It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Trevor Morgan, who passed away suddenly on Friday, 2nd August.
Trevor had a hugely successful career of which he was rightly proud. He left Edward Erdman in 1986 with David Pepper to found Morgan Pepper, which quickly established itself as one of the leading niche agency practices, focussed solely on the City of London and Midtown submarkets. Whilst he initially focussed on leasing agency, he developed his skillset to include investment agency and was involved in many significant investment transactions. These included the acquisition of Ashdown House (123 Victoria St), Globe House, and 1 London Wall amongst many others. Having left Morgan Pepper in 2002, he founded Morgan Consulting. Here he advised on the acquisition of Plantation Place for £527m, at the time the largest single asset transaction in UK history.
In 2010 he launched Morgan Capital together with Ken Edwards and his eldest son, Alex, as an operating partner delivering acquisition, asset management and development management services focussed initially on central London and expanding recently to include key regional cities. His youngest son, Simon, joined in 2016. The business flourished under his guidance, working closely with a small number of family office and institutional partners. In the 14 years since its launch, Morgan Capital has been involved in 27 transactions, incorporating approximately 1.4m sq ft of development with a GDV of c. £2bn and an asset management portfolio of approximately £600m.
Whilst he had taken a step back in recent years from day-to-day matters, he still loved coming into work three days a week and was immensely proud of everything that was being achieved by the firm. Everyone who met him will have noticed his enthusiasm and a twinkle in his eye of someone at the start of their careers. Energetic, generous, kind and completely devoid of cynicism, he thrived on working with his sons and surrounding himself with a fantastic young team.
Trevor was a role model, mentor and friend to everyone at Morgan Capital and to Alex and Simon he was this and so much more. Words are unable to express how much he will be missed by everyone.
Most importantly, he was utterly devoted to his family. He leaves behind Jane, his wife of 50 years (pictured with him), his two sons Alex and Simon, and his four grandchildren – Dominic, Oscar, Max and Noemie.
