Business Cases

Partnership Between Group Biofazendas and Quest Property Asset Management

Cultivating Luxury Experiences Rooted in Land, Heritage, and Community

BioFarm Group represents a strategic partnership between Group Biofazendas, pioneers in sustainable agricultural development, and Quest Property Asset Management, specialists in international real estate, hospitality projects and financing structures for their development.

Together, we are creating a new category of luxury agro-tourism destinations—where heritage, nature, and refined hospitality converge.

The first expression of this vision is BioFarm Vidigueira, a tailor-made luxury estate in the historic Alentejo region of Portugal—home of the ancient 2,000-year-old Roman “Vinho de Talha” winemaking tradition.

Here, vineyards, olive groves, and farm-to-table gastronomy are combined with boutique hospitality to create a destination where guests do not simply visit—they become part of the land and its story.

We are more Than a Destination

A Growing Network of BioFarm Experiences

BioFarm Vidigueira is the first flagship project in a growing portfolio of curated BioFarm destinations designed to celebrate Europe’s most iconic rural landscapes.

Future developments are planned for:

Tuscany, Italy
The cradle of Renaissance culture and world-renowned vineyards.

Sussex, United Kingdom
A region emerging as one of Europe’s most exciting sparkling wine territories.

Each location will follow the same philosophy:

• Luxury hospitality integrated with agriculture
• Authentic regional culture and gastronomy
• Sustainable land stewardship
• Immersive guest experiences

Together, these destinations will form the BioFarm Collection – a network of distinctive estates connected by one brand and one community.

The EcoShare Community

At the heart of BioFarm is the EcoShare model, a unique lifestyle-based ownership concept.

Rather than being traditional hotel guests, EcoShare holders become members of the BioFarm community.

Each EcoShare provides:

• An annual one week luxury stay
• Estate wine and agricultural products
• Access to curated experiences and events
• Participation in a growing network of BioFarm destinations

As the BioFarm brand expands into new estates across Europe, EcoShare holders may enjoy the flexibility to exchange their annual stay between BioFarm locations, unlocking new landscapes, cultures, and experiences every year.

One Community, Many Destinations

BioFarm Group is building more than individual hospitality projects.

We are creating a community of people connected by land, culture, and lifestyle experiences.

From the vineyards of Alentejo, to the rolling hills of Tuscany, and the emerging wine estates of Sussex, the BioFarm vision is simple:

To create places where luxury, nature, and heritage live together—and where members return year after year to experience something new.

BioFarm Group

Cultivating Land. Creating Experiences. Building a Community.

Introducing a new master plan for a site in Portugal

Combining eco-turism with education and agritech

Almada d’Ouro was granted planning permission in 2007 for a 5 star golf, residential and leisure development opportunity on a stunning 240 hectares (600 acres) site, with over 1.5 kilometres of river frontage on the Guadiana River in the eastern Algarve in Portugal. The whole development site is owned by Noblelink Limited, a UK company, whose sole business interest is the Almada D’ Ouro land that after a lengthy and complex programme of land assembly, acquired the entire 600 acre site from over 3,500 individual landowners.

There have been several attempts to dispose of the land but with the financial crisis and subsequently the Portuguese economy downturn this has not been possible.

There is currently an interested party to take part of the land for the development of an eco concept designated ‘Plantation Guadiana’, that has the intention to develop a hotel with a small marina and an allotment of eco friendly homes.

QPAM is promoting the integration of this concept but under a bigger vision to bring it together with a R&D university campus, student housing complex, and promotion of agritech industries attached to the R&D, namely aquaponics and other AI & fintech industries alongside modern but integrated eco housing under a principle of carbon neutral and circular economy principles whereby all power generation is self-sufficient and ability to export exceeding power.

QPAM is now looking for interested parties to invest in this exciting and unique project expecting to generate specific projects grants from the Portuguese government alongside developers investments.

Are you an investor or developer?

If you are an investor and/or a developer of real estate properties, you might be interested in learning more about the opportunities that this asset portfolio has to offer, so get in touch by contacting Alan Moxon and find out more by clicking here.

R&D Agritech University Campus & Hydroponics Production

R&D Agritech University

Portugal has in recent years attracted a tremendous attention into the fintech arena, with annual events promoting start-ups in various sectors of this activity and with the government in promoting initiatives that bring employment and innovation into the country. Algarve has always been and is a destination for holidays, but is thriving for new education and technology advanced start-ups with the young population and visitors every year, ideal for the promotion of a university campus dedicated to agritech new technologies, and attracting big corporations that are very interested in this sector (Microsoft, Amazon, Elon Musk, Google, etc) not forgetting the big farm industries, (i.e. Cargill, BASF, etc.) this site is ideal for the promotion of this concept.

Hydroponics Production

Southern Spain and the Algarve are being populated by the growth of fresh produce (berries, lettuces, tomatoes, etc.) that are exported every day into Europe and other parts of the world. Combining hydroponic technologies with our R&D university campus alongside with eco homes that have their eco-micro farms and vineyard, but are completely self-sufficient in energy and respond to circular economy targets, make it ideal developments inserted on a sustainable carbon zero economy that blend well into a vision in developing new products and technologies for the growth of human population.

