Property Appointments: MK2 Real Estate; Lambert Smith Hampton; Lodders

NICHE property consultancy MK2 Real Estate has bolstered its team in Birmingham with the appointment of Ian Wilton.

Mr Wilton, a director at GBR Phoenix Beard (latterly Savills) in the building consultancy team, joins the firm as a director to head up its newly-formed building consultancy department.

Mr Wilton, who has more than 17 years’ experience in the property industry, having also worked for GSD, CBRE and JLL, specialises in project management, acquisition surveys, contract administration and dilapidations, together with advising clients including developers, property companies, and funds on all aspects of commercial property.

Recent projects he has been involved in include the refurbishment of an 80,000 sq ft office building in Luton for IM Properties, a vendor’s survey of a 650,000 sq ft semi-automated distribution centre, and conducting dilapidation surveys on a portfolio of 28 properties in England, Scotland and Wales on behalf of RBS.  

Mark Johnson, director and co-founder of MK2, said: “The buoyant investment market has given us the confidence to grow the business, adding additional services to our existing offer.

“The addition of building consultancy is a natural fit for the business, not only because it complements the work we do in investment agency, but also because we work across a very similar client base to Ian. It also means we can now offer clients a full suite of services.”

Mr Wilton said: “Having worked for a number of large corporate property firms, I’m looking forward to being part of a small niche consultancy and the opportunity to grow the building consultancy side of the business.”

Set up in 2010 as a niche property investment consultancy, MK2 has grown to include asset management, landlord and tenant, property management and building consultancy services.

In the last 18 months MK2 has advised on more than £125m worth of deals on both sales and acquisitions for a range of clients.  

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Lambert Smith Hampton has announced a series of promotions to its Birmingham team.

Gemma Butler, in the industrial and logistics team, and Luke Phillips and Louise Lokucewicz, who are both in property management, all become senior surveyor.
 
Adam Ramshaw, head of Birmingham and East Midlands, said: “It’s been a superb year for the LSH Birmingham office and it is fitting, as we come to the end of 2016, that we celebrate the achievements of our hard-working staff with these promotions.”
 
Ms Butler, who was highly commended in the commercial property category of the 2014 RICS Young Surveyor of the Year, joined LSH in 2013 from Cushman & Wakefield, while Ms Lokucewicz joined the firm in April 2015, having worked at BNP Paribas Real Estate and Jones Lang LaSalle.

Mr Phillips joined LSH in April 2015 from Hallmark Property Management. He oversees a portfolio of more than 1,000 units and also prepares annual service charge budgets, reviews annual accounts, and assists with the transfer of properties.

The promotions follow those recently announced for Matthew Tilt, who is now director of industrial and logistics, and Luke Sutton, appointed associate director in valuation.

From left: Louise Lokucewicz, Gemma Butler, Luke Phillips and Adam Ramshaw, head of Birmingham and East Midlands.
 
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Commercial and residential property and land development specialist, Mark Miller, has joined law firm Lodders as an equity partner in its expanding Real Estate team.

Formerly a partner and head of the Real Estate Development team at Wright Hassall, Mr Miller brings experience of acting for landowners, developers, investors and end users including large national and multinational organisations.

Paul Mourton, head of Lodders’ Real Estate team, said: “Mark has an impressive pedigree and scope of experience from his work on numerous complex and substantial commercial and residential property development matters. He has particular experience of negotiating large-scale strategic land development matters and is widely recognised and respected for this expertise.”

In recent years, Mr Miller has advised on numerous high profile large development transactions across the Midlands area and further afield, from major new settlements and mixed use schemes through to residential led schemes in rural, village-based locations. He has also undertaken significant commercial development work relating to headquarter office premises, educational facilities, manufacturing plant and sports stadia.

Before joining Wright Hassall in 2004, he was a Senior Associate in the Commercial Property team of Birmingham firm The Wilkes Partnership, and prior to this was an Assistant Solicitor at Pinsent Masons in Birmingham.

Also joining the firm from Wright Hassall is real estate development solicitor Daniel MacLeod, who previously worked alongside Mr Miller.

Pictured from left: Mark Miller, Daniel MacLeod and Paul Mourton.