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NORTH WEST PROPERTY AWARDS 2016 PREVIEW
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A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR
FOR REGIONAL PROPERTY Capita Real Estate
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ver the next pages, Insider before. Two separate pre-judging chosen after Insider spoke to
is taking a look at the sessions were held with a series more than 50 property experts.
schemes, professionals of industry experts giving their More than one company may
and developers from across verdicts. No votes were cast but have been involved in the same
the region in the running to win their comments were fed into the deal. In the main, the company
at our prestigious North West official judging process. named in the shortlist submitted
Property Awards 2016. A record number of entries the entry.
With 15 hard-fought catego- highlighted the strength of the So here is the shortlist and
ries, plus the coveted Property property industry across the re- well done to all those who have
Personality of the Year, the gion – a strength that continues made it! The winners will be
ceremony is a sell-out event to build in all sectors. The judges announced at a dinner at Man-
attracting an audience of more were left with tough decisions in chester Central on Thursday 12
than 1,000 guests. all the categories and the debate May – the same day as Insider’s
The judging process for this was lively and vigorous. annual Business of Property
year’s record-breaking Insider The only award not picked by Conference.
Property Awards was stronger the judges was the Property Per- The official Twitter hashtag for
and more rigorous than ever sonality of the Year, which was the event is #insiderNWprop
Meet the judges
DRINKS RECEPTION
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DICKMAN fund director, JONES MCLAUGHLIN managing managing development
director, Hermes director of executive director, director, director,
DB Symmetry Investment economic director, Warrington Atkins regeneration,
development, North West, & Co Property Salford City NETWORKING BOOKLET
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working with people
designing buildings
creating places
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@buttressarch
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architecture | heritage | urbanism
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ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE OF THE YEAR
SHORTLIST
Architecture practices on commercial projects have made big contributions
to developments in terms of design, deliverability and control of costs 5PLUS
AEW
Pozzoni’s Citygate Court, Manchester
BUTTRESS ARCHITECTS
FALCONER CHESTER HALL
FLETCHER-RAE
LEACH RHODES WALKER
POZZONI
SHEPPARD ROBSON
Q
uality designs are is also working on the ambi- urban square, which it fronts, and
coming off the drawing tious Bridge Street mixed-use responds to both in its design
boards of the region’s ar- regeneration vision to transform and planning.
chitects as they continually raise Warrington town centre. The scheme references its
the bar and deliver impressive Successful housing projects context and the high-quality
buildings with a wow factor. were also well represented in development sits comfortably
The breadth of work on display the portfolios of stand-out work within and enhances the her-
impressed the judges – with by shortlisted practices. These itage of the conservation area;
showcase projects across the included Leach Rhodes Walkers’ strengthening the urban setting
North West. And it’s not just tall Clippers Quay in Salford, a pri- of the church and establishing
buildings attracting attention. vate rented scheme creating the residential community.
In retail and leisure they “a new location and destination.” The work of 5plus in the resi-
include 5plus’s vision for Man- Buttress Architects’ striking dential sector also included Cir-
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chester Corn Exchange, which Timekeepers Square is a new cle Square – its team designed
has reconnected this heritage development of 36 two, three the residential capacity study
asset back to the city, as well as and four-bedroom houses on that supported Bruntwood’s
Leach Rhodes Walker’s striking a central site in Salford for the acquisition of the former BBC
and bold “next generation” of English Cities Fund. The site is site in Manchester – and 10-12
retail parks at Handforth Dean adjacent to the neoclassical St Whitworth Street, high-quality,
in Cheshire East. The practice Philips Church and the Georgian deliverable accommodation
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We are delighted to be shortlisted for Architects delivered within the Wirral Waters Enterprise
Practice of the Year for Insider’s Property Awards. Zone, Birkenhead. Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, a
Congratulations and good luck 4* luxury boutique hotel in the heart of Liverpool’s
to everyone nominated for an award this year. business district. The Listed Heaps Mill complex
at southern Liverpool Docks, a PRS development
Falconer Chester Hall is an award-winning of 800 homes and 12,000 sq ft of leisure and retail
architectural and interiors practice with an units, ranged around a new public space called
international reputation. We have offices in Baltic Square for Inhabit.
Liverpool, London and Kuala Lumpur, and will
be opening in Manchester soon. Our projects Working with Moda Living to design an exciting new
include: The 50,000 sq ft Tower Wharf commercial residential development, Princes Reach, as part of
office building. The first development to be the regeneration of Princes Dock, Liverpool.
Liverpool London Kuala Lumpur
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targeted at the private rental
Buttress Architects’ Timekeepers Square
market.
The industrial and logistics
sector was well represented,
showcasing the versatility of
architecture practices in the
North West.
Fletcher-Rae’s work on the
£80m relocation of clothing and
homewares retailer Matalan to
the former Petrolite site at Know-
sley – a 135,000 sq ft headquar-
ters plus a logistics facility of
more than 600,000 sq ft – was
among the stand-out projects.
