Thor Equities has appointed Toby Cooper as executive director of European investments, with a primary focus on the London market.
Cooper was previously a portfolio fund manager at DTZ with responsibility for constructing and managing the retail and leisure components of its UK Direct Property Funds for institutional and private clients. This included overseeing more than £1 bn worth of transactions in London's core submarkets of Fitzrovia, Soho and Mayfair as well as the City Fringe. Prior to that, he worked in the European investment valuations department at DTZ, focusing on acquisitions in central and greater London.
Thor owns a number of properties in London including 1 Dover St., 145 Oxford St., 105-109 Oxford St., and Bond Street House at 14 Clifford St. as well as Burlington Arcade, a historical and architectural masterpiece. The company's Continental European holdings also include 102 Ave. des Champs-Elysees and 51-53 Blvd. Haussmann in Paris, 65 Blvd. de la Croisette in Cannes, 11 Puerta del Sol and 16 Calle Fuencarral in Madrid, and 26 Via della Spiga in Milan.
