Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Gladman recruits agent for new Scottish office
Gladman Developments, the UK's largest speculative developer of office and industrial and distribution developments, has opened an office in Scotland and appointed one of the country's best known office agents to run it.
Greg Limb joins Gladman Developments from James Barr's Glasgow office, where he was a director and head of agency and development. With more than 18 years experience in commercial property agency, Mr Limb has advised on some of Scotland's most high profile office transactions, including Kenmore Group's recent landmark office development in Glasgow city centre, Sentinel and the relocation of Scottish Enterprise National to Broomielaw.
Joining Mr Limb at the office which Gladman has opened at Livingston Football Club in West Lothian, is building consultancy surveyor and project manager Rob Davis and office manager Jackie Malloy. Mr Davis joins from King Sturge in Glasgow, while Mrs Malloy moves to Gladman having recently worked at The Glenmorangie Company.
As an agent Mr Limb worked with Gladman Developments, advising on the acquisition of development sites in Scotland before joining the company.
"I was very impressed with Gladman's refreshing straight forward approach, the people, the fact that they will always build speculatively and their real appetite for development," says Mr Limb.
The office in Livingston is the first which Gladman Developments has opened outside its headquarters in Congleton in Cheshire.
According to Mr Limb, this is because Scotland represents one of Gladman's major growth areas in the next few years and the company recognised the need for on the spot specialist knowledge.
He says: "I will be using my contacts to secure sites for office and industrial developments across the whole of Scotland. We have significant funds available to invest in land across the country, if we can find the right opportunities. We always pay introduction fees for sites and retain the introducing agent to market the development for us. We expect to be able to make announcements about some new sites shortly."
Gladman Developments is already building Scotland's largest speculative distribution warehouse development, a £35 million 650,000 sq ft scheme known as MAX, on a 33.5 acre site at J4 M8 Distribution Park.
It also plans to develop the 20 acre Eliburn Campus site in Livingston, close to Junction 3A of the M8, where it will shortly submit a planning application for a range of speculative office buildings from 2,200 sq ft to 25,000 sq ft and for a number of smaller industrial units of up to 40,000 sq ft, which will be available both on a feuhold and leasehold basis. The company intends to move its Scottish office to Eliburn Campus once construction of the office buildings is complete.
David Gladman, director of Gladman Developments says: "Scotland is a very important market for us and I am pleased that we have secured Greg, Rob and Jackie to work for us. We are constantly looking for capable, professional people with the right character and personality to work as part of our team."
Gladman Developments has an annual turnover of more than £200 million. At present it has 8 million square feet of speculative distribution and industrial space under construction or in the planning process, as well as more than 1 million sq ft of speculative office accommodation being built.
Greg Limb joins Gladman Developments from James Barr's Glasgow office, where he was a director and head of agency and development. With more than 18 years experience in commercial property agency, Mr Limb has advised on some of Scotland's most high profile office transactions, including Kenmore Group's recent landmark office development in Glasgow city centre, Sentinel and the relocation of Scottish Enterprise National to Broomielaw.
Joining Mr Limb at the office which Gladman has opened at Livingston Football Club in West Lothian, is building consultancy surveyor and project manager Rob Davis and office manager Jackie Malloy. Mr Davis joins from King Sturge in Glasgow, while Mrs Malloy moves to Gladman having recently worked at The Glenmorangie Company.
As an agent Mr Limb worked with Gladman Developments, advising on the acquisition of development sites in Scotland before joining the company.
"I was very impressed with Gladman's refreshing straight forward approach, the people, the fact that they will always build speculatively and their real appetite for development," says Mr Limb.
The office in Livingston is the first which Gladman Developments has opened outside its headquarters in Congleton in Cheshire.
According to Mr Limb, this is because Scotland represents one of Gladman's major growth areas in the next few years and the company recognised the need for on the spot specialist knowledge.
He says: "I will be using my contacts to secure sites for office and industrial developments across the whole of Scotland. We have significant funds available to invest in land across the country, if we can find the right opportunities. We always pay introduction fees for sites and retain the introducing agent to market the development for us. We expect to be able to make announcements about some new sites shortly."
Gladman Developments is already building Scotland's largest speculative distribution warehouse development, a £35 million 650,000 sq ft scheme known as MAX, on a 33.5 acre site at J4 M8 Distribution Park.
It also plans to develop the 20 acre Eliburn Campus site in Livingston, close to Junction 3A of the M8, where it will shortly submit a planning application for a range of speculative office buildings from 2,200 sq ft to 25,000 sq ft and for a number of smaller industrial units of up to 40,000 sq ft, which will be available both on a feuhold and leasehold basis. The company intends to move its Scottish office to Eliburn Campus once construction of the office buildings is complete.
David Gladman, director of Gladman Developments says: "Scotland is a very important market for us and I am pleased that we have secured Greg, Rob and Jackie to work for us. We are constantly looking for capable, professional people with the right character and personality to work as part of our team."
Gladman Developments has an annual turnover of more than £200 million. At present it has 8 million square feet of speculative distribution and industrial space under construction or in the planning process, as well as more than 1 million sq ft of speculative office accommodation being built.
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