand metrics of property as an asset class has allowed us to build a balanced business. We ascertain rental growth and capital appreciation opportunities and if they match our criteria we are able to act quickly and decisively to conclude a deal.
We have created some amazing spaces as an investor and as a developer
Arsenal Football Club’s need for a new football stadium was the catalyst for the largest private redevelopment and regeneration scheme in London.
It was much more than just a stadium.
The development stretches over 3 miles, and covers over 60 acres of land between Caledonian Road and Highbury.
The old Highbury stadium was also converted into 750 new apartments, with residents’ facilities including a nursery and a gym.
Ken Friar the former managing director of Arsenal Football Club said of Stadium’s Antony Spencer:
“We wouldn’t have been able to do the Emirates Stadium without Antony Spencer’s foresight. It was under our noses but we couldn’t see it. Not only did he find the site for us, but he spent the next few years putting it together.”
