We have been appointed to several public sector frameworks which allows our clients to instruct us directly across a variety of different disciplines and sectors.
The broad nature of services offered means that our advice can either be provided from inception to implementation or selected on a standalone basis depending on your needs.
Demand, Need & Option Assessments
Client
Site
Overview of Services
Cambridgeshire County Council
Shire Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge
Undertook a development options review on a 75,000 sq ft office building considering a range of potential end uses. Planning consultancy provided to identify opportunities and constraints set against planning policy. Detailed market analysis undertaken to ratify demand for proposed end uses.
Feasibility & Financial Viability Assessments
Client
Hull City Council
Albion Square, Hull
Site
Overview of Services
Development viability, sensitivity, risk and cost analysis conducted using Argus Developer software, to appraise the architectural plans for redevelopment of the existing building into a mixed-use city centre scheme.
Employment Land Assessments
Client
Babergh Mid Suffolk District Council
Delphi Centre, Sudbury
Site
Overview of Services
Analysis of former 345,000 sq ft production and manufacturing facility to test the viability of differing levels of employment space over five different development scenarios ranging from 25% employment space and 75% residential housing to 100% employment space.
Asset & Estate Strategies
Client
Buckinghamshire Council
1,500 sites across the County
Site
Overview of Services
Large-scale estate strategy review providing a new estate blueprint for the Council. The estate strategy considered alternative uses, intensification and collaboration for 1,500 property assets owned by the Council, NHS, police, central Government, and third sector organisations. The review was nominated for a property industry award and is recognised by the Government’s ‘One Public Estate’ scheme as a successful large-scale strategy project for public sector change.
Development Partner Identification
& Procurement
Client
Norwich City Council & Norfolk County Council
Norwich Airport Industrial Estate, Norwich
Site
Overview of Services
Strategic review of 119 acre site including analysis of development options and preparing development appraisals leading to the identification of prospective development partners, the preparation of a briefing document and undertaking interviews prior to shortlisting and appointment.
Business Case Development
Client
Oxford City Council
Diamond Place, Oxford
Site
Overview of Services
HMT compliant Green Book business case for the redevelopment of the Diamond Place site including cash flow modelling and non-financial analysis for six options. Further analysis undertaken for alternative delivery routes to determine highest returns and considerations of risk, reward and control for the Council.
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Town Centre Prospectus
Client
Babergh Mid Suffolk District Council
Borehamgate Shopping Centre, Sudbury
Site
Overview of Services
An asset strategy review was undertaken on the existing shopping centre with demand gap analysis to inform the preparation of development option plans. Development viability testing was undertaken before plans were finalised and presented to the public in a prospectus pack setting out the vision and timescales for delivery of the town centre regeneration proposal.
Town Centre Prospectus
Client
Babergh Mid Suffolk District Council
Borehamgate Shopping Centre, Sudbury
Site
Overview of Services
An asset strategy review was undertaken on the existing shopping centre with demand gap analysis to inform the preparation of development option plans. Development viability testing was undertaken before plans were finalised and presented to the public in a prospectus pack setting out the vision and timescales for delivery of the town centre regeneration proposal.
Development Partner Identification
& Procurement
Client
Norwich City Council & Norfolk County Council
Norwich Airport Industrial Estate, Norwich
Site
Overview of Services
Strategic review of 119 acre site including analysis of development options and preparing development appraisals leading to the identification of prospective development partners, the preparation of a briefing document and undertaking interviews prior to shortlisting and appointment.
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Business Case Development
Client
Oxford City Council
Diamond Place, Oxford
Site
Overview of Services
HMT compliant Green Book business case for the redevelopment of the Diamond Place site including cash flow modelling and non-financial analysis for six options. Further analysis undertaken for alternative delivery routes to determine highest returns and considerations of risk, reward and control for the Council.
