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London & Regional Properties

British real estate and leisure investment firm

London & Regional Properties Limited (trading as L+R) is a British real estate and leisure investment firm based in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest privately held principal investors in Europe, performing private equity style investments in direct property and asset-backed operating businesses. The firm was founded in 1987 by Richard Livingstone, a chartered surveyor, and his brother Ian, a former optometrist.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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London & Regional Properties Limited (trading as L+R) is a British real estate and leisure investment firm based in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest privately held principal investors in Europe, performing private equity style investments in direct property and asset-backed operating businesses.2

The story

Founded by Richard Livingstone in 1987.1

Leadership

Who has led London & Regional Properties, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

The company's portfolio includes:

Investments

Atlas Hotels, a hotel real estate and operating company with 46 limited service hotels across the UK

David Lloyd Leisure, a gym and health club company with 85 locations across the UK and Europe

London Hilton on Park Lane

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The Trafalgar St. James London

The Lensbury

The Empire, Leicester Square

General Healthcare Group, the UK's leading independent health provider with 67 hospitals

Atu's real estate portfolio of 271 assets located in Germany

Diageo's head office in London WC1

55 Baker Street, site of Marks & Spencer's former head office

90 care homes, formerly managed by Southern Cross until 2011, to be managed by Orchard Care Homes in the North and Minster in the South-East

Cliveden, purchased from the collapsed Von Essen Hotels group in February 2012. The Livingstones withdrew from parallel negotiations to buy the Royal Crescent hotel.

Crowne Plaza hotel in Cambridge was bought for more than €45m from the former Sean Quinn Group in August 2012.

A development of 750 apartments with hotel and leisure facilities at Greenwich Peninsula

The Panama Pacifico, a US$700 million mini-city on the banks of the Panama Canal

From Wikipedia’s article on London & Regional Properties, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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Sources

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