So, too, was its work on Peel’s Pozzoni removed the front appearance of the streetscape,
Port Salford project – a £16m façade of the Mosley Street and internally glazed elevations
logistics facility for Cullina with its office in its entirety, stripping flood the building with light.
bold external cladding. the building back to its original Falconer Chester Hall’s strong
Office designs that caught the structure. portfolio of work on Merseyside
eye included Pozzoni’s Citygate A new façade was construct- also caught the eye, not least
Court development in Manchester ed with floor-to-ceiling glazing, its designs for the £8.6m
– its contemporary design trans- minimalist clean lines and a Tower Wharf commercial office
forming a 36-year-old address feature frame to the two top development, which is the first
and bringing it back to life as storeys. The improvements have building within the Wirral Waters
dynamic office building. dramatically changed the enterprise zone.
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PROPERTY NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
SHORTLIST
A host of newcomers to the property scene are leading the field with
innovation and forward thinking – creating their own Northern Powerhouse PARAGON
PLACEFIRST
I
n just three years, PlaceFirst
has made a name for itself
METIS REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
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property development companies CONSULTANTS
in the country. Working at the
toughest end of the housing
market, it is delivering well-de-
signed, high-quality, energy-effi-
cient homes in some of the most
blighted neighbourhoods.
Its aim is to turn streets of
empty properties across the
north into aspirational homes for
rent that bridge the gap between
home ownership and social
housing. And it is delivering
those homes in towns and cities
including Liverpool, Accrington
and Morecambe, where it is
working in the resort’s West End
restoring grand old buildings that
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have fallen into sad decline.
PlaceFirst’s target is to build
and let 1,000 homes by 2019, Paragon is another rising advice to occupiers, landlords,
and it is working with Liverpool star. Less than 12 months since investors and developers across
on its empty homes challenges. opening, the Manchester office the UK. The agency and profes-
The group has also saved of Paragon Building Consultancy sional teams specialise in the
the finest Victorian municipal – the firm’s first outside London retail and leisure sectors, and
swimming baths in the country – has become a ten-strong the investment team cover all
in Ashton-under-Lyne, designing team with turnover exceeding its property types and also provide
a cool digital workspace. It offers three-year business plan. development funding advice.
more than 6,000 sq ft of flexible, The Manchester team has It is advising on more than 30
funky office space with break-out carried out pre-acquisition build- schemes, from large mixed-use
spaces and a rooftop terrace that ing surveys on assets valued in developments to small rede-
span its length and open to the excess of £1bn since May 2015. velopments of Grade II listed
main pool hall. At One New Bailey in Manchester, buildings. Between January and
the team is project monitoring December 2015, Davies and
on behalf of Legal & General, the team had clocked up more
One New Bailey
and for Tristan Capital at The than 50 restaurant lettings in
Embankment in Greengate. The the North West. It has also been
team also project managed the creating value by reinvigorating
refurbishment of Dakota House, underperforming schemes.
a 45,000 sq ft office near the Aherne Property had a strong
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p48-63 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 54 05/05/2016 12:32COMMERCIAL FIT-OUT/REFURBISHMENT
SHORTLIST
Standout workspaces are crucial for companies to attract and retain the
best talent. We look at the fit-out and refurb specialists responsible 127 PORTLAND STREET
(BRUNTWOOD)
C
reating communities, 55 Spring Gardens 55 SPRING GARDENS
building brands and (CBRE GLOBAL INVESTORS)
inspiring workers: those
are the aims of most commercial EXCHANGE QUAY
fit-outs or refurbishments, espe- (HUNTER REAL ESTATE
cially when the battle to attract INVESTMENT MANAGERS)
and retain staff continues to rage
and the working environment
35 FOUNTAIN STREET
could be the difference between (OBI PROPERTY)
winning and losing that fight. REGATTA
Offices are more than just a
(SPACE INVADER
place where people come to
work daily. They are an extension
& FLETCHER RAE)
of a company’s identity, ethos CITYGATE COURT
and values – a fact recognised (STYLES & WOOD)
by this impressive shortlist.
It includes 127 Portland Street, UNITED UTILITIES
a 30,802 sq ft office building in reception height doubled to cre- The landscape includes trees, (CLAREMONT)
West Village – a community of ate “a modern and memorable” plants, boardwalks, a wooden
creative businesses. Bruntwood feature. A collaborative amenity pavilion and a central ‘campsite’
looked to inject a sense of arrival space for tenants to share was where employees can eat, meet
– with ‘thinking space’ for cus- also incorporated”. and collaborate. The designers
tomers to gather their thoughts A media wall and lounge with took inspiration from Regatta’s
before a busy day in the office. innovative use of lighting, audio- ‘great outdoors’ brand.
Its communal spaces have visual and sound systems have Claremont’s brief for its
floor-to-ceiling curtains, different proved popular with occupiers refurbishment of United Utilities’
textures, colours and finishes “promoting communication and Haweswater House in Warring-
throughout. Workspaces were creating unplanned encounters”. ton was to open up the lines of
stripped back to expose the This main lounge is the show- communication in a less formal
original features. Exposed bricks, room for all the occupiers within way and to inspire its people.
beams and original wooden the broadband-enabled building. A series of ‘sky pods’ – small
flooring created the perfect blank A roof terrace and top floor meeting rooms overlooking the
canvas for customers. penthouse has also added to ground floor – is distinctive.