Asset & Estate Strategies
Client
Buckinghamshire Council
1,500 sites across the County
Site
Overview of Services
Large-scale estate strategy review providing a new estate blueprint for the Council. The estate strategy considered alternative uses, intensification and collaboration for 1,500 property assets owned by the Council, NHS, police, central Government, and third sector organisations. The review was nominated for a property industry award and is recognised by the Government’s ‘One Public Estate’ scheme as a successful large-scale strategy project for public sector change.
Employment Land Assessments
Client
Babergh Mid Suffolk District Council
Delphi Centre, Sudbury
Site
Overview of Services
Analysis of former 345,000 sq ft production and manufacturing facility to test the viability of differing levels of employment space over five different development scenarios ranging from 25% employment space and 75% residential housing
to 100% employment space.
Feasibility & Financial Viability Assessments
Client
Hull City Council
Albion Square, Hull
Site
Overview of Services
Development viability, sensitivity, risk and cost analysis conducted using Argus Developer software, to appraise the architectural plans for redevelopment of the existing building into a mixed-use city centre scheme.
Demand, Need & Option Assessments
Client
Cambridgeshire County Council
Shire Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge
Site
Overview of Services
Undertook a development options review on a 75,000 sq ft office building considering a range of potential end uses. Planning consultancy provided to identify opportunities and constraints set against planning policy. Detailed market analysis undertaken to ratify demand for proposed end uses.
Aside from the above, Carter Jonas has also provided commercial development services to 27 London boroughs.
CONTACT US
For further information on our National Commercial Development service, please contact one of our professionals:
Our National Commercial Development team, working with our network of regional offices, is led by experts in commercial property development consultancy and development agency.
EMAIL ME
020 7518 3202 | 07899 897045
Head of National Commercial Development
Will Mooney
EMAIL ME
020 7518 3338 | 07800 571972
Associate, National Commercial Development
Samuel Turner
EMAIL ME
020 7518 3335 | 07776 181799
Associate Partner, National Commercial Development
Ben Le Coq
Strategic Visions
Funding Options, Agreements & Business Cases
Estate Redevelopment & Rationalisation Strategies
Market Research, Trends & Analysis
Marketing & Exit Strategies
Demand, Need & Option Assessments
Development Partner Identification, Procurement & Agreements
DEVELOPMENT VIABILITY, S106 / CIL
& CASHFLOW ASSESSMENTS
Geospatial Led Land, Site Identification & Acquisition
Site & Asset Appraisals
Development Agency
& Investment
National Commercial Development Services
We have a strong track record of preparing creative and robust business cases and estate strategies that inform decision making and drive change. Our work helps our clients to direct new investment and development decisions to the right locations at the right time.
Strategic Visions
We act for a number of London boroughs, county councils and district councils, giving expert property advice that ranges from overarching property asset management plans to estate strategies for operational estates and investment portfolios.
We have developed a Location Asset Strategy Review (LASR) model to identify key opportunities for the rationalisation of estates and property portfolios, thereby identifying potential to release capital receipts and/or revenue streams and to improve overall operational efficiencies. LASR aligns with key One Public Estate (OPE) objectives and pressure from central and local Government to encourage site sharing and cooperation between public sector organisations. We work with our clients to develop holistic estate strategies, designed to deliver the changes identified.
Estate Redevelopment & Rationalisation Strategies
Using our in-house Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and bespoke market research analysis, we can define realistic catchments, population and other profiles including travel times and a wide range of socio-economic analyses. This intelligence, combined with our understanding of all key performance criteria, which is essential to viable development, means that we can advise on how to optimise the creation of attractive and viable locations and grow asset values and returns from the property asset base.
Market Research, Trends & Analysis
We provide asset planning, development and financial viability advice to help our clients identify, understand and unlock the value of their sites and assets. We offer perspective at national, regional and local levels and bring a unique blend of abilities to enable tangible results.
We recognise that achieving planning permission is more than just being policy compliant. It is about understanding a wider range of factors and applying them to reach a favourable outcome.
