Dolphin Capital Investors
{{Infobox company
| name = Dolphin Capital Investors Ltd
| logo = Dolphin Capital Investors Logo.jpg
| logo_size = 230px
| foundation = 2005
| location = Tortola, British Virgin Islands
| key_people = Miltos Kambourides, Founder
Pierre Charalambides, Co-Founder
| industry = Property
| products = Property Development, Property Investment
| homepage = [http://www.dolphinci.com www.dolphinci.com]
| traded_as = {{AIM|DCI}}
}}
Dolphin Capital Investors ({{LSE|DCI}}) is a real estate investment company focusing on the residential resort sector in emerging markets, and listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. It is one of the largest real estate investment companies listed on AIM in terms of net assets value (NAV), with a NAV of €713 million as at 31 March 2012.
History
Dolphin Capital Investors was founded in 2005 by Miltos Kambourides and Pierre Charalambides, and was admitted to trading on AIM on 8 December of that year.{{cite web|last=Pickard |first=Jim |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/677cd866-5e43-11da-a9e8-0000779e2340.html |title=Dolphin set for a €105m splash on AIM, Financial Times, 26 November 2005 |publisher=Ft.com |date=2005-11-26 |accessdate=2012-01-09}}
In 2007, the company acquired Aristo Developers,{{cite web|last=Pickard |first=Jim |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f446e6a2-e366-11db-8ea1-000b5df10621.html#axzz14ys6q6Lp |title=Dolphin buys control of Cyprus developer, Financial Times, 5 April 2007 |publisher=Ft.com |date=2007-04-05 |accessdate=2012-01-09}} the largest holiday home developer in Cyprus. Since its admission to AIM, the company has raised €900 million of equity capital.
Operations
The company has a total portfolio of over 36 million square metres of land and 48 km of seafront, comprising 12 large-scale resorts under development{{cite web |url=http://www.dolphinci.com/investor-relations/reports/ |title=Company Reports |publisher=Dolphinci.com |accessdate=2017-10-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416053551/http://www.dolphinci.com:80/investor-relations/reports/ |archive-date=2015-04-16 }} in Greece, Cyprus, Croatia and Turkey and more than 60 smaller holiday home developments in Cyprus. The company opened its first resort, Amanzoe, in Porto Heli area of the Peloponnese, in August 2012.{{cite web|last=Wrathall |first=Claire |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3d757728-f8d1-11e1-8d92-00144feabdc0.html |title=Greece resorts to luxury, Financial Times, 14 September 2012 |publisher=Ft.com |date=2012-09-14 |accessdate=2012-09-20}} Its second resort, Nikki Beach Resort & Spa also in Porto Heli, opened in July 2014,{{cite web |url=http://www.dolphinci.com/project/nikki-beach/ |title=Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Porto Heli |publisher=Dolphinci.com |accessdate=2017-10-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417004754/http://www.dolphinci.com:80/project/nikki-beach/ |archive-date=2015-04-17 }} and its third resort, Amanera in the Dominican Republic, opened in November 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.dolphinci.com/project/playa-grande-club-reserve/ |title=Amanera at Playa Grande Club & Reserve |publisher=Dolphinci.com |accessdate=2017-10-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417005113/http://www.dolphinci.com:80/project/playa-grande-club-reserve/ |archive-date=2015-04-17 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.dolphinci.com Dolphin Capital Investors official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120918044332/http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary.html?fourWayKey=VGG2803G1028GBGBXAIM London Stock Exchange page]
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/5770457/Give-us-your-shares-and-well-give-you-a-holiday-home-in-Cyprus-says-Dolphin.html Give us your shares and we’ll give you a holiday home in Cyprus, says Dolphin, Daily Telegraph article, 7 July 2009]
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