INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS PROPERTY CONSULTANCY
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Winner: Lambert Smith Hampton
On this third award of the evening, the judges thanked and invited applause for the CoStar Group UK– not a finalist, nor even a nominee, but the commercial property sector information source whose research had supported to the inaugural South Coast Property Awards event.
CoStar produced comprehensive data for the Awards Judging Panel on aspects such as deal volumes and total square footages, which helped indicate which of the nominated firms had been the most prolific consultancy in the region in the qualifying period.
Four well-respected firms were announced as finalists:
• JLL • Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) • Myddelton & Major • Vail Williams
A global ‘powerhouse’, JLL has over 58,000 people in 1,000 locations in 80 countries serving the local, regional and global real estate needs of clients. JLL (formerly Jones Lang LaSalle) provides a full range of property services to the Solent, through its ‘unique resources combination of an international organisation teamed with intimate local knowledge.’
LSH is the leading industrial and logistics property adviser in the UK and Ireland, letting, selling or acquiring around 20 million sq ft of industrial and distribution space every year. Its national network of offices across the UK means it can provide detailed, on-the-ground advice for every major town and city.
Myddelton & Major has offices in Salisbury, Andover and Westbury, and its 17-strong commercial team, led by six partners, advises on numerous development site requirements. Recent commercial sites include The Beacon Centre, Solstice Park, Amesbury; the New Enterprise and New Trade Zones at Commerce Park, Frome; Oakfield Business Centre, Westbury; and Glenmore Business Park, Salisbury.
With offices in Portsmouth and Southampton, Vail Williams has steadily grown its regional presence, and recently announced the completion of its Solent- focused 23-strong team with two new Business Space division appointments, enabling it to ensure the offering to clients of first-class property services combined with a real depth of local knowledge.
Paul Callander, research market manager at CoStar, was invited onto the stage to announce the winner – Lambert Smith Hampton.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH COAST – SEPTEMBER 2016
Graham Holland, head of office for LSH South Coast, said the award meant a tremendous amount, and was “the cherry on top of the cake for our team.
“We have won the Estates Gazette award over the past 10 years. Had we not won tonight it would have been devastating. That’s not about us being arrogant, but because we take pride in setting the highest standards and always aiming to be the best. It’s our core business, if you like, and our team has worked very hard and achieved a lot in a short time.”
Holland later explained that the Internet ‘click-to-buy’ revolution and the proliferation of parcel-handling businesses across the South Coast had made warehousing and distribution the liveliest local market for LSH over recent years.
“Since Brexit, we have not seen any short- term negativity from occupiers; a number are quite positive because there will be less EU controls over what they do.”
Despite some people ‘sitting on their hands’, he was confident about the South Coast market. “The fundamentals are still strong. There are enormous opportunities and we are hopeful of some speculative development before the year-end. We think things will start to pick up as we come out of summer.”
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