Our aim is to provide consistently expert and meaningful advice
in order to tackle challenging planning issues and deliver enhanced value.
Site & Asset Appraisals
The team often undertakes in-depth assessments across various markets to identify trends, activity and opportunities to ratify decisions to acquire sites or bring them forward for development. Our work also informs development option / land use mix analysis, types of end uses, scale of buildings and phasing for delivery.
Assessments often cover take up rates, availability (existing and proposed), market values and yields as well as forecast changes to the market. They can also extend to looking at demographics, SWOT analysis, soft market testing and issuing questionnaires to existing occupiers to ratify occupier demand.
Demand, Need & Option Assessments
Our team is well versed in undertaking complicated development appraisals, sensitivity analysis and cash flow modelling utilising Argus Developer software. Our work identifies the financial viability of schemes, the steps required to enhance outputs and maximise returns whilst guiding prospective development phases and disposal strategies. The process needs careful consideration towards the potential Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 contributions / costs and their implications whilst ensuring the correct amounts are paid.
These financial viability assessments are often used as part of the planning application process to ensure that planning gain, including affordable housing, is maximised.
Our experts provide commercial direction through the design and planning process, including how to balance regeneration outputs and financial returns.
Development Viability, S106 / CIL
& Cashflow Assessments
We work on a wide variety of industry standard and innovative financial structures to source capital for development schemes. Working for both the public sector and private sector developers and investors, we have extensive experience of grant funding and related business cases.
Funding Options, Agreements & Business Cases
On behalf of regional and national developers, we are actively searching for short, medium, and long term strategic land which is generally suitable for mixed-use or commercial led development. In addition, we undertake targeted site and building searches, including on and off market opportunities, to acquire assets with development potential to unlock value for both developers and occupiers.
Geospatial Led Land, Site Identification
& Acquisition
We regularly advise both public and private sector clients on the process of selecting the right development partner for redevelopment and regeneration schemes. Our services include the full range of procurement options, from conditional sales and option / promotion development agreements through to full equity participation joint ventures.
Our engagement in national markets and with key contacts in major developer and funding organisations means that we can introduce potential partners quickly and effectively.
Development Partner Identification, Procurement & Agreements
We provide development agency advice across a wide range of sectors seeking to identify end occupiers for developments before and throughout the delivery process. In addition, we are advising our private and public sector clients on the valuation, acquisition and disposal of properties and portfolios across the UK, including forward sale and other funding of development projects.
Development Agency & Investment
In line with the agreed asset management plan, we work with clients to agree and implement a suitable exit strategy. This can include seeking a development partner to deliver the proposed scheme; holding, managing, investing and re-gearing; or trading.
Marketing & Exit Strategies
Asset & Estate Strategies
Client
Warwickshire County Council
County wide land holdings
Site
Overview of Services
An asset review of the Council’s landholdings to support the decision-making process around the creation of an arms-length property company. This review enabled the Council to identify a short-list of potential redevelopment and investment opportunities that are to be considered within the next phase of work. The commission comprised an HMT Compliant Green Book Strategic Outline Business Case, supported by financial modelling, to understand whether the Council could realise greater benefits from its existing asset base through the creation of a joint venture development partner.
Town Centre Framework & Development Prospectus
Client
Cannock Chase Council
Cannock Town Centre Framework
Site
Overview of Services
Working in close collaboration with Cannock Chase Council and their town centre partners, the study involved identification of potential development sites and viability analysis, design, consultation and reporting. The completed town centre framework forms the basis for future regeneration projects founded on commercial reality, whilst the prospectus enables the council to actively engage with potential investors and developers.
Town Centre Development Prospectus
& Soft Market Testing
Client
Nuneaton and Bedworth Council and Warwickshire County Council
Nuneaton Town Centre; Vicarage Street Regeneration Area
Site
Overview of Services
Initial development prospectus for presentation to developers, subsequent detailed development briefs and appraisals for the most important regeneration opportunities within the ring road, including re-delivery and soft market testing.