Portfolio of 7 Wind Farms with 220 MW

In 2005 the HLC Group setup Jantus Limited (“Jantus”), which purchased the shares in a Brazilian wind development company, SIIF Energies do Brazil (“SIIF”) with a total of 207 MW of capacity with granted PPA’s from Electrobas and circa 800MW of various other projects not granted PPA’s.It also owned another 48 MW-Rosa dos Ventos fully developed with 13MW of granted PPA’s from Electrobras, totalling 220MW of fully granted PPA’s.

The wind projects had been developed over a 5-year period by SIIF with the close management and support its parent, EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN”), a 50%-owned subsidiary of the Electricité de France (EDF). EDF EN sold SIIF for reasons related to the flotation of EDF shares.

All five SIIF and two Rosa dos Ventos wind farms are located in the northeast of Brazil and benefit from highly favourable wind speeds ranging from 7.7 to 9.4 meters per second, ranking them among the top sites in the world for wind energy production.

The projects had all necessary permits, leases and licenses, and all connection, transmission, and distribution contracts had been signed.

The total investment of the 220MW (7 wind farms) was 400 Million Euros and Equity (20%) and Debt (80%) were raised with a Group of Investors incorporating Citi Bank, Liberty Mutual and BRAM – Black River Asset Management.

This Portfolio of Assets was divested after the Financial Crisis of Lehman Brothers.

The Vision behind this Portfolio

HLC Environmental Holdings then part of the HLC Group (Horacio Luis Carvalho) developed a group of companies around the principles of the Kyoto Protocol and Climate Change, both in Renewables and CDM-Clean Development Mechanism projects.

Resort Project in Northeast Brazil

The concept was to create a “Green” environmentally friendly resort.

The resort sits ideally in the landscape and is self-suppliant in electricity and water.
The site is located within 120 minutes by road from Fortaleza International airport. It is a totally self-contained area and ideal for offsite leisure activities, including water sports and ecotourism into the interior.

It also treats and recycles its own rubbish and sewage. The site has a minimum of 10 hectares with a natural harbour.

Redevelopment of the land included a hotel, 18-hole golf course, equestrian centre, beach club, studio/apartments, golf lodges/chalets and villas.

Concept Model

A central hotel unit with minimum 90 keys is required in order to attract foreign hotel operators and tour operators.

This unit would provide security, maintenance, housekeeping and service centre for the location.

The site would include a mixed development of 100-150 first class/ luxury standard accommodations:

Studios, condominiums, low lying beach chalets and villas
Marina and apparthotel
Swimming pool(s)
Health and Beauty Club
Beach Club
Restaurants, Bars
Retail opportunities

Sports facilities, yachting, ocean fishing, tennis, golf course, and Equestrian centre, Beach Buggy Park.

The mix of hotel rooms (suites or studios), as well other accommodations chalets and villas would depend on an in depth market survey and business plan. For the penetration in International markets, we need critical mass 100- 150keys.

Ownership & Management of Hotels

The opportunity to own and manage the first hotel came with a client that needed accommodation for their staff in a remote part of Portugal where there were no such infrastructures.

Aparthotel do Castro was totally designed and conceived with the objective to give the staff of the client amenities that could later, once the exclusive period of rental was finished, be continued to serve the general public as a tourism destination, therefore with apartments, swimming pool, gymnasium, restaurant, etc.

With courtyards of green plantations and kids playground, this unit was a tremendous success for many years, and it is still being operated after it was sold, back in 2010.

Seeing a niche opportunity in the UK market for small luxury hotels, both Chauntry House Hotel and Homewood Park Hotel were acquired and managed from 1988/9 to 2006 very successfully by Alan Moxon our managing director, that has a long history of managing these type of hotels and restaurants as well as larger and more complex infrastructures of hotels and SPA leisure amenities.

Our experience in these type of properties is considerable and in line to become again an objective of this company.

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Portfolio of three hotels owned and managed from 1989 to 2006, including Aparthotel do Castro in Castro Marim, Portugal, Homewood Park Hotel near Bath, UK and The Chauntry House Hotel in Bray, Maidenhead, UK.

Study of a Church Property Portfolio

Some years ago before the Covid Pandemic we were approached by the Ukrainian Church to look at their Portfolio of Church Assets throughout the UK that were in either low use or still functional but with either land and/or potential for development.

After some considerable time of research and meetings with the Eparchy an idea started to form that this Portfolio of Assets could be transformed and give the Eparchy Charity the so needed income to promote their social services and help the Community of those in need.

An evalution by a top tier National Estate Agent was commissioned with the objective to determine it’s value to the Charity. Subsequently each one of the Portfolio Properties would be analysed and studied to determine the development potential of each particular site.

With guidelines from National Heritage and other present dynamics to transform places of worship that otherwise would decay, there are circa 8,000 Churches in the UK that can be developed for either social uses, homes, commercial community places, libraries, etc.

It is these type of Portfolios of Real Estate that Quest Properties Asset Management can transform using its services, principles and applying the principle of carbon zero when developing these properties.