Mathias Flattin in Business Immo: why Crayon Partners backs rent-to-own
Business Immo interviewed Mathias Flattin on 29 January 2026 about why Crayon Partners backs the lease-with-option-to-buy model, and about the creative, technology-led strategies the firm was built to carry.
On 29 January 2026, Business Immo published an interview with Mathias Flattin in its Finance section, under the heading Pourquoi Crayon Partners mise sur la location avec option d'achat, conducted by Benoît Léger.
The introduction recalled why the firm exists: Mathias Flattin and Thibault Weston Smith founded Crayon Partners in 2024 to carry creative, technology-led investment strategies, at a point where the value of a building depends less on the walls than on what it is used for and how it is run.
The interview turned on one question. Why would an investor back lease-with-option-to-buy rather than a conventional residential strategy? Because the future buyer is already inside the building, paying rent, and because the exit is arranged at the start instead of being discovered at the end.
Read the interview on businessimmo.com (subscription required)