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National Advice at a Local Level
National Commercial Development
PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Development Consultancy & Agency Services
National Commercial Development brings together a suite of skillsets from across our business to provide our clients with an expert team of property advisors to deal with every aspect of the commercial property development sector.
We provide services to both the private and public sectors.
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We cover a wide range property sectors including:
Mixed-use
Logistics, industrial & trade counter
Office
Science & technology
Retail & leisure
Hotel
Roadside, EV & automotive
Healthcare, care homes & retirement
Higher education
Data centres
Day nurseries
Student accommodation
Our National Commercial Development services
WIDER SUPPORT SERVICES
VALUATION
PLANNING CONSULTANCY & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & COST CONSULTANCY
NATURAL CAPITAL
MINERALS & WASTE MANAGEMENT
LEASE
CONSULTANCY
LAND ASSEMBLY & COMPULSORY PURCHASE
ESTATE STRATEGIES
ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURES
& UTILITIES
BUILDING SURVEYING & DEVELOPMENT MONITORING
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ARCHITECTURE & MASTERPLANNING
Natural capital is currently at the front of the minds of land managers. We believe there will be a number of ways for income to be generated into estate budgets by taking steps to improve the environment.
We provide management and advice on private sector funded initiatives including biodiversity net gain and carbon offsetting as well as government sector funded initiatives and subsidy schemes.
NATURAL CAPITAL
As part of its multi-disciplinary offering, we have a holistic geospatial practice covering all scales and all sectors from socio-economic strategy to architectural detail and Building Information Modelling (BIM).
We have established the most complete property information practice on the market today. Our specialists can objectively assess the need for land and property, and accurately measure capacity. Our fundamental objective is to provide the tools that allow clients to get the best out of their portfolio.
MAPPING & GEOSPATIAL
Our expert team of chartered surveyors and chartered planners is recognised as a leading provider of specialist estate management, valuation and development advice relating to all mineral properties and waste management matters and infrastructure.
The team advises landowners, operators, financial institutions and infrastructure providers throughout the UK and has considerable experience of projects involving aggregates, industrial and energy minerals, construction materials manufacturing plants and all types of waste management facilities.
Our mineral and waste management services cover the whole process from strategic planning, site search and promotion to valuations for all mineral, waste management and ancillary properties as well as advice on the compulsory acquisition of mineral and waste management assets.
MINERALS & WASTE MANAGEMENT
Our specialist consultants understand the intricacies of occupational leases and are well versed in rental valuation, reviews and lease renewals including arbitration and expert appointments. We advise on structuring leases to balance daily operational needs with longer term strategic priorities in addition to break clauses, extensions to leases, deeds of surrender and variations to lease terms.
LEASE CONSULTANCY
Compulsory purchase of land and property and the associated compensation is complex and frequently contentious. The valuation and successful resolution of claims requires both technical expertise and commercial acumen.
Our teams provide a nationwide service for both acquiring authorities and claimants needing specialist compensation advice and support across the life of a compulsory purchase scheme.
We work for all types of affected claimants, including blue chip corporations, SMEs, public sector organisations, developers, housing associations and individual home and landowners.
LAND ASSEMBLY & COMPULSORY PURCHASE
We provide intelligent and practical investment advice founded upon extensive market knowledge and experience. We advise a wide range of clients from institutional investors through to charities, local authorities, colleges, propcos and private investors.
Investment
We work with our clients to develop holistic estate strategies, designed to deliver the changes identified. The process is wide ranging and includes option appraisals, asset reviews, estate rationalisation and consolidation, relocation and acquisition management as well as joint venture partner procurement.
We have developed a Location Asset Strategy Review (LASR) model to identify key opportunities for the rationalisation of estates and property portfolios, thereby identifying potential to release capital receipts and/or revenue streams and to improve overall operational efficiencies.
