1989
Hicks Baker
Partner, dealing with valuation, dispute resolution, landlord and tenant matters, corporate consultancy, acquisition and relocation advice in Reading and across the Thames Valley. Also acts for a number of clients providing property investment advice handling sales and acquisitions.
1985 to 1989
Fletcher King plc
Senior Surveyor in the Asset Management Division
responsible for property portfolio assets,
advising investment fund landlords and property company clients.
1978
to 1985
London Borough of Lambeth
Senior Valuer in the Borough Valuer’s
Department with responsibility
for management of commercial properties within the Council’s
portfolio of commercial property investments.
1976 to 1977
District Valuer and Valuation Officer - Basildon
Valuation Assistant during a professional
experience year within a degree course. Dealing with
rating of commercial property, compulsory purchase,
compensation cases and valuation
for capital taxation.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
Alf Davis Properties Limited
Acting for this private property company purchaser on the acquisition of a 90,000 sq ft industrial investment at Faraday Centre in Basingstoke and also James House a 10,000 sq.ft multi let office building in Newbury.
Boyes Turner
Representing the tenant solicitors Boyes Turner upon a review of the rent paid for 22,000 sq ft of offices at Abbots House in Reading's town centre.
SDL
Plc
Acting
on the acquisition of a new 30,500 sq.ft. headquarters
office building at Cannon Court Maidenhead, and advising
on the disposal of four existing buildings for this
company. Successfully acquiring the new building on
preferential terms for the occupier on a new fifteen
year lease with tenant’s break option after ten
years.
Intermec Limited
Representing the company opposing the review of the rent payable for two floors of offices at Sovereign House, Reading.
Atlet Limited
Acting
for Swedish fork lift truck company Atlet in the pre-letting
of a new 38,000 sq.ft. high eaves industrial unit in
Thame from developers Glesson and Belgrave Land.
Vitra
Plc
Acquiring
for this furniture supplier a new 18,000 sq.ft. industrial
unit at Thame 40 Business Park on a new fifteen year
lease at a rent of £6.75 per sq.ft.
Duchy
of Cornwall
Implementing
a rent review for the owner of Venture House a 20,500
sq.ft Reading Town Centre office building achieving
a satisfactory increase in rent above our client’s
expectation.
Strategic
advice on the future of Venture House considering lease
end opportunities and development potential.
Land
Securities Plc
Advising
Land Securities on the re-gearing of the lease of an
86,000 sq. ft. town centre office building, and first
rent review.
Implementing
successfully a rent review of a 42,000 sq.ft. 1970’s
headquarters office building obtaining an increase in
rent in line with our original advice.
Cheltenham
& Gloucester Plc
Advising
upon the relocation of town centre building society
branch premises and jointly acting upon the acquisition
of new premises at Broad Street Reading.
Seagate
(UK) Ltd
Appointed
to represent the tenant company to defend a rent review
of the 27,000 sq.ft. grade ‘A’ office building
Solar House Marlow, successfully minimising the increase
in rent to a token uplift only.
JD
Edwards Plc
Acting
on behalf of J D Edwards (UK) Ltd the tenant in a rent
review of Stokenchurch House a 32,000 sq.ft. air -conditioned
office building in Buckinghamshire, achieving a settlement
of the rent circa 20% below the landlord’s original
expectation.
Intuit
Limited
Retained
agent advising upon the acquisition of many
office buildings for this US computer software company
within the last fifteen years, most recently the acquisition of their headquarter offices at Statesman in Maidenhead.
MediSense Inc
Acting
on the acquisition of a series of industrial units at
Nuffield Way Abingdon enabling the organic expansion
of the company prior to its establishment of a new production
facility on a green field site at Witney Oxfordshire.
R
T Warren (Investments) Limited
Acting
on the acquisition of Period office property investments
in Thatcham and Fareham. Disposing of investment properties at High Wycombe and Lymington.
Maxply
Securities
Dealing
with the acquisition of an industrial
estate in Thatcham for property investment.
Largerose
Limited
Advising
the company on property investment acquisitions at Winnersh, Fareham, Shoreham
and Saltdean. Disposing of the company's industrial investment property at Bognor Regis.
Tiger
Investments
Retained
adviser having acquired retail and industrial investments
for the company.
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