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Our commercial property team includes specialists in commercial development who are well versed in dealing with and understanding the challenges you face in taking a site from the initial concept stage, through to acquisition, build completion, and finally any subsequent disposals (via lease or sale). We have extensive experience and expertise in dealing with commercial development sites of all types of end-use including industrial, warehousing, offices, retail, and leisure.

We understand that every site is different and has different structures, needs, and outcomes. We will take the time to get to know your objectives and the particulars of your development so that we can offer bespoke solutions to your opportunities and challenges.

We will work alongside you as an extension of your team, working to put forward plans for the most efficient completion of your site as well as resolving issues or dealing with unusual, or unexpected problems. Our clients value our proactive and creative approach to solving these issues, unblocking anything preventing progress, thus providing you with solutions and achieving your desired end result as quickly as possible whilst protecting your long term interests.

Our team can help you with:

Providing advice on initial site assembly and site acquisition
Environmental law issues (both contamination and natural habitat)
Land and Property dispute aspects (rights of light, restrictive covenants, adverse possession)
Obtaining bridging finance and dealing with funding requirements and grants
Development agreements and joint venture formations
Negotiation of conditional land purchase agreements, options, pre-emptions and planning promotion agreements, acquisition and development financing, including forward funding agreements
Negotiation of overage/profit share arrangements
S106 agreements and infrastructure agreements with statutory undertakers
Project completion
Pre-letting agreements and leases to occupiers
Permanent finance
The disposal of the whole or any parts of the completed development

To speak to our commercial property specialists please call us on 01772 258321 or make an enquiry below to see how we can assist you and your business.

Meet our Commercial Property team

Nicola Beneduce

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01200 401114

m: 07585 704393

Commercial Development

Our team can help you with:

Meet our Commercial Property team

Nicola Beneduce

Simon England

Naomi Fell

Hannah Hughes

Amanda Marwood

Lara Watts

Wayne Ellison

Mike Fetherstone

Lucy Benton

Clare Davey

Sam Jones

Wendy Newbury

Jennifer Potts

Rhian Sale

Jackie Bate

Roberto Bonaminio

Laura Bradley

Jane Fillis

Danielle Leeming

Catherine Worthington

Lucy Beachell

Gemma Eastham

Danielle Jesson

Lois Parker

Zakira Vika

Lucy Parkhouse

Priya Anand

Faye Simpson

Terri Abbott

William Hornby Phillips

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