ESTATE STRATEGIES
Our infrastructure team is the fastest growing of its kind in the country with 80 surveyors covering a number of sectors including energy, utilities, telecommunications, transport and measured surveys.
Our market leading energy team comprises surveyors, valuers, environmental specialists, project managers and town planners. This blend of expertise enables us to provide sound independent advice across all forms of energy projects, including battery energy storage, biomass, electric vehicle charging, solar, wind and much more.
Our utility specialists provide expert advice on a range of areas including, but not limited to, utility legislation, compensation assessment and negotiation, program and project management, customer and stakeholder engagement, and wayleave and easement negotiation.
ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURES & UTILITIES
A business case is often required to support justification for the undertaking of a project. Such cases are usually based on the estimated cost of development and implementation against the risks, anticipated benefits and savings, all of which is measured against the client’s strategic objectives. Our established team is well versed in the production of business cases which range from concise short-form plans for senior management, committee or board-level approval, through to HM Treasury’s Five Case Model and supplementary Green Book guidance for formal review by the Cabinet Office.
BUSINESS CASE DEVELOPMENT
Our experienced consultants with building surveying, cost consultancy or project management backgrounds offer bespoke monitoring services for all clients. The team can assess and advise on the risks involved in individual projects and monitor the development project throughout the construction period, acting as an adviser to protect clients’ interests throughout a highly complex process.
We understand what is involved and when advising on the implementation of strategy, so we liaise closely with our skilled construction professionals to ensure operational and strategic needs are met.
BUILDING SURVEYING & DEVELOPMENT MONITORING
We have a strong track record in property asset management, ranging from day-to-day management to the preparation of business plans focused on lease restructuring, change of use, refurbishment and development. We can administer commercial rent collection and diary triggers for lease events such as break dates, rent review and upcoming expiries.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Our in-house masterplanning teams are involved at all stages in the development and regeneration process. We help to create and deliver attractive, commercially and operationally viable and sustainable places that combine the optimum mix of uses in high quality buildings and environments.
ARCHITECTURE & MASTERPLANNING
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Our National Commercial Development team ensures that a
co-ordinated development consultancy service is provided by organising input from various teams throughout our firm which provide relevant support services.
This unique approach ensures we cover all aspects of the development process from inception to completion.
CO-ORDINATING SERVICES & ADVICE
BUSINESS CASE DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT
MAPPING & GEOSPATIAL
URBAN CHANGE & TRANSPORT LED REGENERATION
The valuation of property stands at the heart of all property decision making; hence it is a core part of our practice. We have a comprehensive network of over 100 RICS Registered valuers across the country to advise our clients.
Our valuation teams provide specialist advice in their
fields and a balanced, market led approach, aided by
up-to-date market knowledge from our agents and extensive market contacts.
We also have experts in all the main asset classes of residential, retail, industrial, office and rural property. In addition, we are market leaders in many specialist areas including affordable housing, civic, education, leisure, medical, strategic land and student accommodation. Our national network of offices ensure we can offer our clients a national service with local knowledge.
VALUATION
We have a wide range of experience in developing regeneration strategies for the public sector, particularly in towns which have struggled with the decline of the traditional high street. We develop a detailed picture of the economic, social and spatial ‘health’ of a given place and understanding what is most needed to help support future regeneration initiatives but what is most likely to be successful in terms of the local market, rather than simply what might look good on paper.
URBAN CHANGE & TRANSPORT LED REGENERATION
Our planning teams operate from regional hubs across the UK and have a strong track record of negotiating and delivering a variety of development schemes. This includes complex sites for both public and private sector clients. Our teams are experts in the preparation of Local Plan representations and appearing at inquiry, as well as coordinating applications from a simple change of use through to complex planning applications involving multiple buildings and uses.
One of our key strengths as a team is our ability to work collaboratively with developers, landowners, local communities, businesses, and stakeholders to better understand the potential opportunities and constraints of new development sites. Our approach to engagement ranges from informal face-to-face meetings, through to coordinating more formal stakeholder workshops and public exhibitions, often working in parallel with the client organisation as required.
