- 01. The Industrial Team
- 02. Sales & Leasing
- 03. Acquisitions
- 04. Capital Markets
- 05. Development Consultancy
- 06. Lease Advisory
- 07. Clients
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Simon Higgins
Capital Markets, Development, Self Storage and Leasing
Simon Higgins
Capital Markets, Development, Self Storage and Leasing
Aside from being the Managing Partner of Levy Real Estate I work across the Capital Markets, Leasing and Development markets with a focus on the industrial sector.
The teams expertise is in London and the South East where we are heavily involved the fast moving ‘’Urban Logistics Market’’ both from a development, investment and occupational perspective.
Key areas of activity include the South Bank and the London Boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham along with Docklands and out along the A13 Corridor where I have advised abroad range of investors ,developers and institutional clients on a consultancy and transactional basis.
The London commercial market place has seen considerable capital uplift through change of use and this has resulted in my involvement in many mixed use developments working closely with our residential team. Furthermore I have an expertise in the Capitals alternative investment sector including data centres, hotels and self-storage.
Outside work I like to ski, play tennis and watch football and rugby.
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Jeremy Grundy
Capital Markets, Development, and Leasing
I'm an Equity Partner in the Industrial Capital markets and development team specialising in Urban Logistic development and leasing with a particular focus on the London and M25 markets. Over the past 20 years I have been involved in several major redevelopment areas across the London boroughs including schemes in Kings Cross, Nine Elms, Battersea, old Kent Road and the Royal Docks.
We work closely with a range of developers and funds using our experience to help develop and lease client’s industrial holdings. My skill set includes multi-let industrial development, refurbishment and asset enhancement / re-positioning. In recent years I have focused on multi-level logistics, an emerging logistics sub sector catering for the growth in the ecommerce and parcel delivery to central London, in this area we advise global logistics developers and investors.
In my spare time I enjoy skiing, watching rugby and cricket and spending time with my family and dogs.
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Rob Watts
Capital Markets, Self Storage and Leasing
I'm an Associate at Levy Real Estate and work across our industrial and self storage teams. My main day to day focus is on self storage development and operational investment across the UK as well as advising across our clients industrial holdings in the capital and South East.
I act in an M&A capacity on the both the buy side and sell side of transactions with extensive experience of disposing of trading businesses as well as aggregating larger portfolios for sale across the UK. I have a wide spread client base in London and advise across their industrial holdings in London and the South East.
Before Levy, I spent 3 years at Avison Young in their Global Client Services team helping to transact across EMEA and APAC markets.
Outside of work I’m unfortunately an avid Spurs fan, following them both home and away, and also enjoy a round of golf or two during the summer months.
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Henry Newland
Leasing
I am a surveyor at Levy Real Estate working within the industrial team. My role consists of leasing acquisitions and disposals, lease advisory, capital markets, and development. I currently act for a range of clients such as ArchCo, IPIF, Mileway, Petchey Holdings, Capital Industrial and London Metric.
I started my property career at Oxford brooks University where I achieved a 2.1 in Real Estate (BSc). Whilst studying for my degree, I gathered experience within the property industry at companies such as JLL, Strutt and Parker, LSH, Allsop, and Petchey Holdings.
In my downtime I enjoy following an array of sports, I am also an avid skier.
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Rob Smith
Lease Advisory
I’m an Equity Partner at Levy Real Estate and head of the Lease Advisory Team.
I formerly co-led the London Lease Advisory team at Avison Young, and have extensive experience of advising landlord and occupier clients with a particular focus on the Office and Industrial sectors. My specialisms encompass dealing with rent reviews, lease renewals and other advisory situations.
I am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and away from work my interests include triathlons, golf and his being Head Coach of Old Grammarians U15s .
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Raik Beyoglu
Lease Advisory
I’m a Partner in the Lease Advisory team at Levy Real Estate. I was previously at Avison Young where I started my career in 2013.
My experience and knowledge lies in advising both landlord and occupier clients on their rent reviews, lease renewals, surrenders and other key asset management opportunities. My main area of specialism lies within the industrial and office sectors. Some of my key clients include Logicor, Capital Industrial and Valor Real Estate Partners.
I am a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Away from work my main interests include keeping fit, continuing to learn golf and watching / playing football.
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Ian Golbourn
Building Consultancy
I recently joined Levy as a Partner in the Building Consultancy and Project Management Team, after spending 15 years at Colliers International, three as a Director in their Building Surveying team.
I undertake the full spectrum of Building Surveying disciplines, but my specialism lies in technical due diligence (building surveys) on all manner of building types, uses and ages.
I provide detailed but commercially succinct reporting to a range of UK and foreign investors, institutions, funds and property companies, and have provided the pre-acquisition advice on a number of landmark instructions including:
The £1billion purchase of 5 Broadgate, home to UBS, in 2018, which was the largest single property transaction in the UK that year.