A 5,200 sq ft duplex on the top the transformation along with a There’s a a plethora of informal
floor is linked with an ornate spi- concierge service that equals meeting spaces, allowing teams
ral staircase and a purpose-built anything found in city centre to discuss projects away from
treehouse for meetings. There’s hotels. Half the building was let their desks. And branded wall
also a slide with a ball pit, a prior to completion. graphics, based on water and
mezzanine level with a games In Trafford Park, Regatta Group people, along with recessed
room, a bar and fully glazed appointed SpaceInvader and spaces for integrated digital
meeting rooms. Fletcher Rae Architects to create schemes, provides a high-tech
In Manchester’s central its new base. In a striking con- way of bringing the brand to life
business district, CBRE Global version of the company’s existing when customers visit.
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Gardens. What was once dark, arms factory, the company now “a spirit of modernity and colour”,
dated and “compromised” by low has a grade A office complete and OBI Property’s fit-out of 35
suspended ceiling heights has with showrooms and design Fountain Street for Rentalcars.
become a “light, airy, bright and workshops. The biggest test com was also selected for such
flexible” building. The entrance was to make the 60,000 sq ft a demanding brief, testing times- Capita Real Estate
façade was redesigned and the floorplate feel “human”. cales and site restrictions.
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p48-63 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 56 05/05/2016 12:32PROPERTY LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
SHORTLIST
Competition is as fierce as ever in the legal world, evidenced by the
sheer number of firms in the running to win Insider’s prestigious award ADDLESHAW GODDARD
GATELEY
T
he strength of the region’s Old Fire
legal sector was evident Station JMW SOLICITORS
by there being more sub- KUITS SOLICITORS
missions for this category than
any other. NABARRO
Manchester was named as
the most important city outside
PINSENT MASONS
London in terms of the number SHOOSMITHS
of legal offices and fee-earn-
ers, in a report earlier this year. WEIGHTMANS
And its law firms were certainly
busy working on the large-scale
development projects emerging
on the city skyline.
Addleshaw Goddard advised
on Circle Square, Manchester JMW’s highlights included the Pinsent Masons’ Manchester
Business School and Angel refinance of the Lime Square De- team also makes the shortlist
Gardens, plus the St Michael’s velopment in Manchester on be- for assisting Ardstone Regional
mixed-use scheme – a joint half of Openshaw Regeneration. Office Fund on the acquisition of
venture between Beijing Con- Across the Pennines, the team the Grade II-listed office building
struction and Engineering, Ryan advised Stocksbridge Regener- Pall Mall Court in King Street. It
Giggs, Gary Neville and Rowsley. ation on a £40m development also advised Aviva on its regen-
The firm continued its involve- mixed-use scheme in Sheffield. eration of the Corn Exchange.
ment at Omega in Warrington, Kuits acted on the acquisition Shoosmiths acted for Allied
completing on the 690,000 sq of the former Pontin’s holiday London on the St John’s regen-
ft distribution facility to The Hut camp site just outside Blackpool eration plan; 1 Spinningfields, a
Group and 240,000 sq ft to for housebuilder Persimmon. The 250,000 sq ft office and leisure
Plastic Omnium, plus a 356,000 practice also acted for Salford development in Manchester; and
sq ft speculative warehouse. The property investment company the purchase from Britannia of
firm also acted for Bruntwood The Ventnor Group in connection the Old Fire Station. Student ac-
and Select Property Group on with various transactions. commodation has been another
the strategic acquisition of the Nabarro acted for Manchester source of work.
former BBC Oxford Road site in City Council on The Factory, St Weightmans has been work-
Manchester. Johns, a cultural hub and home ing on a steady flow of city and
Gateley’s real estate team of Manchester International Fes- town centre regeneration pro-
worked on The Dock Office tival and in Liverpool for Green jects. In Manchester it continued
development at Salford Quays for Property on its £17m disposal of giving pro-bono advice on all
Liveman Properties and acted on the city’s India Buildings to an aspects of the development and
a 119 apartment, 13-storey private overseas investor. grant funding of HOME – the cul-
rented sector development on It also worked on what was de- tural hub and contemporary arts
Ancoats Street, Manchester, for scribed as the largest ‘out-of-town’ centre at First Street. The practice
IDP Group. sale in the region – a brownfield was appointed by Manchester
Gateley also made headway site at Handforth, sold by Cheshire City Council in connection with
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in Preston, acting for London East Council and its Engine of the the redevelopment of Oxford
& Manchester Healthcare on a North arms-length company to Road railway station. In North
100-bed general nursing and CPG Development Projects. The Wales, the firm acted on behalf
dementia care home near the sale of the 14-acre plot unlocked of Bangor University and Menai
city’s Deepdale football stadium, a key development site that has Science Park in connection with
named Finney House after local the potential for shops, leisure the proposed 20.5 acre science
hero Sir Tom Finney. facilities and offices. park off the A5 on Anglesey.