PLANNING CONSULTANCY & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
All projects will invariably entail a degree of complexity and challenges requiring specialist management. From the simplest repair project through to major infrastructure developments, effective project delivery is dependent on the effective management of four key dynamics: people, costs, timescales and quality. We cover the full spectrum of the service from helping to define the project brief and building the team to defining the timelines, agreeing the project governance and progress reporting.
Our cost consultancy services cover development monitoring, project cost control, reinstatement cost assessment and strategic procurement.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & COST CONSULTANCY
Our planning appraisals and strategies typically cover:
A full assessment of planning, environmental and land use designations
A planning history assessment
Planning policy and assessment of development options
Conclusions drawn on planning prospects, opportunities, and advice on strategy to maximise potential.
Carter Jonas has provided advice to over 50 London and regional authorities.
Public Sector
A SELECTION OF OUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY WORK
Clients within the public sector
THAT CARTER JONAS HAS PROVIDED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO INCLUDE:
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WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
A SELECTION OF OUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY WORK
Town Centre Prospectus
Client
Babergh Mid Suffolk District Council
Borehamgate Shopping Centre, Sudbury
Site
Overview of Services
An asset strategy review was undertaken on the existing shopping centre with demand gap analysis to inform the preparation of development option plans. Development viability testing was undertaken before plans were finalised and presented to the public in a prospectus pack setting out the vision and timescales for delivery of the town centre regeneration proposal.
Development Partner Identification
& Procurement
Client
Norwich City Council & Norfolk County Council
Norwich Airport Industrial Estate, Norwich
Site
Overview of Services
Strategic review of 119 acre site including analysis of development options and preparing development appraisals leading to the identification of prospective development partners, the preparation of a briefing document and undertaking interviews prior to shortlisting and appointment.
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Business Case Development
Client
Oxford City Council
Diamond Place, Oxford
Site
Overview of Services
HMT compliant Green Book business case for the redevelopment of the Diamond Place site including cash flow modelling and non-financial analysis for six options. Further analysis undertaken for alternative delivery routes to determine highest returns and considerations of risk, reward and control for the Council.
Asset & Estate Strategies
Client
Buckinghamshire Council
1,500 sites across the County
Site
Overview of Services
Large-scale estate strategy review providing a new estate blueprint for the Council. The estate strategy considered alternative uses, intensification and collaboration for 1,500 property assets owned by the Council, NHS, police, central Government, and third sector organisations. The review was nominated for a property industry award and is recognised by the Government’s ‘One Public Estate’ scheme as a successful large-scale strategy project for public sector change.
Employment Land Assessments
Client
Babergh Mid Suffolk District Council
Delphi Centre, Sudbury
Site
Overview of Services
Analysis of former 345,000 sq ft production and manufacturing facility to test the viability of differing levels of employment space over five different development scenarios ranging from 25% employment space and 75% residential housing to 100% employment space.
Feasibility & Financial Viability Assessments
Client
Hull City Council
Albion Square, Hull
Site
Overview of Services
Development viability, sensitivity, risk and cost analysis conducted using Argus Developer software, to appraise the architectural plans for redevelopment of the existing building into a mixed-use city centre scheme.
Demand, Need & Option Assessments
Client
Cambridgeshire County Council
Shire Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge
Site
Overview of Services
Undertook a development options review on a 75,000 sq ft office building considering a range of potential end uses. Planning consultancy provided to identify opportunities and constraints set against planning policy. Detailed market analysis undertaken to ratify demand for proposed end uses.
Commercial Development Agency & Investment
Client
Westminster Council
466-490 Edgware Road, London
Site
Overview of Services
We were instructed by Westminster Council to soft market test demand for a petrol filling station on Edgware Road, London in relation to a planning application they had received.
