Evolve Estates, the national commercial and property investment company, has appointed a new asset manager – its third in six months – as it continues its ambitious growth programme.
Kat Behbahani joins Mayfair-based Evolve from the City of London Corporation, where she was an asset manager within the Bridge House Estates fund, managing offices within the City as well as retail and industrial portfolios in and around the capital.
She has also worked in Knight Frank’s fund valuation team, where she co-ordinated valuations for institutional funds such as BlackRock Long Income Fund, NewRiver and Stagecoach.
At Evolve, Kat will be asset managing 16 sites worth approximately £70m within the Evolve Estates portfolio.
“It’s exciting to join Evolve Estates at a time when it is focusing on expansion and positive acquisitions,” she said. “Its optimism for new opportunities across the country meant this was an opportunity I could not pass up and I’m looking forward to working with the team.”
Phil Murphy, head of asset management at Evolve Estates, which has a UK-wide portfolio value of more than £300 million, added: “As we continue our acquisition drive across the country, we’re pleased to add Kat, who has years of solid real estate experience, to our talented team of asset managers.”
