M1 Agency has brought in commercial property agents Matthew Smith and James Keeton to head up the team at a new Nottingham office covering the East Midlands and the North.
The pair have left JLL to launch the regional branch of the business which already has offices in London and Birmingham and which offers specialist advice across the 海角视频 and Europe.
The agency currently has a pipeline of 4,000,000 sq ft of space available in the East Midlands and the North.
The office, based in Nottingham city centre, will operate across a range of sectors, with key instructions within industrial and logistics.
Properties on offer include HBD鈥檚 39-acre Nottingham, New Horizon scheme and Verdant Regeneration鈥檚 200-acre New Stanton site at junction 25 of M1.
M1 is also advising on office schemes including CEG鈥檚 180,000 sq ft East West offices (formerly CityGate) and Charles Street Building鈥檚 newly built No1 Great Central Square development opposite the Highcross shopping centre in Leicester.
Further schemes will be announced in due course, and the Nottingham office will also support student and strategic development while offering development funding and investment expertise.
The team expect to be busy with a surge in demand for warehouse and logistics space on the back of recent national growth in e-commerce.
M1 Agency says that could drive demand for an additional 92 million sq ft of industrial storage space across the 海角视频 by 2024.
With its central 海角视频 location and good transport links there is growing demand for warehouse and industrial space across the wider East Midlands.
Matthew Smith was head of the JLL Nottingham office and was behind many of the region鈥檚 key deals including Nottingham鈥檚 HMRC Unity Square acquisition, and the Imperial Tobacco site sale.
James Keeton has worked on major schemes and developments such as Markham Vale, Bildurn鈥檚 11 Station Street, in Nottingham, No1 Great Central, Leicester, and the sale of Nottingham鈥檚 Chapel Quarter.
Matthew said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled to be joining M1 at such a pivotal time for the business, launching a new office to enhance and expand the strength of advice the agency is known for.
鈥淭his is a really exciting new venture for James and I. M1 Agency is a recognised agency and consultancy practice, with an excellent client base.
鈥淭hey bring together a powerful brand and team that we are delighted to now be part of.鈥
James said: 鈥淲ith a focus on leasing, development funding and investment agency, M1 Agency are a highly successful and agile business that deliver both the platform and expertise to grow, combining our respective clients bases to create a new and successful East Midlands office.
鈥淗aving worked together for over 15 years, Matt and I are now raring to go on this next career chapter and already actively looking to expand the team.鈥
Richard Moffitt, partner at M1 Agency, said: 鈥榃e have been looking to expand the operational coverage and expertise within the East Midlands and further north following a period of highly successful growth.
鈥淢atthew and James are two of the highest profile agents with a proven track record within that market place.
鈥淲ith the opening of a new office now it will give us the ideal platform to strengthen our position and drive forward our continued growth within these markets.鈥
