A new commercial enterprise run by six West Midlands public sector shareholders has launched.
Called Place Partnership, it is led by new managing director Andrew Pollard and sponsored by the Cabinet Office and is believed to be the first single-asset management company of its kind in the 海角视频.
The services to be delivered by Place Partnership include management of assets, facilities and properties, energy management and management of design and development work.
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Its shareholders are Warwickshire Police, Worcester City Council, Worcestershire County Council, Hereford & Worcester Fire Authority, Redditch Borough Council and West Mercia Police.
It is anticipated the partnership will be expanded in the future as synergies with other organisations are developed.
Mr Pollard is a senior executive with 27 years of real estate experience.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and a qualified barrister.
For almost ten years, he has served as a director of a number of significant international real estate vehicles engaged in investment, regeneration and development.
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He said: "I am delighted to have been entrusted with the leadership of Place Partnership which will provide its public sector partners with commercial solutions in maximising value from and achieving significant operational efficiencies in relation to some 1,400 land and property assets initially.
"As well as delivering innovation and efficiencies in property management, energy use and facilities management, we will drive transformative service delivery across the public sector, promote regeneration and seek to attract word-class business, boosting regional economic growth.
"I am looking forward to building the business on this exciting journey."
The company has been launched as part of the Government's One Public Estate programme which is aiming to transform public sector asset management across Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire initially.
The joint estate portfolio is made up of 1,323 assets, comprising land and buildings across the six public sector organisations, in both urban and rural areas.
These include libraries, community centres, police stations, fire stations and rescue facilities.