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.

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.

Sasha is an Associate Director in the London Retail Agency Team with 10  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, Howard de Walden, The Crown Estate, The Church Commissioners and The City of London Corportation looking after Mayfair and Belgravia, Marylebone Village, St James's, Connaught Village and Leadenhall Market. 

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

Ellie joined Colliers in 2018 and  is part of the Central London Retail Agency team with a focus on identitfying new emerging brands and experiences looking to establish themselves within London.

Ellie works on a wide range of Landlords including Church Commissioners, Imperial London, DTIZM, APML and tenants including Carphone Warehouse, Santander, Headmasters, Vodafone, The Source Bulk Foods and iSmash.

Paddy is Director and co-lead of the Retail Strategy & Analytics team, with 15+ years’ experience in data analytics and retail strategy. 

Prior to Colliers, Paddy co-led the Accenture retail strategy Analytics pillar and had overall responsibility for  the Javelin Group Commercial Spaces service line, delivering data led retail property projects focused on new development potential, acquisition appraisals and asset management of existing schemes. 

 Involved in the locations and customer analytics sector since 2002, Paddy has worked on a wide range of projects covering retailer location strategy, due diligence and shopping centre strategy and acquisition appraisals. He graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a degree in Business Computing.
 

Paul is Director and co-lead of the Retail Strategy & Analytics practice, with 13 years’ experience working with occupiers to grow and optimize their store/branch portfolios. Prior to Colliers, Paul was Global Lead for the ‘Shape of Chain’ real estate analytics proposition at Accenture/Javelin Group.

He advises clients globally on store location and performance optimisation strategies, spanning the occupier spectrum from fashion, grocery and homewares through to F&B, leisure and retail banking (and beyond).

Paul’s experience includes sales forecasting for a US grocer, UK entry and roll-out strategy for an international F&B operator, branch rationalisation strategy for a UK bank, and estate conslidation strategy for a Telco merger.