Over 85 Years
of Combined
Experience
2003
Establishment of Grant Samuel Property Finance division by Christian McKelvey to provide debt and equity advisory and sourcing.
Burtonwood Investment Partners was established to provide investors access to traditional, niche and emerging property sector investment opportunities. Burtonwood seeks value and targets market inefficiencies and mispricing to generate stable risk-adjusted income and capital returns.
By partnering with established and specialist developers and operators, we mitigate risk and increase the breadth of opportunities available to our investors. We propose to create opportunities rather than just acquire them, thereby adding value through the property lifecycle, which ultimately benefits our investors through thorough risk management, optimal capital structuring and defined and committed exit strategies.
Burtonwood is headquartered in Sydney and provides a true national platform with the Founding Partners residing on both east and west coast respectively. Leveraging their combined networks, Burtonwood seeks to identify and deliver opportunities throughout Australia whilst ensuring on-the ground expertise and local market intelligence.
Burtonwood Investment Partners is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and holds Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) #522843.
Establishment of Grant Samuel Property Finance division by Christian McKelvey to provide debt and equity advisory and sourcing.
Christian McKelvey oversaw the Grant Samuel Property Investment Management business with exposures across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
Chris Weaver establishes Warrington Capital Partners, an investment management firm which goes on to invest over $600m across the Perth, Sydney and Melbourne markets.
Christian McKelvey was instrumental in the sale of Grant Samuel Property to Pepper Group to form global property advisory firm, Pepper Property.
Christian McKelvey is Global Head of Property at Pepper Group, running offices in Singapore, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Perth.
Restructure of Warrington Capital Partners shareholding, commencement of investment program in the Sydney and Melbourne markets in addition to Perth.
Christian McKelvey departs Pepper Property to form Heritage Property Partners, an independent property, capital and finance advisory firm.
Warrington Capital Partners Fund I is fully realised, generating a consolidated IRR of 19.31% for investors. In the same years, Warrington sells a further $88.98m of assets, with an IRR range of 8.99% - 25.43%.
Chris Weaver sells remaining minority equity in Warrington Capital Partners management business.
Christian McKelvey and Chris Weaver co-establish Burtonwood Investment Partners and in the first two years of operations invest in over $430m of assets, in a variety of investment asset classes and opportunities.
Christian co-founded Burtonwood Investment Partners in 2020. Christian is responsible for the Sydney office of Burtonwood Investment Partners and will concentrate primarily on the origination, structuring and management of investment opportunities.
Christian initially started his investment management career in 2003 at Grant Samuel where he was Head of Property and the Responsible Manager for Grant Samuel Property Funds Management. During his 10 years at Grant Samuel, Christian was involved in the development and investment of property transactions located in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane that delivered a net 27% IRR to investors. Christian also was an active member of Grant Samuel’s Executive Committee.
In 2012, Christian initiated the sale of the Grant Samuel Property business to Pepper Group and held the position as Global Head of Property and also resided on Pepper Group’s Global Executive Committee, through the ASX-listing of the company until he departed in December 2016.
More recently, Christian established Heritage Property Partners which focuses on the provision of independent strategic advice to corporates, developers and investors in real estate capital, divestments and acquisitions.
Christian holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Finance / Marketing) from the University of New South Wales.
Chris co-founded Burtonwood Investment Partners in 2020, and is based in Perth. Prior to this, Chris was the founding director of Perth based Warrington Capital Partners (re-named Blackoak Capital in 2020), a private equity real estate investment management business that invested over $600 million across Australia between 2008 and 2020 across 15 separate trusts and funds.
Chris has over 23 years’ experience in commercial property in both Australia and the United Kingdom, with a depth of knowledge that has been developed through roles in valuation; sales and leasing; asset, property and development management; and establishment of investment syndicates and trusts.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Property) from Curtin University of Technology. He is a Licensed Valuer, Associate Member of the Australian Property Institute and is a Licensed Real Estate Agent and Triennial Certificate Holder.
Chris is also a board member of Murlpirrmarra Connection, a registered charity that facilitates the educational management of remote Indigenous students and provides opportunities for community sport, recreation, health programs and employment
Kale is based in the Sydney head office of Burtonwood Investment Partners and is responsible for originating attractive investment opportunities, leading financial modelling / due diligence and delivering institutional-grade reporting to our investors post-financial close.
Kale commenced his career in investment management in the United States in 2013, where he worked for a private equity real estate firm in acquisitions. In the post-GFC environment, his role included engaging with distressed vendors across hotel, office, residential and industrial asset classes.
Following his tenure in the United States, Kale joined an ASX-listed diversified property and finance firm working extensively with Christian McKelvey for c. 4 years across a variety of complex real estate transactions including large-scale corporate real estate (predominantly office pre-commitments) and capital raising transactions on behalf of institutional and private clients.
More recently, Kale worked for a real estate corporate advisory firm, where he was involved in over A$3bn in complex transactions including joint ventures, capital raising transactions and establishing a funds management platform. His role involved transactions across debt and equity, multiple jurisdictions and asset classes in partnership with some of the largest and most sophisticated global real estate investors.
Kale holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and International Business) from the
University of Wollongong.