Johnny Sandelson
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| birth_name = Jonathan Charles David Sandelson
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| nationality = British
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| occupation = property developer
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| parents = Victor Lightman Sandelson
Bernice Sandelson
| relatives = Neville Sandelson (uncle)
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Jonathan Charles David Sandelson (born 1968) is a British property developer and an investor in The Strategic Iconic Assets Heritage Acquisition Fund (SIAHAF).[http://www.siahaf.com/page/key-personnel/ Sponsors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608061757/http://www.siahaf.com/page/key-personnel/ |date=2013-06-08 }} The Strategic Iconic Assets Heritage Acquisition Fund, 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608061757/http://www.siahaf.com/page/key-personnel/ Archived here].
Early life
Johnny Sandelson was born into a Jewish family, the son of Victor Lightman Sandelson (1928-2017) and Bernice Sandelson.{{cite web|url=http://www.bqlive.co.uk/london-the-south/2018/02/06/news/british-art-fair-finds-a-new-home-and-new-investors-30438/|title=British Art Fair finds a new home and new investors|author=|date=|website=bqlive.co.uk|accessdate=16 April 2018}} He has a brother Robert Sandelson, and two sisters, Antonia and Jo.{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/211945/sandelson|title=SANDELSON - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements|author=|date=|website=announcements.telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=16 April 2018}} His father was an art collector and arts journalist, and his mother was an artist. His uncle (Victor's older brother) was the Labour Party MP Neville Sandelson (1923-2002), who was a co-founder of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).{{cite web|url=https://fiskeharrison.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/an-establishment-man-r-i-p-victor-sandelson-1928-2017/|title=An Establishment Man: R.I.P. Victor Sandelson, 1928-2017|author=|date=21 March 2017|website=wordpress.com|accessdate=16 April 2018}}
Career
In 2003, Sandelson founded GuestInvest with Sir Mark Weinberg, and the company bought hotels and sought to sell 999-year leases on individual rooms for £300,000 to £1 million as investments.{{cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2008/09/home-suite-home/|title=Home suite home - The Spectator|author=|date=|website=The Spectator|accessdate=17 April 2018}} GuestInvest went into administration in 2008, with investors "concerned that they may not get their money back", as it was not regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).{{cite web|url=https://www.moneywise.co.uk/news/2008-10-03/guestinvest-goes-administration|title=GuestInvest goes into administration|first=Rebecca|last=Atkinson|date=3 October 2008|website=moneywise.co.uk|accessdate=17 April 2018}} In 2008, GuestInvest owned six hotels including Blakes Hotel, Nest and The Jones, both near Hyde Park, and the Chiswell Street Hotel, all in London.
Sandelson is one of the principals behind the recent acquisition of large parts of the Queensway district of West London.[http://www.cityam.com/article/1379337621/brunei-family-s-secret-500m-swoop-queensway? Brunei family’s secret £500m swoop on Queensway] by Suzie Neuwirth, City A.M., 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130920171100/http://www.cityam.com/article/1379337621/brunei-family-s-secret-500m-swoop-queensway Archived here.][https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/whiteleys-new-owners-reveal-1bn-masterplan-for-queensway-8819405.html Whiteleys’ new owners reveal £1bn masterplan for Queensway] by Mira Bar-Hillel & Jonathan Prynn, London Evening Standard, 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130918132615/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/whiteleys-new-owners-reveal-1bn-masterplan-for-queensway-8819405.html Archived here.] He was said to have masterminded the acquisition of Whiteleys and is continuing in partnership with Meyer Bergman on the development of a number of buildings within the Queensway Estate.
Sandelson's previous projects include the Carlyon Bay redevelopment project in St Austell, Cornwall; the acquisition and redevelopment of Somerset Place in Bath[https://web.archive.org/web/20130306020333/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/renovatinganddiy/9895148/Why-empty-shells-give-property-owners-a-blank-canvas.html Why empty shells give property owners a blank canvas] by Fred Redwood in The Telegraph, 27 February 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013. where, over 5 years, he oversaw the restoration and redevelopment of a Georgian crescent of houses and apartments, all Grade 1 listed properties; and the HBOS-backed hotel investment brand GuestInvest which was a high profile casualty of the downturn in the UK commercial property market in 2007.
In 2015, also in partnership with Meyer Bergman and advised by Savills, Sandelson completed the £250m Project Soya portfolio of sites in Tolworth, Woolwich and Kensington which was recognised as Deal of the Year in the 2016 RESI awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.propertyweek.com/events/resi-awards/stars-of-residential-shine-at-resi-awards-2016/5081966.article|title=Stars of residential shine at RESI Awards 2016|author=|date=|website=propertyweek.com|accessdate=16 April 2018}} Sandelson achieved planning consent for the Jericho Wharf site on the Oxford Canal. Also in 2015, Sandelson acquired for £80m the Mayfair building of Thomas Goode & Co., which continued to occupy the building as a tenant.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/peer-cashes-in-on-luxury-retails-new-domino-effect-g0dfx6h93bg|title=Peer cashes in on luxury retail's new domino effect|last=Hopkins|first=Kathryn|date=2015-08-11|work=The Times|access-date=2018-06-23|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}
In May 2016, Sandelson co-founded (with Karen Mulville) a high-end care home business, Auriens, with its first development in Chelsea, London due to open in 2019.{{cite news|title=A place where perennials will go to party|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/a-place-where-the-perennials-will-go-to-party-jwr5n3msx|work=The Times|access-date=27 May 2016|last1=Ashworth |first1=Anne }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/03/caviar-care-home-retirement-complex-for-oligarchs-to-open-in-chelsea|title=Caviar care home: retirement complex for 'oligarchs' to open in Chelsea|first=Rupert|last=Neate|date=3 March 2018|website=The Guardian|accessdate=4 March 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/is-this-londons-most-glamorous-retirement-home/|title=Is this London's most glamorous retirement home?|first=Henrietta|last=Thompson|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=8 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=4 March 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
In February 2018, together with his brother Robert Sandelson, he acquired the British Art Fair, formerly known as the 20/21 British Art Fair. The Fair has been running for 30 years, and will have a new home at the Saatchi Gallery as part of a major investment by its new owners.
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