Tavistock Group
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Tavistock Group is an international private investment company founded by British businessperson Joe Lewis. The U.S. headquarters is located in Tavistock House in unincorporated
Orange County
, Florida
.
Across the globe, Tavistock Group provides creative capital structured for each investment opportunity and looks to deploy between $25 million to $1 billion behind established businesses which benefit from its capital, flexibility, management expertise and global network of resources.
With investments in 175 companies across 15 countries, Tavistock Group’s investment portfolio includes:
And in addition, master-planned real estate developments such as Lake Nona, and the New Providence Development Company.
Private club communities include Isleworth Golf & Country Club and Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
, both located in Orlando, Florida. Lake Nona forms a cornerstone holding to Tavistock Group's current innovative, 7000 acres (28.3 km²) mixed-use development plan highlighted by a life sciences cluster becoming known as the Lake Nona Medical City. It includes the University of Central Florida College of Medicine
and the Sanford Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona. Construction is underway on Nemours Children’s Hospital, one of the nation's largest children's health systems, as well as the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which will serve Central Florida’s 400,000 veterans. Both Lake Nona facilities are scheduled to open in 2012. In addition, the University of Florida
announced its plans to build a Lake Nona academic and research center, which will house a Comprehensive Drug Development Center, the UF College of Pharmacy doctoral program and biomedical research laboratories.
Other luxury resort properties include Albany on the island of New Providence
in The Bahamas
. Tavistock Group, Tiger Woods
and Ernie Els
opened the luxury beach resort community in October 2010. Albany features a broad array of amenities, including an Els-designed 18-hole championship golf course and a 71-slip mega-yacht marina flanked by luxury residences designed by noted architects, including the late Charles Gwathmey
, Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Siegel, Richard Sammons, Scott Merrill, Morris Adjmi and Geoffrey Mouen.
Tavistock Group recently bought the St. Regis Atlanta, a 26-floor development with 151 guest rooms and suites and 53 residences located in Atlanta's Buckhead community.
The company has offices in Argentina, The Bahamas, China, European Union, Mexico, and the United States.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Orange County
Orange County, Florida
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida and is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 1,145,956....
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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Across the globe, Tavistock Group provides creative capital structured for each investment opportunity and looks to deploy between $25 million to $1 billion behind established businesses which benefit from its capital, flexibility, management expertise and global network of resources.
With investments in 175 companies across 15 countries, Tavistock Group’s investment portfolio includes:
- Life sciences: Kalypsys, and Ambrx
- Sports teams: Tottenham Hotspur, and organises sporting events such as the Tavistock Cup and the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational
- Manufacturing and distribution: KangaROOS, and Gottex
- Oil, gas and energy: BayCorp, and Pampa EnergiaPampa EnergíaPampa Energía is the largest electricity company in Argentina, which through its subisidiaries participates in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity...
- Financial services: Imperial Finance and Trading, LLCImperial Finance and Trading, LLCImperial Finance and Trading, LLC is a financial services company that purchases structured settlement and annuities from individuals. Imperial primarily deals with structured settlements, life insurance for seniors, wholesale premium finance, and life settlements...
- Restaurants: Freebirds World BurritoFreebirds World BurritoFreebirds World Burrito, Freebirds for short, is a regional chain of fast casual burrito restaurants. Founded in 1987 in Isla Vista, California by Mark Orfalea and Pierre Dube, the restaurant chain expanded into Texas in 1990...
, Mitchells & Butlers plc, and Zed451 - Commercial properties: Tamar Capital, Bulgarian Property Development
- Private luxury residential properties: Isleworth Golf & Country Club, Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Old Fort Bay
- Resort properties: Albany, New ProvidenceAlbany, New ProvidenceAlbany is a luxury resort community on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas, which opened October 2010. Tavistock Group, Tiger Woods, and Ernie Els created the community on approximately 600 oceanfront acres on the southwestern end of the island...
, Harmony Cove Jamaica
And in addition, master-planned real estate developments such as Lake Nona, and the New Providence Development Company.
Private club communities include Isleworth Golf & Country Club and Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club is a private residential golf club community in southeast Orlando, Florida. The community features an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Tom Fazio...
, both located in Orlando, Florida. Lake Nona forms a cornerstone holding to Tavistock Group's current innovative, 7000 acres (28.3 km²) mixed-use development plan highlighted by a life sciences cluster becoming known as the Lake Nona Medical City. It includes the University of Central Florida College of Medicine
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
The UCF College of Medicine is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, USA. The dean of the college is Deborah C. German, M.D....
and the Sanford Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona. Construction is underway on Nemours Children’s Hospital, one of the nation's largest children's health systems, as well as the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which will serve Central Florida’s 400,000 veterans. Both Lake Nona facilities are scheduled to open in 2012. In addition, the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
announced its plans to build a Lake Nona academic and research center, which will house a Comprehensive Drug Development Center, the UF College of Pharmacy doctoral program and biomedical research laboratories.
Other luxury resort properties include Albany on the island of New Providence
New Providence
New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It also houses the national capital city, Nassau.The island was originally under Spanish control following Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World, but the Spanish government showed...
in The Bahamas
The Bahamas
The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
. Tavistock Group, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
and Ernie Els
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
opened the luxury beach resort community in October 2010. Albany features a broad array of amenities, including an Els-designed 18-hole championship golf course and a 71-slip mega-yacht marina flanked by luxury residences designed by noted architects, including the late Charles Gwathmey
Charles Gwathmey
Charles Gwathmey was an American architect. He was a principal at Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, as well as one of the five architects identified as The New York Five in 1969...
, Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Siegel, Richard Sammons, Scott Merrill, Morris Adjmi and Geoffrey Mouen.
Tavistock Group recently bought the St. Regis Atlanta, a 26-floor development with 151 guest rooms and suites and 53 residences located in Atlanta's Buckhead community.
The company has offices in Argentina, The Bahamas, China, European Union, Mexico, and the United States.