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SHORTLIST
Activity is picking up for contractors after the recession. Here we look at the
ones proving that, to survive and thrive, they need to adapt and innovate CARILLION
ERIC WRIGHT CONSTRUCTION
‘O
n time, on budget and Other developments being accommodation into the private
on project’ remains the built by North West contractors residential and private rental
GALLIFORD TRY BUILDING
mantra of successful outside the region include a sector. That includes Vimto Gar- NORTH WEST
contractors. Working closely with satellite testing facility at the dens in Salford, a scheme of 83 MCGOFF & BYRNE
developers and architects, those RAL National Space Technology apartments and 14 townhouses
in the North West are building Centre in Oxfordshire by Willmott in conjunction with Muse. RUSSELLS CONSTRUCTION
quality, sustainable buildings Dixon. The Oldham-based com- The contractor also built the
across the UK. And they’re pany is also building a home for Hotel Football Scheme next to
WIGGETT CONSTRUCTION
maintaining strong order books, the Met Office’s supercomputer Old Trafford and has secured WILLMOTT DIXON
despite challenging conditions. in Exeter to ensure it remains the contract to build the Hilton CONSTRUCTION
Diversity and the ability a world leader for meteorology. Garden Inn at the Lancashire
to break into new markets is Nearer to home it was respon- County Cricket Club.
another strength that continues sible for Oldham’s £15m leisure Russells Construction built the
to build. This year’s shortlisted centre. 14-storey, 330-bedroom Motel
companies are working on some Preston-based Eric Wright One on London Road in Man-
varied and challenging devel- has embarked on a strategy of chester’s Piccadilly area for Livia,
opments – from Carillion’s main seeking a mix of projects with which is part of the Olympian
stand expansion at Liverpool’s funding from different sources, group.
Anfield stadium to Willmott Dix- including higher education, pri- Wiggett Construction is an-
on’s building of St Chrysostom’s vate sector investment, European other fast-growing business. Its
Primary School for Manchester Regional Development funding highlights included remodelling
City Council. and the Homes and Commu- and refurbishing the former Pen-
Carillion is transforming Liver- nities Agency. Its work in 2015 delbury Hospital site in Salford
pool’s main stand into one of the included three landmark projects with quality apartments.
largest all-seater single stands in – Blackburn’s Cathedral Quarter The expertise in the North
Europe with 8,500 more seats, in partnership with Maple Grove West shone this year. McGoff
taking the stadium’s overall ca- Developments; an engineering and Byrne’s unrivalled expe-
pacity to 54,000. The installation building for Lancaster University; rience with timber frame con-
of a 650 tonne, 140 metre-long and Tower Wharf Offices in Wirral struction won it multiple projects
roof truss onto the stadium was for Longmeadow Estates. for Whitbread and the Premier
performed by two of the UK’s Galliford Try looked to expand Inn chain, plus the award of a
largest cranes and watched by into new sectors, taking its expe- landmark chalet development at
thousands of people. rience from hotels and student Butlins in Minehead.
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p48-63 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 60 05/05/2016 12:32PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND INDUSTRIAL AGENTS OF THE YEAR
SHORTLIST
The shortlist highlights the teams who have made significant contributions
to developments in terms of planning, design, deliverability and cost control DELOITTE REAL ESTATE
INDIGO PLANNING
P
rofessional services experts King Street continues to rein- FC’s Anfield stadium expansion.
were hard at work in 2015 vent itself with a focus on leisure Turley has also provided plan-
OBI PROPERTY
boosted by the growth in and cafe culture and Indigo ning advice and obtained the TURLEY
development activity. successfully gained consent necessary approvals to enable
Deloitte described the year as for 20-22 King Street, which the development of the Protos TURNER & TOWNSEND
“remarkable” for Manchester – opened as Quill in October last Energy Park in Chester.
“most visibly in the resurgence year. Outside the city it secured Its planning team also secured
of residential activity throughout permission for up to 220 homes permission from Manchester City
the city centre.” The firm was in- in Congleton for Seddon. Council for the UK’s first high-en-
volved in Renaker Build’s 1 Water OBI made the shortlist for ergy Proton Beam Therapy
Street and Cambridge Street workplace consultancy and the Centre at the Christie Hospital.
developments, as well as Select project management of office The development is scheduled
Property Group’s CitySuites. fit-outs at Sevendale House in to complete in 2018.
Indigo Planning continued with Manchester for several tenants. Property consultancy Turner
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
its positive work in the North- Its team carried out the same & Townsend was involved in SPONSORED BY
ern Quarter and King Street in functions on a 38,000 sq ft various award-winning schemes
Manchester. In the last two years fit-out of 35 Fountain Street on that completed in 2015 including
it has advised on ten bars and behalf of Rentalcars.com. Manchester City’s Etihad training
restaurants, including Almost Fa- Planning consultancy Turley’s campus, where it provided full
mous, NoHo, Home Sweet Home stand-out projects include cost management support, and
and Luck, Lust, Liquor and Burn. securing permission for Liverpool the Chester Zoo islands project.
