- 01. Capital Markets
- 02. Team
- 03. Acquisitions
- 04. Disposals
- 05. Development Consultancy
Capital Markets
The team advises on buying and selling commercial property, including appraisal and valuation, together with development consultancy and leasing advice.
We are a London focused niche operator in:
- Office Capital Markets
- Retail & Leisure
- Logistics & Industrial
- Residential
- Hotels and Alternatives
Our advice is underwritten by outstanding occupational leasing and professional teams
The Capital Markets Team
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Simon Higgins
Industrial Logistics
Aside from being the Managing Partner of Levy Real Estate I work across the Capital Markets, Leasing and Development markets with a focus on the industrial sector.
The teams expertise is in London and the South East where we are heavily involved the fast moving ‘’Urban Logistics Market’’ both from a development, investment and occupational perspective.
Key areas of activity include the South Bank and the London Boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham along with Docklands and out along the A13 Corridor where I have advised abroad range of investors ,developers and institutional clients on a consultancy and transactional basis.
The London commercial market place has seen considerable capital uplift through change of use and this has resulted in my involvement in many mixed use developments working closely with our residential team. Furthermore I have an expertise in the Capitals alternative investment sector including data centres, hotels and self-storage.
Outside work I like to ski, play tennis and watch football and rugby.
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Jonathan Martyr
Central London Investment
I am an Equity Partner in the Capital Markets team and have 25 years of experience in UK property and specialise in buying, selling , consulting and valuing across the investment spectrum to both UK and international investors.
I am an RICS Registered Valuer and an RICS Assessor for the Assessment of Professional Competence.
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Jeremy Grundy
Industrial Logistics
I'm an Equity Partner in the Industrial Capital markets and development team specialising in Urban Logistic development and leasing with a particular focus on the London and M25 markets. Over the past 20 years I have been involved in several major redevelopment areas across the London boroughs including schemes in Kings Cross, Nine Elms, Battersea, old Kent Road and the Royal Docks.
We work closely with a range of developers and funds using our experience to help develop and lease client’s industrial holdings. My skill set includes multi-let industrial development, refurbishment and asset enhancement / re-positioning. In recent years I have focused on multi-level logistics, an emerging logistics sub sector catering for the growth in the ecommerce and parcel delivery to central London, in this area we advise global logistics developers and investors.
In my spare time I enjoy skiing, watching rugby and cricket and spending time with my family and dogs.
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Matt Sharman
Residential
I'm an Equity Partner, in the Residential and Investment Department with 20 years of experience in the London property market.
I specialise in the acquisition and disposal of land and development opportunities across Central and Greater London as part of the broader Levy Capital Markets Transactions Team. I thrive on the cut and thrust nature of the transacting process and opportunity to work with a broad spectrum of clients.
I live in Hampshire with my wife, daughter and two dogs and on the rare occasion of being off the phone, I can be found cycling cross Hampshire’s hills or kitesurfing on the south coast.
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Matt Paulson-Ellis
Retail
I'm an Equity Partner at Levy Real Estate and also Head of the firm’s Retail Leasing team.
We specialise in finding the best brands and operators for shop, restaurant, bar and café property across Central London, and most recently have let space to the Danish fashion brand, Ganni; the Swiss eyewear retailer Viu; and the French restaurant, Folie, part of the Hotel Costes group.
We have a particular specialism in the St James’s, Mayfair, Soho and West London markets, and our client base encompasses landlords who own a wide range of property across the capital.
Away from the office I like to ski, play tennis, and do triathlons.
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Simon Tann
Offices
I’m an Equity Partner at Levy Real Estate and also Head of the firm’s Office Leasing and Development team.
We specialise in advising Landlord’s and developers on a range of development from new build through to refurbishment projects. We implement forward thinking marketing campaigns to secure occupiers, and handle matters all the way to legal completion. This is complemented by ad hoc leasing campaigns for various clients, and the search and acquisition of new offices for occupier businesses.
We have a particular specialism in the St James’s, Mayfair, Soho and the West End in general, as well as emerging markets such as Kings Cross and the South Bank. I advise a number of long standing clients, including The Crown Estate,.
Away from the office I like to keep fit and have run The London Marathon four times, I enjoy most sports and countryside pursuits.
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Gavin Quinn
Industrial Logistics
I’m an Associate at Levy Real Estate and specialise in Industrial Investment.
We predominantly focus on London and the South East, however, due to client focus we have a number on instructions in the Midlands and the North. We have been particularly active in South East London acquiring multi-let estates and disposing of single let premises.
Away from the office I like to ski, travel and am a budding chef.
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Adam Lewis
Central London Investment
I’m a Senior Surveyor in Levy Real Estate’s Central London Capital Market Team.
After completing my Economics undergraduate degree, I spent the early part of my career at UBS and Cushman & Wakefield, before moving to Levy Real Estate in 2016, where I qualified as a Chartered Surveyor.
I specialise in Central London investment and development; advising Institutions, Property Companies and Private Investors on property sales and acquisitions across use classes.
Most recently, I acted for on the purchase of a 20,000 sq ft mixed-use development property in Victoria. I have also acted on property transactions in London’s Soho, Mayfair and South Bank submarkets on behalf of Private Investors and Property Companies.
