Real estate
Premium virtual data room solutions to help manage due diligence and showcase properties and portfolios for M&A, capital raises, divestitures and joint ventures while protecting deal terms and tenant relationships.
Trusted by real estate dealmakers
Real estate investment banks, funds, asset owners and property developers rely on Sterling for secure commercial, residential, industrial and hospitality portfolio sales, property transactions and joint venture formations.
ESR Europe, the UK-based real estate investment manager, and its advisor JLL, used Sterling Technology for the sale of the Ruby Molly Hotel in Dublin to Deka Immobilien for
FS Group, and its advisors Kroll and Mediobanca, used Sterling Technology for the sale of the Farini and San Cristoforo disused railway yards in Milan to investment funds managed by Prelios SGR for
NH Hotel Group, the Spain-listed hospitality firm, and its advisor JLL, used Sterling Technology for the sale of the 246-room NH Brussels Louise hotel to Pandox for
Ireland-based Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa, and its advisor CBRE, used Sterling Technology for the sale of the 145-room hotel to Thomas Röggla’s TMR Hotel Collection portfolio for
Carlo Maresca, the Italy-based holding company, and its advisor CBRE, used Sterling Technology for the sale of Bluserena, Italy’s second largest resort hotel operator, to Azora Capital for
Property and portfolio transactions depend on accuracy, transparency, and momentum.
Buyers and investors expect seamless access to leases, valuations, and title documents across multiple assets and jurisdictions. Sterling’s VDR platform centralizes this information in a secure, intuitive environment that keeps diligence moving. Our analytics help advisors gauge bidder interest and maintain competitive tension, while secure document controls, information rights management and watermarking protect confidentiality.
Free deal prep allows advisors to organize extensive data before launch, and our 24/7/365 global support team ensures smooth execution around the clock. Whether selling single assets or global portfolios, Sterling helps real-estate professionals deliver faster processes, stronger buyer engagement, and better outcomes.
Showcase property quality while protecting deal terms
Share property details, tenant information and financials with qualified buyers while protecting sensitive lease terms and pricing strategies. Sterling's permission controls separate publicly shareable property information from confidential tenant renewal discussions and deal economics, our information rights management and watermarking protect detailed financial models, and our audit trails show exactly what each buyer accessed. Protect tenant relationships and market positioning throughout competitive processes.
Attract premium buyers with professional presentation
Well-organized rent rolls, property valuations and development plans signal institutional-quality assets that command higher pricing. Sterling's automated folder structure creates property-level organization instantly, our document indexing makes lease information easy to navigate, and our professional interface demonstrates the operational sophistication real estate buyers value. Sophisticated acquirers pay more for professionally marketed properties – Sterling helps you present as institutional quality.
Manage confidentiality in concentrated markets
Control information flow in markets where buyers and tenants may know each other using Sterling's granular access management. Our permission controls let you share property-level performance without revealing tenant identities until appropriate, our information rights management and watermarking discourage information sharing between market participants, and our audit trails document who saw tenant information and when. Protect tenant relationships and market positioning in tight markets where information leakage could damage relationships or valuations.
Accelerate complex portfolio transactions
Organize multi-property information efficiently so buyers can evaluate portfolios quickly without getting lost in data. Sterling's property-level folder structure helps buyers navigate large portfolios systematically, our bulk upload handles hundreds of rent rolls and reports efficiently, and our analytics show you which properties generate most buyer interest—revealing their acquisition priorities and helping you focus diligence support. Reduce timeline risk in large portfolio sales where buyer fatigue threatens deals.
Real estate use cases
Professional deal infrastructure for portfolio and single asset sales, joint ventures and REIT divestitures.
Real estate portfolio disposal
Multi-property transactions require organized rent rolls, lease abstracts and property assessments for each asset. Sterling's automated folder structure creates property-level organization instantly, while our bulk upload handles hundreds of leases and reports efficiently. Our analytics show you which properties buyers examine most closely, revealing their acquisition priorities and helping you focus due diligence support.
Real estate single asset sale
Selling individual properties demands demonstrating occupancy stability while protecting tenant renewal negotiations. Sterling's permission controls let you share lease terms with serious buyers while restricting access to sensitive renewal discussions and expansion negotiations. Our information rights management and watermarking protect detailed tenant financials, and our audit trail documents exactly what information each buyer accessed.
Development joint venture
Partnership formations require demonstrating project feasibility while protecting land costs and contractor pricing. Sterling's staged access lets you share high-level pro formas initially, then detailed development budgets only as partnership discussions advance. Our Q&A module organizes technical questions about entitlements, zoning and construction timelines, ensuring your development team provides consistent responses.
Real estate investment trust asset divestiture
Publicly traded real estate companies and REITs must balance transaction confidentiality with disclosure obligations. Sterling's detailed audit trails document exactly when information was shared and with whom, supporting your disclosure analysis. Our rapid room setup means you can launch confidential marketing quickly when board approves, while our permission management handles complex situations where some advisors see all properties while individual buyers see only specific assets.
Prep your deal fast and stay compliant with built-in document review and approval.
Granular information rights management to keep you in control of what you share with bidders — and revoke access immediately.
Simple or advanced Q&A workflows that align to your deal process.
Our automated redaction tool operates across the whole VDR, saving valuable time and costs preparing sensitive information for external review.
Built-in, automatic, side-by-side translation of VDR content between 300 language pairs keeps your cross-border deals moving.
Real-time dashboards and reports to keep you informed of deal activity and provide strategic intelligence on bidder behavior.
Sterling's unique, built-in AI engine embeds capabilities such as document classification and organization, gap analysis, anomaly detection and document-level Q&A intelligence into the VDR. Launch deals faster – cutting data room prep time from weeks to days – while allowing bidders and investors to complete due diligence more quickly, to close your transaction.
Trusted partner for 24/7 multilingual real estate deal support
Sterling acts as a trusted partner, not just a software provider, on real estate deals. From early data room preparation through the most due diligence and all the way to closing, we ensure your process runs smoothly.
Our specialists help design and implement the right index and folder structure, handle bulk uploads, manage permissions at document and user level, configure Q&A flows and approvals, set up bidder, management and adviser teams, and guide users through onboarding and training.
Support is provided in multiple languages by our in-house team, working 24/7/365 and reachable by phone or email. Each real estate project has a dedicated deal manager, and, unlike others, we never offshore or outsource night or weekend coverage to third party call centers.
When your real estate deal reaches signing or closing, we can rapidly generate encrypted archives and comfort letters and deliver them globally so your transaction can complete without administrative delays.
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