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Balmain Group
is a real estate services business to it's core.
Our core competences
Asset and Investment Management
A multi-disciplined background ensures added depth of knowledge in determining strategy.
Property
Management
From sustainability strategy to corporate accounting Balmain Group always takes the investor’s perspective in whatever we do.
Leasing
Our deep, wide and direct occupier relationships are a significant factor in the success of the real estate.
Marketing, PR
& digital
Holistic process of activities for the centres, offices and occupiers that we manage, including marketing research.
Project & technical
services
Full range of services from project management, development management, due diligence, design, and engineering.
Restructuring
& Debt Workout
Strategic and collaborative solutions for assets facing challenges requiring highly focused actions.
Investment Services
We support clients throughout the entire investment cycle – from opportunity sourcing and transaction structuring to due diligence and financing.
Balmain Group in numbers
711,930
GLA sq.m.
98%
collection rate
45M
annual footfall
1,168
contracts with tenants
97%
occupancy
1.2BN
Open Market Value (€)
22
years operating
454M
annual retail sales (€)
24
assets under management
113
employees
Meet our Team
Management board
James Turner, Group Managing Director
Prior to establishing the Balmain Group in 2003, James held various senior positions with Westfield over a ten-year career, culminating in establishing their European shopping centre business in London in 1998. James has been directly involved with 2.7 million sqm and EUR 10.5 billion of shopping centre assets over his thirty-one year career in real estate. James leads the strategy and investments for the Balmain Group.
Paul Cawood, Group Director, Leasing
Paul has thirty-seven years’ experience in retail property leasing, asset management and development initially in the UK with firms such as Knight Frank, Shearer Harris and Lambert Smith Hampton. Paul’s retailer contacts and direct leasing experience are extensive. He has been personally involved in leasing over sixty shopping centres. Paul joined Balmain Asset Management in April 2004 and has a wealth of market knowledge and contacts in the Central European market. Paul was the founder of the UK Shop Agents Society; he is founder and chairman of a charity for disabled children, the Elifar Foundation (www.elifarfoundation.org.uk) and is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufacture and Industry.
Tim Rylance, Group Director, Management Project Services
Tim has 32 years property and asset management experience. His career started at Donaldson’s. In 2000 he joined MEPC and then specialist retail developer Thornfield. Tim has considerable experience in retail leasing and shopping centre asset management. Tim joined Balmain Asset Management in 2005 and oversees Property Management, Management Accounts and Project and Technical Services
Jonathan Turner, Group Director, Finance
Jonathan is the Finance Director for the Balmain Group, responsible for the overall financial reporting as well as corporate, legal and tax related matters. Jonathan has over thirty-five years' experience in the property industry. Having originally joined Balmain Asset Management in 2005 from Westfield, Jonathan has a wealth of experience in property / portfolio acquisitions and disposals across a range of platforms and jurisdictions and has been involved in debt refinancing, restructuring as well as development finance.
He has also established operational and corporate finance teams from inception including creation and implementation of financial process and procedures both with Balmain and previous employments.
Jonathan is a Fellow of ACCA and a is a CFA Charterholder.
Senior executives
Aleksandra Mazzini, Chief Operating Officer
Aleksandra has extensive experience in working with all sectors of the real estate market, including retail, office, industrial and residential. She has participated in numerous transactions on the capital markets, including real estate sales and acquisitions as well as fundraising projects. As a manager of Rockspring PIM (currently Patrizia AG) and Goldman Sachs International in London, she was involved in commercial and residential real estate transactions worth EUR 1.4 billion. As the CEO of Ciech R&D, a company from Kulczyk Investments portfolio, she was responsible for the implementation of the company's innovation strategy and the development of the company's scientific research in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. Aleksandra is a member of the supervisory boards of several companies, including the management board of Galardia Sp. z o.o., and Stage Capital. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge in real estate management and finance. Since 2014, she has been a mentor at Cambridge REF Mentoring, supporting young, talented graduates in developing their career path.