In my spare time, I enjoy playing football and tennis as well as following Liverpool FC.
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Will Edgley
Industrial Logistics
I am a Surveyor at Levy Real Estate and a member of the Capital Markets Team, specialising in Industrial Agency, Investment and Development.
As a team, we specialise in all areas of Agency, Investment and Development within the Industrial sector across Greater London and the Home Counties. We advise and assist various funds and institutions, alongside a significant number of PropCo’s with both their acquisition and disposal requirements.
I completed the undergraduate course In Real Estate at Oxford Brookes University. In my spare time, I am a keen follower of Harlequins RFC and enjoy a variety of sports such as Rugby and Skiing.
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Kit Haig
Residential
I am a Graduate Surveyor in the Capital Markets team, specialising in Residential advice at Levy Real Estate.
We work specifically in the acquisition and disposal of mixed-use developments throughout London. As a team we give advice to a broad spectrum of landowners, developers, investors, institutions and private clients with a particular expertise in change of use situation.
I completed my masters in Real Estate at Reading University, and received a BA in History from Newcastle University. Currently I am studying for my Assessment of Professional Competence and, away from the office, I enjoy playing football and cricket.
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James Elliott
Offices
I am an associate at Levy Real Estate in the Office Agency and Development Team.
My specialism is in West End leasing and development consultancy across Central London, most recently letting a new headquarters office scheme in St James’s on behalf of The Crown Estate and providing development advice to an overseas client on several Victoria based schemes.
My client base encompasses major institutional landlords and a range of private clients, both national and international.
Away from the office, I am busy training for an Ironman 70.3 that takes place in September 2019.
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Tors Hayward
Retail
I work as an associate in our Retail Leasing & Development team. Prior to moving to Levy in 2017, I worked at Savills and Orme Retail. I studied for a Masters in Real Estate at the University of Reading.
My expertise and enjoyment of my job lies in advising landlords on their retail and leisure strategy for both their agency and investments. Key projects that I am working on include the placemaking of Villiers Street for DTZ Investors, Regeneration of Queensway for Bourne Capital and redevelopment of Golden Square for Titan Investments.
Despite a nasty fall on the Prudential Ride 100, I found a new hobby in cycling. Other interests include skiing, tennis and anything involving seeing friends.
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Harry Cormack
Offices
I’m a partner in the office leasing and development team, 2019 will mark my 10th year in the industry. As a team, we offer detailed advice within all aspects of the central London office market, including development, leasing, purchasing, refurbishment and asset management consultancy and with a particular geographic focus on the core West End areas. We have the experience, contacts and depth of market knowledge to offer both landlords and occupiers insight into the marketplace, subsequently followed by the reasoned consultancy advice and direction required to achieve our clients targets, whether it be purchasing or leasing your new office, refurbishing and letting your building, acquiring a new asset or indeed managing current assets to maximise financial performance, we can help.
Outside the office I’m a keen England rugby fan, trying to get to Twickenham as much as possible, skiing enthusiast who enjoys time in the Alps in both the winter and summer, car geek that often gets distracted by the impressive cars on London streets and I enjoy going to different wine events with friends whenever possible.
Acquisitions
We target specific investment opportunities both off and on market, confident in our established occupation and development knowledge.
Our Clients value us as niche advisors, providing intelligent advice, complete confidentiality and an ability to creatively understand their buy side requirements.
Our track record incorporates transactions in the prime markets, value add opportunities and the identification and purchasing of development opportunities.
Disposals
Market knowledge gained through transactional experience allows us to target where a likely buyer will come from and ultimately who will pay the best price and perform.
We understand how to generate competition from bidders and our sales are underwritten by detailed due diligence, translating to the agents ability to really ‘sell’ a property, reducing abortive sale risk and price changes.
Our track record includes market leading sales campaigns of prime properties and headline addresses to targeted specific programmes of property owning companies.
Development Consultancy
We identify, buy and sell development opportunities, providing development advice and appraisal services, combining the knowledge from our agency, professional and project management teams. We offer straight development advice, forward commitment and forward funding consultancy all targeting specific profit and IRR requirements.
The track record incorporates commercial and mixed use development, strategic land development, viability studies, scheme optimisation as well as project management and the identification of development partners.
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Track Record
13-15 Lombard Road, Merton, SW19
33,000 sq. ft.
Acquisition
221 New Kent Road
14,578 Sq. Ft.
Disposal
3 Greek Street, Soho, W1
2,673 sq. ft.
Disposal
1 Dover Street, London W1
23,310 Sq. Ft.
Acquisition
The IBM Building, Southbank
217,429 Sq. Ft.
Acquisition
The Royal Arcade, Bond Street, London W1
10,000 sq. ft.
Disposal
37-38 Golden Square, London
28,152 sq. ft.
Acquisition
Eastway, Bromley-by-Bow, E3
491 Consented Residential Units
Disposal
B&Q Cricklewood, Broadway Retail Park, London NW2
6.8 Acres
Acquisition
ABC Selfstore Portfolio
Disposal
Nuffield House
41- 46 Piccadilly
London W1J 0DS
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