The £550million purchase of the Famous Art Deco Adelphi Building at 1-11 John Adam Street, for Pontegadea, owned by the founder of Zara in 2018.
The £55million purchase of Richard Branson former residence at 9 Holland Park in 2016, which was the biggest residential property sale that year.I also have extensive experience in the industrial sector, where I have helped acquire and refurbish a number of large estates across the South East, providing a complete service from acquisition.
Away from the office most of my time is spent with my young family, where we enjoy walks and pub lunches locally in Epping Forest, or in the Cotswolds when away. I enjoy watching any type of sport and reading sporting biographies.
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Max Graziani
Self Storage
I’m a Senior Surveyor within the Capital Markets team. My focus here at Levy is providing our clients with specialist investment advice within the Self Storage asset class.
Through our transactional experience and network of investors and operators, we can provide our clients with invaluable support to advise them within this emerging sector.
After graduating from Cass Business School, I started my career at BNP Paribas before joining JLL, where I spent 6 years based at their London office. I have worked within valuation, agency & investment before I decided to focus on alternative asset classes, specifically Self Storage.
I bring together an entrepreneurial approach with first hand transactional experience, an analytical valuation background with a deep understanding of the sector.
Outside of work I’m an avid Newcastle United fan and enjoy playing golf & padel tennis.
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Bethany Daughtry
Executive Assistant
I work as an Operations Associate at Levy Real Estate, where my responsibilities encompass a wide range of tasks related to the general operations of Levy Real Estate. These tasks include event planning, marketing production, client coordination, and the overall smooth running of our office.
In my role, I provide crucial support to various stakeholders, including the Managing Partner, Equity Partners, and multiple teams, such as Retail, Industrial, Office, Capital Markets, and Lease Advisory. My primary objective is to ensure the seamless functioning of our operations to facilitate the delivery of exceptional work.
I am deeply passionate about making a positive impact and am constantly on the lookout for opportunities to assist the team, whether it involves organising client meetings or lending a helping hand with marketing campaigns.
I have also spearheaded the introduction of an in-house marketing production service, ensuring a streamlined and efficient experience for our clients. This approach allows us to offer a comprehensive, one-stop-shop service from the initial instruction to project completion, which means that a property can be on the market as soon as possible.
Outside of my professional life, you'll often find me enjoying a drink with friends at the local pub, exploring shops, or chewing someone's ear off about the latest podcasts I've been listening to.
Sales & Leasing
We provide a dedicated agency service to funds, property companies, the capital's leading commercial occupiers and service providers, working across all of the London Boroughs.
We are one of London’s leading multi-level logistics advisors helping to provide solutions to Last Touch Parcel delivery across London.
Our results speak for themselves. We’ve built a reputation for identifying purchasers and tenants quickly and efficiently through project-specific marketing campaigns.
Acquisitions
For those operators looking to relocate or to establish themselves in a new area we offer a full acquisition service in the identification of suitable properties at best value to suit the business needs. We have a number of retained clients, assisting in their expansion programmes where they are looking to increase market share.
Capital Markets
Active across the UK and specialising in London and the South East, Levy Real Estate offers an integrated and considered investment consultancy coupled with an active brokerage service.
With a reputation for identifying off market deals we have built up an excellent track record matching buyers with sellers in Multi-Let industrials, Big Box Logistics and Portfolios.
A particular area of expertise is urban logistics and industrial urban in-fill where alternative uses offer potentially higher land use values.
For more information on the wider Capital Markets Team please click here.
Development Consultancy
The team has first to market knowledge of development sites across the capital on protected industrial land or where they are part of larger mixed use schemes.
Our work involves advising London’s leading developers on occupational requirements and providing viable, accurate analysis for each opportunity to create and maximise value.
Lease Advisory
Our agency and lease advisory experts work closely on every instruction to provide clients with up to date market information and a deep understanding of the dynamics of each market. This combined approach gives us a competitive advantage in rent review and lease renewal negotiations.
We regularly assist our Capital Markets team on acquisitions with lease analysis and rental advice to ensure accurate evaluation of future rental performance prior to purchase.
We act for a range of investors, occupiers and markets across London, the South East and the wider UK.
Clients
Our Clients include:
RLAM, CBREGI, Aviva Investors, Canmoor, Goya Developments, Goodman, Prologis, GLP, Capital Industrial, Valor Real Estate, Barwood Capital, Picton Capital, Galliard, Ballymore, Ashford Developments, City & Provincial, Procam, Jellyfish Pictures, SEGRO, Fabrix, Garden Campus, USS, Arch Co, Bloom Development, L&G, IPIF, Patrizia, Petchey, Mileway, London Metric, Travis Perkins, Kier, Firmdale Hotels, British Land, Kennedy Wilson, General Projects, Vengrove, DPD, and Pocket Living.
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