How to identify growth potential in European cities
Ellis Sher, Managing Director of Arrow Lending Opportunities, is featured in CoStar discussing how to identify growth potential in European cities.
He highlights key factors such as infrastructure investment, education and student retention, flexible housing policies, and technological innovation as indicators of urban growth. Ellis emphasises the resilience of sectors like build-to-rent and student housing while noting a mixed picture for retail—where high street struggles but out-of-town and specialised retail show promise—and opportunities in ESG-compliant office spaces despite challenges for older, inefficient buildings.
Drawing on Arrow Global’s extensive real estate funding experience, he outlines disciplined lending strategies to navigate market complexities and capitalise on emerging opportunities across Europe.
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Ellis Sher
Managing Director, Arrow Lending Opportunities
After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Ellis embarked on a career in banking and finance focusing on speciality credit, covering a wide range of asset classes including tax arbitrage, consumer credit and property finance.
Ellis enjoyed a successful career at Investec where he worked for 7 years and was part of the establishment of the bank’s private client structured finance business. In 2005 he left Investec to pursue the acquisition of a specialist mortgage provider known as Cheval Property Finance PLC where he held the position of Managing Director until February 2009. In March 2009, he co-founded Maslow, a specialist property lending business which is now part of the Arrow Group.