Candice Blackwood

Practice Areas

Candice Blackwood is Co-Chair of the Life Sciences & Healthcare Sector and she is also a Partner in our Real Estate team. She specialises in large scale investment and development transactions acting for the private and public sectors. She has acted regularly on repeat investment from US REITS, international Private Equity investors and UK pension funds, on complex UK cross border real estate acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, institutional investments, urban regeneration, mixed use developments, and large asset management projects.

Candice has particular expertise in Life Science and Healthcare Real Estate, including Hospitals (NHS and Private), Care Homes, Senior Living, Supported Housing and primary care GP polyclinics.

Professional Memberships

British Property Federation Healthcare Committee.

British Property Federation Retirement Living Working Group.

Chair of the Women in Property National Steering Advisory Board.

Investment Property Forum (participated for 9 years in the IPF Education & Strategy Committee).

Publications

Prepared and co-ordinated the BPF's licence for the NHS use of Commercial Property in the COVID crisis.

Written for Care Markets.

Contributed to the Laing's Healthcare Market Review.

Wrote the real estate aspects of Outsourcing Contracts.

Personal

Regularly speaks at Real Estate and Health Industry events and conferences.

Speaker at the CMS Thought Leadership "Urban Being - beds, sheds and meds".

Speaker at the Laing&Buisson Care Homes for Older People Report launch and at their Healthcare Real Estate Conference.

Speaker at the Operational Real Estate Conference on Senior Living and the Association of Retirement Care Operators Leasehold and Beyond event.

Has run regular training seminars for various industry bodies on Investment in Alternatives.

Work Highlights

Environmental, Social and Governance investments in health, housing and alternative assets in the UK and Europe for NYC based global investment firm.

The sale and redevelopment for an international Facilities Management Company of a central London four-acre site to provide 297 residential units, office accommodation and a café, landscaped gardens and new public square.

154 PRS and 82 Affordable Homes redevelopment in the London Docklands for a large residential property business and housing association, procured through the GLA's London Development Panel. The redevelopment includes new shops, landscaping and improved access to the adjoining transport hub and public park, with much needed new housing for London and local people.

The acquisition by Canterbury City Council of the Whitefriars Shopping Centre, Canterbury in two tranches funded by the Public Works Loan Board and the appointment of New River as asset manager.

The proposed major redevelopment of Moorfields Eye Hospital.

A market leading social housing and healthcare REIT on their acquisition and active management of a £ multi million portfolio of more than 600 properties.

UK based institutional investors such as Aviva, Hermes, Railways Pension Fund and M&G on their UK property portfolio acquisitions and investments, including health and housing, for many years.

Education