Sheds are the new rock ‘n roll, here we look at agency teams who SHORTLIST
made a real impact on the North West industrial scene in 2015
AHERNE PROPERTY
T
he North West continues B&M Bargains instructed Sav- sq ft distribution facility on the CONSULTANTS
to be the beating heart of ills to acquire distribution hubs outskirts of Preston.
the UK’s logistics industry. as part of its expansion pro- Nolan Redshaw acted as joint COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
Deals highlighted in this catego- gramme. In early 2015, deals at agents on the successful Crown
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
ry’s shortlist include Cushman Onyx350, Runcorn and MW460 Business Park in Rochdale. The
& Wakefield’s work in delivering in Middlewich were completed first phase amounted to 60,000 KNIGHT FRANK
retailer Poundland’s distribution providing 810,000 sq ft of new sq ft over two separate buildings
centre at M6 Epic in Wigan. space. A highlight for Savills was that were pre-sold to Store First. NOLAN REDSHAW
Global online retailer Amazon’s the 400,000 sq ft pre-let at Nice Also, 75,000 sq ft was sold to SAVILLS
arrival at Mountpark Airport City Pak on Westwood Way in Wigan, Robert Scott with 30,000 sq ft
in Manchester also made the a deal achieved against a back- set aside for an extension. WHR PROPERTY CONSULTANTS
headlines and underlined the drop of competition from other Newcomer Aherne Property
region’s pulling power. developers with existing sites in Consultants’ deals include the
WHR helped broker the deal the right geographical location. acquisition of a 108,000 sq ft
between Stoford Developments Knight Frank’s logistics and industrial unit at Stakehill in Mid- INDUSTRIAL AGENTS
OF THE YEAR
and MAG to acquire the site. industrial team sold a 148,748 dleton and the 90-acre Frontier SPONSORED BY
The fulfilment centre will open sq ft Aldi distribution centre at Park site in Blackburn.
in the autumn, creating 1,000 Stakehill Distribution Estate near Colliers was involved in 40
permanent jobs over three years, Middleton to Vengrove on behalf transactions totalling 494,000 sq
as part of the e-retailer’s plans to of Legal & General for £8.6m. ft. It secured a series of lettings
create 2,500 permanent posts in Elsewhere, Knight Frank acted at Carrington Business Park and
the UK this year. in the disposal of a 152,878 various locations for Screwfix.
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SHORTLIST
Manchester’s pulling power remains strong for agents and its office
market continues to be a real powerhouse on the national stage BE GROUP
BILFINGER GVA
T
he Manchester city region One St Peter’s
is poised to take further Square CANNING O’NEILL
advantage of the trend CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
for ‘northshoring’ – attracting
inward investment from overseas EDWARDS & CO
markets – as London and the
South East becomes even more
JLL
expensive and congested. OBI PROPERTY
Development was firmly
on the agenda in 2015 and SAVILLS
Bilfinger GVA was instrumental
CBRE
in the the purchase of 8 First
Street (160,000 sq ft) for Greater
Manchester Property Venture
Fund. Bilfinger GVA was lead
adviser to Muse and Chester City Island is now described as the flexibility to allow the phased re-
Council on their speculative City most well-let grade A new office location to an 80,000 sq ft office
Place scheme (80,000 sq ft) in in the city. elsewhere in the city shortly.
the heart of the city. And In De- Cushman & Wakefield was Savills acted on some of the
cember the team won a pitch to instrumental in bringing interna- largest Grade A office transac-
advise M&G on the leasing of 3 tional occupiers Syngenta and tions, with lettings to Addleshaw
Hardman Square, Spinningfields. Ford Credit to the North West, Goddard at One St Peters
Bilfinger also negotiated on funding developments and Square, and Gazprom and Ford
the deal that saw NHS Liverpool encouraging a long-term com- Capital at First Street. It also
CCG take more than 30,000 sq mitment to the region. Its pre-let worked on behalf of PwC and
ft of space at The Department on of 145,000 sq ft at Salford Quays Shoosmiths on their respective
Renshaw Street. to medical group Bupa (on acquisitions at No 1 Spinning-
Trident Business Park at behalf of developer/landlord Peel fields and XYZ Building.
Manchester Airport, with lettings Holdings) was one of the largest Canning O’Neill had a strong
of 84,500 sq ft, was one of transactions in the region’s prop- year, supporting the transfor-
CBRE’s main transactions – 95 erty market for 15 years. mation of Soapworks from a
per cent let within nine months JLL’s office agency team act- disused factory into an iconic
of the building being bought and ed on the letting of 42,000 sq ft scheme. It is also working on
before its refurb was complete. over four floors at Arndale Tower the Manchester Royal Exchange
The agency acquired No 8 First to law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus refurbishment.
