{"id":17902,"date":"2024-12-05T06:42:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T06:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/?p=17902"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:45:27","slug":"development-director-returns-to-savills-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/news\/17902-development-director-returns-to-savills-bristol","title":{"rendered":"Development director returns to Savills Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris Birakos has been appointed as a director within Savills development team in Bristol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The appointment marks his return to the business which he originally joined in 2010. He was a member of the development team for more than seven years, during which time he was promoted up to an associate director.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2017, Birakos has worked client-side for South West developer, Rengen Developments, and most recently, as head of land for leading retirement developer, Churchill Living Ltd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On his new role, he said: \u201cI am delighted to return to Savills. The development team here in Bristol is market-leading in every aspect, and involved in some of the most significant developments in and around the city. Moreover, the working environment is second to none, and being a collegiate, cross-disciplinary business allows us to amplify our expertise to provide a best-in-class service to our clients.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Taylor, head of the Savills development team in Bristol, said: \u201cIt is a great pleasure to welcome Chris back into the fold. His strong knowledge of the Bristol market, coupled with the breadth of development expertise he brings to the table, makes him an excellent fit within our busy and successful team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birakos&#8217; focus will be on both immediate and greenfield and strategic land development across Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The appointment marks his return to the business which he originally joined in 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":17893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"coauthors":[81],"class_list":["post-17902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-property","tag-featured-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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