About
Professional Summary
Conor is a Surveyor within the National Offices Team in Manchester having joined Colliers in 2019. Conor provides commercial advice to both Landlords and Occupiers in the office market with a particular focus on leasehold and freehold disposal and acquisition.
When providing leasehold disposal advice, Conor acts on behalf of a wide of corporate and individual clients, examples of which are Castlebrooke Investments, Federated Hermes, Till Asset Management, Royal London and Orchard Street Investment Management.
Conor also provides tenant representation to occupiers seeking to find office space within the North West on either a freehold or leasehold basis. Conor is currently acquiring space both within the City Centre and out of town for a wide array of occupiers and would be happy to assist any further occupiers looking to do the same.
In addition, Conor can provide occupiers with advice in respect of Flexible Office Solutions within Manchester having built up a strong relationship with a host of Flexible Office providers. Such advise can be provided to assist in locating and negotiating a transaction on behalf of an occupier.
Accomplishments
Conor has worked alongside his colleagues in the National Offices team to deliver the following accomplishments:
- Disposal - 13,000 sq. ft. at Landmark, St Peter's Square to Grant Thornton on behalf of Barings.
- Disposal - 35,000 sq. ft. at Arkwright House, Parsonage Gardens to Orega on behalf of PGIM.
- Disposal - 4,500 sq. ft. at Exchange Quay to Debt Support Services on behalf of Till Asset Management.
- Disposal - 5,000 sq. ft. at Exchange Quay to Egis on behalf of Till Asset Management.
- Acquired 6,500 sq. ft. at MIOC, Manchester Airport on behalf of Simon Carves Engineering Ltd.
- Acquired 35,000 sq. ft. at Hanover House, NOMA, on behalf of Deloitte.
- Acquired 6,600 sq. ft. on behalf of global architecture practice IBI Group at Dantzic, NOMA.
- Acquired 4,000 sq. ft. on behalf of international consultants MACE at 42 Fountain Street, Manchester
Education
University of Manchester: Law (2012-2015) LLB Hons
University College of Estate Management (2020 - 2022) MSc
Testimonials
"Conor,
The move went very smoothly, and the staff are as happy as I have ever seen them in any office! Now is a good time to thank you for all of your efforts over the last (19!) months, you have always acted in our best interests and managed the process professionally and to tough deadlines. We are very pleased with the incentives/commercial terms that you achieved; it was a great result. Also for the first time (in a long time) we feel that we have a relationship with the landlord, a lot of this is due to you keeping the communications going between the parties from an early stage.
Problem solving our late parking requirement was also very much appreciated. As always, we wouldn’t hesitate to use Colliers again for all of our property needs."
- Steve Butterworth, Head of Finance - Simon Carves Engineering Ltd
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Michael Hawkins
Director- Head of National Office Agency and Development UK Regions
National Offices
Manchester
I have over 28 years experience in the Real Estate profession, focused on the North West of England but with particular emphasis on Manchester City Centre. Ten of those years was as lead Director of Lambert Smith Hampton’s Office Agency Department and after that ten years as the Principal Development, Investment, Office Agency Director at my own firm WHR. Based in Colliers Manchester office I offer a depth and breadth of commercial experience to Investors, Developers, Landlords and Occupiers with particular regard to complex mixed use scheme with a focus on procurement of Planning, Development, Letting and Disposal of City Centre office schemes. I deal with all aspects of office agency where I have been one of the principle protagonists for the evolution of Manchester’s City Centre office market. My role includes providing Developers / Investors a unique insight into occupational requirements and how they should and will influence the design criteria of complex refurbished projects as well as ground up new build schemes. I pride myself in delivering performance for Colliers clients in a competitive market place.
Dominic is a Director of the National Offices Team in Manchester, with 25 years experience in the Real Estate profession, focused on the North West region. Dominic offers a depth and breadth of commercial experience to Investors, Developers, Landlords and Occupiers with particular regard to offices and complex mixed use schemes. He has a focus on procurement of Planning, Development, Acquisition and Disposal of office, leisure and mixed use developments. Strong working relationships have been formed with a wide and varied contact base of key landowners throughout the North West which has resulted in a robust track record of delivering performance for Colliers clients in a competitive market place.　
Dominic leads the Manchester Office Leasing Agency team and has an excellent track record of maximizing clients asset’s value by advising on asset management strategy, building refurbishment and occupational requirements.
Dominic was during the period from 1993 to 2004 a Partner at Manchester based Edwards & Co Chartered Surveyors. Extensive experience was gained in advising property developers, funds and occupiers on their commercial real estate portfolio.
From 2004 to 2016 significant development experience was achieved as Director at a major North West based commercial property developer and investment company. This role involved managing many key development projects and land acquisitions / disposals for mixed use developments, residential, commercial and hotel uses. The role allowed him to work closely with Local Authorities, planners and numerous professional consultants.
Head of the Manchester Office and a Director in the Manchester city centre based National Offices Team with over 40 years experience. Currently working on over 10m sq.ft. of commercial development and agency projects and consultancies covering a broad range of mixed-use commercial property but retaining a specialism in high-value offices.
Peter has built a highly respected reputation advising on the complexities of pre-build development consultancy and pre-let agency, acting for both occupiers and owners. Peter is a highly respected member of the Manchester business community and a trusted advisor to clients, having played instrumental roles in transformative projects such as Spinningfields that have helped shape Manchester into the truly cosmopolitan city it is today, From his involvement in rebuilding parts of Manchester after the 1996 bombing, through to his current work providing leasing and marketing advice on the major mixed-use redevelopment scheme at the likes of NOMA and the emerging plans for the Royal London campus in South Manchester - his knowledge and understanding is invaluable.
His personal clients include prominent private as well as public sector bodies.Career highlights include:
Peter joined the National Office Team at Colliers in Feb 2014 and was appointed Director Head of Colliers Manchester Office in February 2019.