Street, Manchester, on behalf of Deringer on a short to medi- Edwards & Co also had a
Gazprom and, in Liverpool, Mann um-term lease, incorporating busy year conducting 107 deals
in Manchester city centre alone.
Outside the city it secured a
Soapworks,
Salford Quays 47,132 sq ft letting at St Peter’s
Square in Stockport with Sky.
OBI was involved in 32 per
cent of the office space transac-
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tions in Manchester and was re-
sponsible for the record-breaking
central Manchester deal of the
year: NCC Group at XYZ Building.
It also set a new record rent of
£34 per sq ft in Manchester at
Chancery Place.
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#Invest in #BrilliantBurnley
Burnley Council is delighted its inward investment team in partnership with Burnley Bondholders has
been shortlisted for the Public Sector Team of the Year at the Insider North West Property Awards
A strong entry was submitted by the council
showcasing the successful level of inward
investment and jobs created in 2014/15 through
new businesses relocating to the borough, which
levered in £82million of private sector investment.
The entry focused on the joint working of the
council’s Inward Investment Team and Burnley
Bondholders in promoting Burnley’s positive
business environment which has led to an increase
in relocation enquiries and in turn businesses
moving in to the borough.
Several blue chip companies have relocated to
Burnley as a result of the joint working and
promotions, creating 1,300 jobs in the last 2 years,
including Boohoo.com, Exertis, Panaz, Kaman
Tooling, Kavia, Vodafone Automotive UK to name
Burnley Bondholder, Fagan & Whalley, dressed parts of their fleet
just a few. Kate Ingram, Burnley Council’s Head of
with Burnley’s brand to spread the message across UK and Europe
Regeneration & Planning Policy said: “The team is
delighted to have been shortlisted for this moved into the borough. Our Business Support growth, we are truly carving out an excellent
prestigious award and we are delighted our Team keep in regular contact with all our key reputation for attracting and supporting business.”
successful investment achievements are being business to offer ongoing support and support with Mark Crabtree OBE, Chair of Burnley Bondholders
recognised this evening. business growth, so it’s the whole package which we said: “The team at Burnley council are a delight for
hope made our entry stand out.” businesses to work with – enterprising, capable and
“I’m so pleased for the team, Pam Smith, Burnley Council’s Chief Executive, said: open in communication from top to bottom of the
they have worked extremely “I’m so pleased for the team, they have worked organisation. The “can-do” attitude is the source of
hard to establish Burnley extremely hard to establish Burnley as a thriving area their success in working with the private sector, and
as a thriving area for for enterprise, and I’m delighted their work has been the results are there for all to see. They richly deserve
recognised externally. Burnley has established itself to win this award.”
enterprise.” PAM SMITH as the place to be for enterprise and we are building
“Being shortlisted is a great opportunity to a strong reputation as the go to place for business. Burnley has just been awarded £1.7 million
showcase our success in attracting investment Securing further investment and jobs for the town is to kick start the building of the towns latest
across the region and sharing our key strengths such a top priority for us, and the Business Support and enterprise parks - the multi-million pound
as great connectivity from our central UK location, Inward Investment Team are at the forefront of ‘Vision Park’ in Burnley’s Knowledge Quarter.
our pro-active business support environment, the achieving this success. Infrastructure works for the Vision Park beside
lifestyle offer, and our strong partnership working Adding: “It’s wonderful to see Burnley being the college and university campus will be
with local businesses.” recognised by external organisations across the funded by the Lancashire Enterprise
A key feature of the entry was not just the expert region and the UK. Our awards speak for themselves, Partnership (LEP). The state-of-the-art 5 acre
team work to attract new investment but the follow winning the Most Enterprising Area in the UK in 2013, park aims to attract Advanced manufacturers
up Company Contact Programme which sees the ranked in the top 5 North Boom towns set to thrive and digital industries.
expert support continuing once businesses have last year, and leading the region in private sector jobs
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Business Support Team at Burnley Council
Tel: 01282 477315 | Email: ahooley@burnley.gov.uk
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11:53PUBLIC SECTOR TEAM OF THE YEAR
SHORTLIST
This category celebrates projects undertaken by public sector bodies and
local authorities. The entries highlighted some innovative approaches BURNLEY COUNCIL/
BURNLEY BONDHOLDERS
Edge Hill’s Eastern Campus EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY
BLACKBURN WITH
DARWEN COUNCIL/HOMES
AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY/
MAPLE GROVE
WIGAN COUNCIL
I
nward investment is the name Agency and Blackburn Cathedral the M6 when the council builds
of the game for local councils have all come together to create a new link road this year. This
and competition is fierce. The Blackburn Cathedral Quarter. commitment to improving the
The partnership approach is The result is a vibrant mixed-use road infrastructure was crucial in
beginning to pay off and forging quarter with the cathedral at its satisfying Nice-Pak’s concerns
close links with private business heart. Eight acres of underused about the site’s viability. The
a growing priority for town halls land near the railway station council also supported the
across the North West. were brought back into use in company’s application to the
Burnley formed its public/pri- the first £25m phase of develop- Regional Growth Fund to fund
vate sector partnership Burnley ment. Once fully occupied, this the relocation.
