An established Midland chartered surveyor has taken over a rival as part of plans to “take it to another level”.
Johnson Fellows is strengthening its presence in the Midlands commercial property market with the acquisition of fellow chartered surveyors Salway Bradbury.
Nick Wint, partner at Johnson Fellows, said it was a “fantastic coup” for the company, adding important skills, experience and contacts to its national operations.
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Salway Bradbury director Ken Salway will become a consultant at Birmingham-based Johnson Fellows while fellow director Ed Parkes joins as a partner.
Salway Bradbury was established in 1986 providing specialist advice and services in retail, office and industrial agency as well as development consultancy and acquisition advice. Its office agency department acts for major funds such as M&G and Credit Suisse in Solihull and South Birmingham region.
On the retail side, it has recently been retained by Farmfoods, while on the industrial side it is currently advising on, amongst others, a three-acre site in Solihull known as Highlands Park for Graftongate.
The company also acts for ThyssenKrupp Materials 海角视频, West Midlands Special Needs Transport, Bunn 海角视频 (relocating from MK to Solihull) and Centor Europe (relocated to Solar Park, Solihull).
Mr Wint said: “We have admired Salway Bradbury for some time, given their specialist expertise in areas that we don’t currently have, and I am absolutely delighted that they have decided to join us and help build our growing business.
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“We believe this is the perfect fit for us because they will complement our business so well and together we will move our business forward to another level. There is no doubt this will create far more opportunities for our clients.”
He added: “It now enables us to offer specialist advice in each of the key market sectors and that is where we will continue to excel and grow. We are already well known for our retail expertise and this will simply allow us to build on that.
"We now have an opportunity to focus on all the key property sectors whilst still retaining our niche expertise
“Both Ken and Ed have enormous experience and excellent clients. They will join our team and we are delighted that they are on board. They are both very well known in the region and have a very strong presence particularly in Solihull and the M42 corridor.”
Ken said: “Joining forces with Johnson Fellows is the perfect fit for Salway Bradbury. We are very like-minded, believe strongly in only providing the highest quality service, and have an enthusiastic team that works very hard.
“While we’ll be part of the Johnson Fellows team our focus is still 100 per cent on our existing Salway Bradbury clients. However, we are now able to offer them all the additional support services and expertise offered by Johnson Fellows.”
Mr Salway qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1972 and was made a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 1983. He is also a member of the RICS panel of Arbitrators and Independent Experts specialising in the out of town retail market
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Mr Parkes is a member of the RICS and has over 15 years regional and national property experience including agency and development consultancy. He has worked both in private practice firms such as Donaldson’s (now DTZ) and in-house for developers such as Miller where he was development surveyor (mixed use) for England and Wales, and Barratt’s West Midlands division where he was land manager.
Johnson Fellows Chartered Surveyors was established in 1984.