Panterra expands operations, offerings as Northcourt joins group

Panterra Real Estate Group has expanded its operations and offerings as Northcourt, a leading real estate advisory business, becomes part of the group, leading to the consolidation of the firm and four affiliated businesses into an integrated real estate platform.

As a group, Panterra is a consolidated African real estate and investment platform that has transitioned into an integrated group structure to provide comprehensive capital deployment, asset management, and market research services. The group is led by Tayo Odunsi as CEO, and comprises five interconnected businesses across the real estate value chain.

Odunsi explained in a statement at the weekend that the newly unified group brings together distinct but connected businesses across the real estate and construction value chain.

These businesses, according to him, include Panterra Principal Investments, the group’s proprietary capital arm; Panterra Real Estate Asset Management, which manages institutional and private capital assets; Panterra Research & Analytics, the group’s data and intelligence engine; and Build Africa, its building materials distribution business.

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“Northcourt began as a real estate advisory firm, and over the years, our work grew well beyond that original mandate. Clients now want partners willing to invest their own capital alongside, manage assets with genuine discipline, and research the market with transparency. Panterra is the structure that holds all of this together,” Odunsi, explained.

He revealed that the group is committed to investing capital in high-growth opportunities, with research as the foundation rather than a justification after the fact, measuring itself by the quality of what it helps create. Further, the group will roll out a bouquet of services, including a weekly West Africa market review, curated reports, and timely dispatches covering key market movements, topical issues, capital, and infrastructure projects.

– Ayo Ibaru, the group’s Chief Investment Officer, also explained that “the restructuring allows the company to bring its investment practice into full focus, as we have made a deliberate choice to build an investment practice that holds itself to the standards institutional capital rightly expects.

This puts our own conviction on the line before we ask anyone else to put theirs. That is the standard we have set for ourselves, and I’m genuinely excited about what we get to build from this point forward.”