Bondholders in 2009 – and it first phase will provide Blackburn The 400,000 sq ft building is
has put the East Lancashire with more than 400 jobs. symbolic of the push for growth
town firmly on the map. The Wigan Council’s inward and jobs creation that is under
bondholder scheme sets Burnley investment team also makes the way in the borough. The same
apart from other towns and cities, shortlist for its work, including the inward investment team also
bringing together more than 150 building a new home for Nice- played a central role in bringing
private sector businesses with Pak International. The company Poundland’s new North West
the public sector to contribute was already based in Wigan but distribution hub to Wigan Bor-
funds and ideas to promote looking to expand and build a ough, creating up to 800 jobs in
Burnley as a place in which to manufacturing facility the coming years.
invest and do business. There was competition from Edge Hill University com-
The scheme has also created other councils in the North West pletes this year’s shortlist for its
a substantial budget, through to take on the proposal but approach to its Eastern Campus
funding contributions from the the team worked closely with developments. These include a
private sector, to market Burnley Nice-Pak to ensure the company variety of award-winning projects,
to potential inward investors and remained in the borough. including the Creative Edge
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help grow the local economy. The challenge was finding building. The Eastern Campus
A partnership approach is a site big enough to meet the has been developed on 120
also breathing life into neigh- needs of the business and ena- acres of former agricultural land
bouring Blackburn’s town centre. ble the development. and provides a mixture of resi-
Blackburn with Darwen Council, Westwood Development Park dential, academic space, sports
Maple Grove Developments, emerged as the front-runner, facilities, a new entrance and
the Homes and Communities and will provide quick access to car parking.
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p64-73 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 66 05/05/2016 12:33INVESTMENT AGENTS OF THE YEAR
SHORTLIST
The spotlight is on North West property as overseas and domestic investors
capitalise on its reputation. These are the agents making their mark BILFINGER GVA
CBRE
Port of Liverpool building
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
JLL
KNIGHT FRANK
WHR PROPERTY CONSULTANTS
SAVILLS
A
growing appetite for the MediaCityUK, Salford Quays
North West investment
market from overseas
made 2015 a year of opportunity.
And as a result some trophy
assets exchanged hands.
These include two of Man-
chester’s largest opportunities
– 3 & 4 Piccadilly Place and One
St Peter’s Square – brought to
market by GVA Bilfinger. Its team
was also active on the banks of
the Mersey, with the acquisition
of the Port of Liverpool building
by overseas investors. 25 per cent in excess of the ask- real estate investor Patrizia
Cushman & Wakefield was ing price of 101 Barbirolli Square Immobilien. The investment has
also involved in the landmark in the city centre on behalf of accelerated the development
Merseyside deal. The Port of Liv- Aberdeen Asset Management. of First Street as an important
erpool building, which attracted JLL advised Legal & General mixed-use business quarter.
global interest, eventually sold Capital on the acquisition of a Knight Frank was active in all
for more than £27m after several 50 per cent interest in the Peel sectors. It acted for Credit Suisse
rounds of bidding. However, the Group’s MediaCityUK scheme at Asset in the sale of 3 Hardman
agency’s largest deal was the Salford Quays, which is valued Square in Spinningfields by
sale of Houndshill Shopping at £503m. M&G in a £91.7m deal. And its
Centre, which sits in the shadow Savills acted for the Peel team was also involved in the
of Blackpool Tower for Blackstone Group to identify a long-term £17m sale of India Buildings in
SPONSORED BY
& Catalyst Capital. The centre strategic partner and targeted Liverpool by Green Property to a
had a disposal value of £105m. the most active overseas buyers private purchaser.
The largest transaction by the as well as traditional UK institu- WHR was especially active in
CBRE team in Manchester was tional investors. the Manchester investment mar-
the acquisition of 2 St Peter’s JLL was also involved in the ket, undertaking 12 city centre
Square on behalf of Deutsche. acquisition of Manchester’s First transactions, including the sale
The team also secured a sale Street development by European of 76 King Street.
p64-73 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 67 05/05/2016 12:33The XYZ Building, Manchester City Place, Chester Logistics North, Bolton
£15 million loan £5 million loan £10 million loan
Development Finance
in the North West
Evergreen provides development debt funding for commercial property & regeneration projects
in NW England.
• Funding currently stands at £60m.
• Office, industrial, hi-tech manufacturing and logistics.
• Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Cheshire and Lancashire.
• Ideal loan size £4m - £12m (higher in club loans).
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potential investments for the fund, as well as manage and William Church
monitor the developments over the investment life-cycle. Director
t: +44 207 182 2867
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Funders are working hard and being inventive with their business model
SHORTLIST
to get developments underway. So who is putting money into the region?
NATIONWIDE
I
nsider’s shortlist in this section XYZ building, Spinningfields EVERGREEN FUND
is made up of three very
different funding teams that
TOGETHER
have one thing in common: they
continue to work hard to get
results for the region.
