Stake Partners with ACE & Company to Develop Secondary Transfer Facility for Fractional Real Estate Investments in the UAE

Stake and ACE & Company announced a strategic partnership to support the development of liquidity solutions for investors in Stake products. The agreement will initially focus on the platform’s real estate portfolio in the UAE, held through Prescribed Companies, the equivalent of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) in the DIFC.

The initiative is intended to create a more liquid, transparent, and efficient marketplace for investors seeking exposure to fractional real estate opportunities through Stake’s platform. By combining Stake’s innovative access model with ACE & Company’s longstanding experience in private market investing and secondary transactions, the partnership aims to strengthen the investment ecosystem around fractional ownership structures in the UAE.

Manar Mahmassani, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Stake, said, “We launched during COVID, when global real estate markets were struggling, and Dubai’s property industry was at its low point. What we saw was a market that is far from broken, but fundamentally sound, going through a temporary challenge. Today, we want to be unambiguous about where we stand: we are long Dubai, and we are long the UAE. This is not the moment to retreat: it’s the moment to build the institutional infrastructure this market deserves.”

Sherif Elhalwagy, Partner and Co-Founder at ACE & Company, said, “Drawing on almost two decades of experience in offering liquidity to investors across private markets ecosystems via secondaries, we see a tremendous opportunity in real estate secondaries in the UAE. This partnership reflects our conviction in the country’s long-term fundamentals and our disciplined approach to capital deployment in high-quality assets. We look forward to further strengthening our relationships with investors and partners across the region.”

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