At Carter Jonas, we have a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities lying within operational, occupied estates. Such occupiers may operate within the private or public sectors.

We know how to navigate the complexities of managing a portfolio estate made up of operational, investment and surplus property and how to deliver savings, improved revenue, greater efficiency and, potentially, capital receipts.

Publicly held assets are a major resource, and maximising the revenue generated from these assets is vital.

Where organisations have implemented a corporate landlord approach and property is managed centrally, we can provide advice on a range of property issues to support them in meeting their corporate aims and objectives.

Local authorities, in particular, have a number of statutory service obligations to fulfil, and therefore typically occupy a significant amount of property. Where these services are being outsourced to third-party providers, all organisations are required to obtain best value, ensuring transparency in all property transactions.

We can provide expert advice on a range of transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, negotiating leases, licences and agreements, statutory transfers and project management.

We have extensive experience in working with organisations in this area; we understand the services being delivered and their specific needs. We are familiar with the complexities of strict governance procedures, and we work to deliver projects within this structure, reporting to specific committees and boards where appropriate.

Our key clients

Buckinghamshire County Council
Department for Work and Pensions
Hounslow London Borough Council

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MRICS
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FRICS
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MRICS
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Three career highlights:

Significant involvement in and preparation of the Ministry of Defence ‘Footprint Strategy’ announced in the House of Commons, during a 2 year secondment to DIO.

A number of Central Government and Local Authority Green Book Business Cases leading to relocations, change programmes and adopting new ways of working.

Sale of Centrepoint Tower to Almacantar under the Targetfollow administration 

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Three career highlights:
Strategic Property Adviser to QVC for 12 years through their expansion into the UK
Including location consultancy, acquisition and program management of the 
Construction of a 750,000sqft distribution warehouse and 1,000 seat call centre.

Head of Estates for Ingeus UK through their major expansion delivering 35 new sites 
from search to fully fitted occupation in less than 9 months

Key Account Manager for DWP’s National Property Adviser for 15 years including 
drafting 3 estate strategies to initially merge 2 departments’ estates and then
deliver the rationalisation strategy that led to savings in excess of £375m pa.

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 Three career highlights:

•    Fourteen years of strategic advice in advocating local and central government services, allowing savings and improved service delivery.    

•    Two nominations for occupier of the year awards on behalf of Local Authorities.  

•    Undertaking an efficiency review of every public owned asset within a UK County to understand strategic co-sharing opportunities and savings.

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Three career highlights:

Account lead for Buckinghamshire County Council estate management contract responsible for the overall client interface and including quality control aspects, job commissioning and KPI performance in addition to the direct delivery of many key projects including strategic sales, implementation of annual asset valuation programme, town centre regeneration schemes and other property initiatives.
   
Account director for Thames Valley Police between 1997 and 2012 responsible for property services delivery across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire and including acquisitions and disposals, rating, landlord and tenant, asset valuations, strategic advice, telecommunications, building consultancy, development consultancy and work place strategy.

Property advisor to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Development advice including the sale of a 270 unit surplus residential site in Oxford. Strategic estate planning across the estate with objectives of enhancing clinical use provision as well as maximizing income through long term investment activities.  Negotiation of numerous landlord and tenant and development situations across the Trust estate.  

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