Paul Souber

Sara is a Director in the Central London Agency Team and offers leasing, development, asset management, strategic and tenant mix advice to major Central London landlords.

Her key landlord instructions include London Estates Mayfair & Belgravia on behalf of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, Marylebone Village on behalf of Howard De Walden and Coal Drops Yard and the wider Kings Cross Estate for Argent LLP.

A born shopper and trend follower, Sara particularly focuses on tenant selection and is assisted by various international research trips, trade show attendance, and following various fashion press subscriptions and blogs, and brings a genuine interest and excitement to the process.

Sara is also the main point of contact for all Sweaty Betty UK wide acquisitions and represents a number of niche operators such as fashion brand Me + Em and footwear brand Lucy Choi.

Josh Leon leads the restaurant specialism within the Central London Agency Team. He is a hugely experienced agent, broker and advisor with over 16 years of experience in this niche sector.  He advises many of London’s leading developers, estates and fund managers on converting, developing and curating property for Food and Drink use. His familiarity with technical, planning and licensing matters and his ambitious and visionary approach to tenant mix strategy are sought after by developers in the early phases of a project, but his main point of difference is his connectivity - the relationships he has within and around the restaurant business and the direct access he has to a wide range of high profile and successful operators both in London and globally.

Josh advises many of the world’s top restaurateurs on their expansion or disposal options in London and brokers deals on their behalf. He is retained by the Crown Estate to advise on the Food and Drink offer in their flagship mixed use development in St James’s, London.

Peter is a Director & Co-Head of Brand Representation in the Central London Retail Agency team.  He has over 15 years’ experience predominantly advising retailers in respect of their acquisition, lease restructuring and disposal programmes across Central London.

In terms of retailer mandates he acts for a variety of occupiers from large International brands through to new and exciting concepts looking to acquire their first store in London.   Clients include Uniqlo, Zara, Vodafone, OKA, Paul, Superdrug, Laderach, TWG Tea, Sky and iSmash.

In addition he acts for a number of landlord clients including Pontegadea, CBRE Global Investors, Hines, Westminster City Council, Epic Investments, London & Oxford and Eskmuir Properties on their Central London holdings.

Matt leads the Retail Strategy service at Colliers - specialists in data analytics, consumer insight and real estate strategy. Matt  delivers bespoke consultancy solutions for landlords, investors and retail and leisure operators across the UK and EMEA regions.

With over a decade of analytics expertise, working at some of the UK’s best known retailers, Matt has a deep understanding of big data analytics & strategy in the Retail sector. Frequently utilising unique data sets and modelling techniques, supporting the delivery of innovative research into occupier affordability and shopper behaviour analytics.

The latest innovation follows a partnership with a tech start-up, to launch a location Insights Platform that is unique to Colliers. The team now harness mobile data from over 80 sources to provide shopper profile & behavioural data anywhere, anytime.

Sasha is a Senior Surveyor in the Central London Retail Agency Team with over 6 years’ experience in retail, she is passionate about retail and fashion and discovering new brands and concepts.

Using her experience and brand knowledge she focuses on tenant mix strategy and selection and is involved in the place making strategy and curation of retail destinations on a number of London Estates.

Her Key Landlord instructions include The Grosvenor Estate, Carnaby Village & Soho for The St James’s Estate for The Crown Estate and Connaught Village for the Church Commissioners..

Sasha is also the point of contact for Central London retail acquisitions for Oliver Bonas and Headmasters.

Rob Co-Heads the Brand Representation team within the central London retail agency business.

With over 18 years experience, he has an intimate knowledge of core and emerging markets. His understanding of retailers occupational and operational requirements allows him to develop bespoke strategies for his clients.

An extensive network of occupier, landlord and agency contacts  affords the opportunity to engineer off market deals and obtain the best occupational intelligence.

Rob's career started at niche retail practices CWM and Blair Kirkman  before moving to Savills where he was a Director for 8 years and most recently BNP Paribas Real Estate. 

Harry is  a Surveyor in the London Retail Agency team. He works on key landlord instructions including Lab Group, Church Commissioners, Axa, Avignon Capital and DTZIM in managing their retail estate across London. Harry is also involved with managing a number of retailers Central London portfolios including Oliver Bonas, Headmasters, Bupa and other independent London retailers. 

Lizzie is an Associate Director in the Central London Retail Agency Team and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2017.

She joined Colliers International from the BNP Paribas Shopping Centre Investment Team having previously spent 3 years at BNP Paribas Real Estate working predominantly in retail departments on behalf of clients, such as LVMH and Schroders. She has a genuine interest and passion for retail and fashion which she incorporates into her work.

She works across Colliers International’s broad client base, adcvising a wide range of Landlords such as Shaftesbury, Grosvenor, Argent, The City of London, Longmartin and APML.

George joined the London Restaurant Team in 2018 after impressing during him summer internship. He has an Economics degree and completed his MSc Real Estate in 2020.

George has become an important member of the team advising landlords and tenants. Coming from a family of restaurateurs, George uses his knowledge and contacts of the industry to advise and connect clients.