Evergreen is a public sector
fund managed with a private
sector approach delivering spec-
tacular projects.
Nationwide – the world’s
biggest building society – has
maintained its strong commit-
ment to providing funding and
is growing regionally. Its mutual
business model shows there is a
different way of doing business
which resonates with customers.
All profit is reinvested in the
business for long-term benefit.
Nationwide helped to fund new
projects across the North West
in 2015 and provided acquisition
loans to blue-chip and high-net-
worth investors.
Together is also proactive
in the region, working with
entrepreneurs right through to describes as “phenomenal centre for businesses to relocate
residential and commercial prop- growth” in 2015 in all areas of its or grow.
erty investors. It has an extensive business, more than doubling And a loan on behalf of
network of professional intro- new lending in the 12 months Evergreen and the Greater Man-
ducers, including accountants, to June. chester Combined Authority,
solicitors, banks and independ- With loan book and profits to develop the infrastructure
ent financial advisers. also increasing by a third during for Harworth Estate’s Logis-
Together is often able to help that period, the firm was listed tics North site, opened up the
where a “mainstream lender” among the top five most prof- development of this highly suc-
can’t. For example, if the itable companies in the region, cessful and regionally important
timescales are too tight, or on a in a report from Manchester scheme.
non-standard property or devel- Metropolitan University. Evergreen sponsors a range
opment where fast and flexible Together now employs 428 of development opportunities
short-term finance is needed. staff at its head office at Cheadle where there is a clear benefit
The firm helped one client Royal Business Park and its to employment, regeneration,
who needed more than £2m growth continues. environmental and economic
to refinance a portfolio of North During 2015, Evergreen prospects – and Logistics North
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West properties because a funded a variety of high-profile ticks all those boxes.
lender was unable to meet the projects in the North West. Its success means Harworth
timescales. Together instructed Its loans on schemes in is now looking to develop the
valuation and legals within 24 Spinningfields unlocked the XYZ remaining 2.3 million sq ft on a
hours and funds were delivered building and No1 Spinningfields, phased basis, to provide a mix
within just three weeks. providing speculative Grade A of different sized manufacturing
Together enjoyed what it office space in Manchester city and business units.
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p64-73 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 70 05/05/2016 12:33COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SHORTLIST
From Manchester’s cultural hub HOME to industrial hubs such as Logistics
North, Insider hears from the teams responsible for big developments CROWNE BUSINESS PARK
FIRST STREET
First Street, Manchester Manchester is seeing that vi-
sion come to life as real progress
LOGISTICS NORTH
is made in creating a distinctive TRIDENT BY PROPERTY
new neighbourhood. In the first ALLIANCE GROUP
eight months of trading, HOME
has attracted almost 620,000 TOWER WHARF
visitors – significantly ahead of
its first-year target. With signif-
icant food and beverage sales
and 174 jobs already created,
First Street’s anchor tenant is
proving to be a huge success.
The Innside hotel met its ex-
pectations in terms of occupancy
rates for the first seven months
to the end of 2015 with strong
interest from corporate, leisure
F
rom creating a neighbour- manufacturers remains at a and business groups.
hood with a real sense of premium across the region. The completion of First Street
place to spearheading the Crowne Business Park is North coincided with the Number
North West’s impressive logistics another successful development One office building filling up.
drive, commercial developments from Barnfield Construction. The The next phase underway is
continue to provide big econom- first phase of the scheme, based a 170,000 sq ft grade A office
ic benefits across the region. in Rochdale, was 60,000 sq ft building and has been partly
Big sheds are ‘the new rock across two buildings pre-sold to pre-let to Gazprom.
and roll’ – eye-catching, dramatic Store First. A further 75,000 sq Elsewhere, Tower Wharf is
job creators. The logistics sector ft was sold to Robert Scott with hugely important, marking the
may have its Midlands Golden space set aside for a 30,000 start of work to open up the
Triangle, but the North West is its sq ft extension. A third phase of Wirral Waters – a regeneration
heartbeat. 25,000 sq ft of space is yet to be project that will have a dramatic
Logistics North is the largest built. The site can accommodate impact on Merseyside and its
live industrial development. another 50,000 sq ft with unit immediate neighbourhood. It has
Spanning 800 acres next to sizes ranging from 3,000 sq ft to been described as a ‘strategic
junction 4 of the M61 in Bolton, 20,000 sq ft. flagship development’, and is
Harworth Estates has overseen Away from the world of the new home of one of Wirral’s
its transformation from a surface logistics, the regeneration of leading employers – helping to
mine to a nationally significant Manchester’s First Street area secure its future in the area and
location for distribution and has been an ambition of Ask and serve as a statement of confi-
manufacturing. the city council for a decade. dence in a new enterprise zone.
Granted planning consent
for four million sq ft of commer-
Tower Wharf, Merseyside
cial space in December 2013,
Logistics North has the potential
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to create £350m of Gross Value
Added and 7,000 jobs to the
region once it is fully developed.
There is little doubt that 2015
was a bumper year for the de-
velopment as space for leading
distribution companies and
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