Appointments: Birmingham Office Market Forum; GVA
The Birmingham Office Market Forum (BOMF) has appointed JLL’s head of office agency, Jonathan Carmalt, as its new chairman.
He takes over from CBRE’s Ashley Hancox after he completed his year in office.
The organisation, founded in 2007, co-ordinates take-up and stock availability statistics for Birmingham’s office market.
Carmalt, who was one of the founders of BOMF, said: “Birmingham’s office market is recognised as being one of the most transparent UK office markets, a fact appreciated by investors and occupiers alike when considering the city.
“That is testament to the cooperation of the member firms over many years and I’m honoured to have been chosen by my peers as the next chairmen during this exciting period of unprecedented development activity in Birmingham.”
Scott Rutherford, a partner and head of Cushman & Wakefield’s national office agency team, is BOMF’s new deputy chairman.
The new appointments coincide with the publication of the BOMF map, produced by Core Marketing, and now in its tenth edition.
The map features all Grade A office developments with space to let in Birmingham’s central office core. For the first time, details of the office development pipeline are also included.
Gert Corfield, Guy Thompson and Paul Causer from GVA
Gert Corfield and Paul Causer have both returned to GVA as a result of the team’s involvement in a number of newly-developed properties and existing schemes in Birmingham.
Paul joins from CBRE UK where he was associate and team leader after previously working for GVA as a senior surveyor. Gert, who has over 20 years’ experience within the industry, has returned to the company after a period working client side.
Guy Thompson, GVA, said: “Both the recruitment of new staff and encouraging high quality senior talent to return to the business are a key part of our strategy to ensure our regional teams give the best possible service to our clients, so we are of course thrilled to be welcoming Gert and Paul back to our team.”