Agata Stańkowska, Director - Head of Leasing
Agata Stańkowska is a manager with many years of experience specializing in commercialization, formatting and creating long-term rental strategies implemented in shopping malls, retail parks and logistics centers. For over 15 years of professional experience, she has dealt with, among others, commercialization of commercial, office as well as warehouse facilities owned by AIG Lincoln. In Balmain Group Agata heads the CEE leasing team staying closely involved with the leasing of each new and current project in company Retail Portfolio.
Ewa Wróblewska, Director - Head of Finance
Ewa has been involved in finance since the beginning of her professional career, with most of her experience in the real estate sector. She joined Balmain Group in 2017. She is responsible for all financial matters related to the managed properties including budgeting, financial settlements with tenants, accounting and tax policies as well as cooperation with banks. Ewa manages the reporting and accounting team. Previously, she gained experience at Qatar Airways as Finance Manager for Poland, she was responsible for the financial aspects of two Qatar Airways branches in Poland: the Warsaw office and the European Contact Centre in Wrocław, establishing financial structures and procedures from scratch. She also worked at the Danish development company TK Polska Operations as a Financial Controller, where she was responsible for coordinating investment projects, managing their financial execution, working with banks, cash flows, taxes, and accounting matters.
Dorota Suchodolska, Director - Head of Operations
Dorota moved across to Balmain Property Management from Balmain Asset Management where she previously was Asset manager for seven years for a retail portfolio of 17 schemes with investment volume of about EUR 130m. She was responsible for successful execution of asset management initiatives, including six re-development projects of the total value of ca EUR 7.9m and new development project of the value of EUR 25m. Since 2013 Dorota leads the property management and technical teams providing services for all shopping centers under management including property management, facility management, lease administration and credit control services. She was part of the successful set-up of property management business procedures and processes and team building and development. She managed the takeover of 4 shopping centres within the first 12 months from establishment, and an additional 7 since 2016.
Marcin Popowski, Director – Head of Investment
Marcin has extensive experience in Real Estate market in Poland from an investment and asset management perspective. Since joining Balmain Group, he has been involved in transactions of c. €480m and underwriting over €2.2bn in Poland and CEE. He has been engaged in business plan creation and asset management of the current existing portfolio.
Marcin holds a MSc in Real Estate Investment and Finance from Henley Business School of the University of Reading.
Olga Łoś, Director - Head of Asset Management
Olga Łoś is an expert with over 22 years of experience in asset management.
She began her career in 2003 at Golub, where she was responsible for reporting on the office portfolio in the CEE region. She later joined Celtic Asset Management, where she focused on analysis, group reporting, financing, and real estate acquisitions and disposals.
She also gained valuable experience at Atrium Group and Cromwell, managing assets worth over €1.5 billion. Since 2011, Olga has been with Balmain Group, where she develops business strategies for commercial real estate, with a strong focus on long-term value creation. She leads comprehensive asset management processes—from acquisition and financing to disposal—working effectively with stakeholders throughout each stage.
Paulina Szymczukiewicz, Director - Head of Marketing
Paulina joined Balmain Group from Atrium Real Estate where she created a new division focused on the re-positioning of existing shopping centers in the context of increased competition and changing requirements in this market segment. She has responsibility for all aspects of the marketing needs of properties including digital, events, creative lines, PR & communications, corporate needs and branding. Paulina has also carried out leasing roles in the past which gives a solid perspective to the strategies and needs of leasing activity, B2B, and B2C communications.
Marta Szymańska – Poździk, Director – Head of Leasing Administration
Experienced real estate professional with over 15 years in the industry, including 8 years as Head of Lease Administration at Balmain Group. Demonstrated leadership with a consistent 97% rent collection rate and expertise in lease and revenue analysis, debt recovery, indexation, due diligence, and tenant relations. Proficient in reporting and stakeholder communication, with a proven track record of streamlining operations through process automation and AI integration to enhance lease management efficiency.
Contact
Balmain Group
Warsaw Towers
ul. Sienna 39,
00-121 Warsaw, Poland
+48 22 206 40 50
warsaw@balmain-am.com
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