Carter Jonas to Manage 7,500-acre Portfolios
Carter Jonas has been awarded the five-year management contract for approximately 7,600 acres of agricultural land in the North and South of England on behalf of the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA).
Carter Jonas, which already manages over 900,000 acres on behalf of some of the UK’s largest landowners, including The Crown Estate, will take over the management of the HCA’s North & South of England portfolios with effect from 1 January 2010.
In the South of England, the portfolio extends to some 3,700 acres in total. In the North of England, it extends to about 3,900 acres of land, stretching from Redditch to Morpeth, consisting of a wide range of properties including agricultural land with Farm Business Tenancies and Agricultural Holdings Act Tenancies.
Mark Laws, a Partner in the firm’s Rural Division commented: "With a network of 31 offices across the UK, we are now well-placed to manage large and diverse agricultural portfolios across England & Wales. Our appointment by the Homes & Communities Agency reflects the fact that we are one of the largest firms of property consultants operating in the UK today, employing some of the brightest and best rural asset managers."
Mark LawsFRICS
Partner
Mark is a Partner in the firm’s Rural Division and is head of the Shrewsbury office. He has over 35 years experience of providing rural advice to clients and specialises in rural asset management...
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Mark is a Partner in the firm’s Rural Division and is head of the Shrewsbury office. He has over 35 years experience of providing rural advice to clients and specialises in rural asset management with particular emphasis on rural diversification, rural planning consultancy and development work, land and property valuations, sales and purchasers of farms, farmland and country houses. Mark mainly advises private landowners and has undertaken the sale and purchase of a number of agricultural estates and fine country houses over the years. Outside work, Mark is a keen walker and also enjoys skiing and National Hunt racing, being a member of a successful syndicate. He gets his adrenalin rush from hill climbing and sprinting his BMW Mini Cooper S “Works” and a 1967 green MGB.
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Philip CowenMRICS
Partner
Philip is a Partner, based in Northampton, who advises clients on all aspects of rural property, including strategic estate and asset management, sales and purchases, valuations, diversification a...
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Philip is a Partner, based in Northampton, who advises clients on all aspects of rural property, including strategic estate and asset management, sales and purchases, valuations, diversification and development opportunities and compulsory purchase. He has specific and detailed knowledge of these sectors throughout the Midlands and acts for a wide range of private and institutional clients. Philip's interests when away from the office revolve around horses, hounds and his family's life-long support for the Leicester Tigers. He is at his happiest when crossing his native Leicestershire countryside at pace on a horse, or watching the action in the more comfortable surroundings at Welford Road, or Cheltenham.
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