The application saw the removal of the traditional
petrol filling station to create a larger retail unit for Aldi supermarket and a small number of electric vehicle charging bays. Market testing was carried out to confirm there was no occupier demand, allowing the council to grant planning permission for a revised scheme which saw the removal of the petrol filling station.
Hotel Development
Client
Travelodge Hotels Limited
Maldon
Site
Overview of Services
Our National Commercial Development team are retained as Travelodge’s outsourced development managers securing new hotels in East Anglia and Essex. As outsourced development managers we find, review, negotiate and manage the development pipeline on Travelodge’s behalf. We currently have an active target list of 48 locations.
The hotel site identified in Maldon was part of a retail park developed out by Aquilla Holdings. Maldon has been a target location for a number of years with challenges in securing sites driven by high residential residual land values. Through persistence and working with the developer Aquilla Holdings and Quantity Surveyors Wakemans, our professionals were able to deliver a 57 bed hotel on Blackwater Retail Park.
Commercial Development Agency & Investment
Client
West Northamptonshire Council
Mulberry Place, Daventry
Site
Overview of Services
Daventry District Council (now West Northamptonshire Council), instructed us to market and secure tenants for their proposed cinema scheme in the centre of Daventry. We advised the council on occupier demand and specification of the units before securing agreement for leases. The Arc Cinema have taken the cinema and the two restaurant units are in solicitors’ hands. The scheme is expected to be open to the public shortly.
Asset & Estate Strategies
Client
Warwickshire County Council
County wide land holdings
Site
Overview of Services
An asset review of the Council’s landholdings to support the decision-making process around the creation of an arms-length property company. This review enabled the Council to identify a short-list of potential redevelopment and investment opportunities that are to be considered within the next phase of work. The commission comprised an HMT Compliant Green Book Strategic Outline Business Case, supported by financial modelling, to understand whether the Council could realise greater benefits from its existing asset base through the creation of a joint venture development partner.
Office Development
Client
ARM Holdings
Peterhouse Technology Park, Cambridge
Site
Overview of Services
We have been instructed for over 10 years by ARM Holdings, the world’s largest semi-conductor IP company, to act as their sole strategic property adviser on their assets in Cambridge, their worldwide HQ. The work relates to their short and long term expansion requirements, involving development consultancy & agency, valuations, building surveying and planning advice. Carter Jonas have recently overseen the acquisition and delivery of two new buildings of 200,000 sq. ft. with a further 100,000 sq. ft. negotiated in 2021.
Science & Technology Development
Client
Fairfax Properties
Hickstead Science & Technology Park, Burgess Hill
Site
Overview of Services
Our professionals provided development consultancy and agency advice in relation to the creation of a proposed science and technology park on a 118 acre (47.9 hectare) site. The team analysed the suitability of the site for the proposed development covering all aspects from competition, prevailing and predicted market conditions, the identification of key industry sectors and companies in the region, regional socioeconomics and demographics as well as regional university research specialisms.
Input was provided into the creation of the park’s masterplan which indicated that around 1m sq ft of floorspace could be created covering offices and R&D space, a hotel, retail and restaurant spaces, sports and leisure facilities as well as potential university education space and student accommodation.
The team provided development appraisals and sensitivity analysis run over the whole scheme to test the viability and potential phasing of development.
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Logistics & Industrial Development
Client
The Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral
Symmetry Park, Darlington
Site
Overview of Services
On behalf of the client, we promoted a 90-acre site, which achieved planning permission for around 1.5m sq ft of commercial space plus ancillary uses fronting the A66. An option agreement was subsequently negotiated and agreed with Tritax Symmetry with our commercial agency team securing a pre let to Amazon for a 1.5m sq ft warehouse. Outline planning consent has been secured for up to 577,500 sq ft of logistics space on the remaining land.
Mixed-Use Development
Client
Bristol Sport
Ashton Gate Bristol Sporting Quarter & Longmoor Village
Sites
Overview of Services
We provided advice on land assembly and negotiated acquisitions on the western boundary of Ashton Gate, Bristol’s premier sports, conferencing and events venue and home of Bristol City and Bristol Bears.
