About
Professional Summary
Tom is part of the Retail Development team that provides advice to a variety of occupier, owner and developer clients in relation to in-town, shopping centres, foodstores, retail warehouse and roadside properties.
Tom has particularly strong experience in the foodstore sector and assisted Sainsbury’s in their large foodstore expansion drive through both new sites and store extensions. In 2016, Tom was seconded into Netto UK as a Development Surveyor to assist Sainsbury’s property team in seeking new sites for the value retailer across Yorkshire and the North Midlands. This role has now evolved to provide asset management advice to their existing portfolio across the north of England.
Tom is currently providing advice to Bolton Council and their joint venture partners BCEGI and Midia in relation to the acquisition, leasing and mixed-use redevelopment of the Crompton Place Shopping Centre in Bolton. Tom has also worked as part of the team on retail led developments in Barnsley, Darlington, Harrogate, Leeds, Liverpool, Mansfield, Penrith, Sunderland, Warrington and The Point in Malta.
He is currently providing shopping centre leasing advice on schemes in Billingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester and has previously acted on a number of shopping centres across the North and Midlands
Accomplishments
· Provides development consultancy and leasing advice advice to a variety of landlord/developers including Bride Hall, Harworth Estates, Langtree, London and Scottish, Network Space, St Modwen and Town Centre Securities.
· Part of the Colliers International team providing advice to Sainsbury's Supermarkets Limited and Netto in the development and asset management of their store portfolios in the north of England.
· Occupier clients have also included Aldi, American Golf, Costa, Euro Garages, Jaeger, Laithwaite’s, Nationwide and Sally.
Education
Tom graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Geography and Planning before undertaking a MSc in Property Appraisal and Management at Sheffield Hallam University in 2004.
Memberships & Involvements
MRICS - Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, BCSC, Shop Agents Society, Accessible Retail
Clients
Aldi, BCEGI, Bolton Council, Costa, Euro Garages, Laithwaite's, Mansfield District Council, Midia, Sainsburys, St Modwen