Hungry like the Griffin

The value of the assets that Griffin Real Estate has under its management has increased 25-fold since 2014, from EUR 200 mln to over EUR 5 bln. “We have invested more than EUR 2 bln in Poland with our strategic partners. We have also been successful in securing several investment partners, starting with Oaktree Capital Management, Pimco, Redefine, Kajima and most recently Wing,” points out Maciej Dyjas, a managing partner of Griffin Real Estate. The impact Griffin has made has been through several business platforms, which the company has either acquired or created and now manages for strategic investment partners. These include Echo Investment, EPP, Chariot, Resi4Rent, Student Depot, Polcom and European Logistics Investment. The company is also active in financing through Griffin Property Finance, the largest non-banking, real estate-related lending platform in Poland. Griffin first entered the world of big business in 2010 when it started its strategic investment partners