We also offered development and viability advice on the redevelopment which includes a new 4,000 seat sports and convention centre, 232 bedroom hotel, 125 apartments, 28,000 sq ft office building, and 536 space multi-storey car park.
Also included was development and marketing advice on disposal of surplus land at Longmoor Village with potential for 500 dwellings. Planning application also submitted.
WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
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Clients within the PRIVATE sector
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Carter Jonas has worked on a number of key projects within the private sector, advising a wide range of clients.
Private Sector
Healthcare, Care Homes & Retirement
Client
Brick by Brick
Croydon
Site
Overview of Services
We were appointed by Brick by Brick, a private development company established by Croydon Council, having previously guided Croydon Healthcare Services NHS Trust on its strategic estate plan and advising of sites, negotiating terms for seven premises.
We were required to advise on a proposed primary care development in Coulsdon. Our planning team has successfully secured outline planning permission for a development of 1,400 sq m.
We have worked with the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group to establish demand for the development, negotiate terms and market rent. There was an overriding lease of the premises, which is to be part funded from CIL contributions elsewhere in the borough. We have also advised on the level of receipt that could be expected from a forward sale of this pre-let opportunity to an investor or fund and are soon to commence externalisation of the opportunity leading to a detailed development agreement, which will complete our client’s funding to enable the development.
Higher Education
Client
Homerton College
Cambridge
Site
Overview of Services
We worked closely with our wider planning and management teams to advise Homerton College on the development value of neighbouring land which they had acquired in the centre of Cambridge, looking at both residual land values and profit on cost.
An off market deal was agreed with a further education college to take an overarching lease on both the teaching space and student accommodation on a pre-let basis. The pre-let allowed Homerton to go ahead and fund the scheme with the team producing iterative development appraisals during the process which Homerton’s accountants could use for cash flow purposes.
Latterly, the team dealt with the planning for the site and the disposal of the land.
Hotel Development
Client
MEPC
Silverstone Park, Towcester
Site
Overview of Services
We were appointed by MEPC to prepare a Hotel Market Report to assess the supply of and demand for a new build hotel adjacent to the racetrack at Silverstone Park as a preliminary assessment prior to securing a hotel occupier for the proposed development. A series of potential development plots were appraised for their suitability for a new hotel with advice given to MEPC on how best to proceed to satisfy hotel occupier demand and maximise value.
The report reviewed the market environment considering business, conferencing and tourism demand and other nearby attractions which might also provide guests. A section covered current and future hotel supply in the vicinity, looking at size and type of hotel, occupancy rate, the average daily rate, revenue and pricing of rooms.
The demand side also considered the ongoing expansion through the masterplan of Silverstone as a
business and technology location within the CaMkOx ARC. A survey of local businesses was undertaken to ascertain the type of hotel accommodation required and particular facilities most in demand and lacking in the area.
The report provided a review of hotel operators in the UK categorising them by type, number of rooms and number of locations. Given the local supply and the expected demand, a target list of operators to approach was recommended to the client. The report concluded with recommendations on the next steps to secure a hotel for the park.
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Kellard’s Place, Kings Lynn
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Kellard’s Place located on the entrance to Kings Lynn includes a Travelodge Hotel, Greene King Hungry Horse and a Starbucks Drive Thru.
We were originally instructed to provide acquisition advice to Travelodge Hotels Ltd and Greene King which led to two sites being secured for them within the Kellard’s Place development for a hotel and family pub.
Subsequently, our professionals, working with the developer Equity Estates PLC, secured funding for the Travelodge Hotel and were retained by Equity Estates to market the last remaining development plot allocated for a drive-thru. Having secured planning permission for
a coffee drive-thru, we secured the sale of the drive-thru plot to Burney Group following on from which our team was retained to let the proposed unit. Terms were agreed with Starbucks with the building complete within six months of breaking ground.
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