Castleforge Partners (formerly known as Mercer Real Estate Partners) was founded in 2010 by Brandon Hollihan and Michael Kovacs. To date Castleforge Partners has invested over £500 million of asset value throughout the UK and generated average returns in excess of underwritten expectations across numerous historic realisations. Castleforge Partners achieved final close above its target on CF Fund II in July 2016 at £235 million of discretionary equity. CFP II includes a range of institutional investors from the US, the UK and Europe.