Octopus Real Estate hires Savills healthcare director

Octopus Real Estate has hired former Savills healthcare director Chris Wishart as a director of origination in its care home fund management team. Wishart will take a leading role in Octopus Real Estate’s care home investment team, which finds and delivers elderly and specialist care real estate acquisitions for its institutionally-backed funds. Octopus Real Estate’s care homes team currently manages a portfolio of 60 purpose-built homes, including nine properties under construction, valued at more than £750m. Wishart had been a director at Savills’ healthcare practice since 2017. Before Savills, he was a partner at Knight Frank. Benjamin Davis, chief executive at Octopus Real Estate, said: “Chris will add further strength to our market-leading care homes team as we continue to grow the portfolio, and strive to enhance our offering to both investors and operators in a market that remains undersupplied.” Wishart said: “Beyond building a high-quality portfolio of care homes, Octopus’s reputation as a responsible landlord, committed to ensuring its homes are operated to the highest standards, is something that really stands out for me.” To send feedback, e-mail pui-guan.man@egi.co.uk or tweet @PuiGuanM or @estatesgazette