Operational Markets

Paddy has over 16 years of real estate experience having spent his early career in European fund management before joining Global Student Accommodation as an early employee and leading the acquisition of £1bn of student accommodation across UK & Europe. 

Paddy advises a range of investors and developers on transactions, joint ventures and operations predominantly across student accommodation, build to rent and co-living. 

Paddy joined Colliers in 2021.

Over 25 years experience in Real Estate Investment/Development transactions. Co-founder of Vector Property Group, a niche investment advisory company specialising in private client investment in real estate providing long term secure income from retail, leisure and 'alternative' sectors. This followed 12 years experience in the core markets at Strutt & Parker, Fuller Peiser and Rogers Chapman, advising institutional investors.

Since 2006, focused on the emerging investment market in Healthcare Real Estate. Advice includes raising capital via sale and leaseback, going concern sales/acquisitions, development of high quality healthcare real estate, leased investment sales and disposals. Advice throughout the Healthcare sector in UK including residential/nursing/dementia care homes, private hospitals, specialist LD and Mental Health facilities, ASD/BESD education facilities, supported living.

Provided advice to Landlords on the restructure of the Southern Cross estate of over 700 care homes. More recently advising on development opportunities in rapidly expanding market in retirement and extra care.

Became Full Partner at Strutt & Parker in September 2015 (now BNP Paribas Real Estate) with remit to build a team focused on the 'Alternative' real estate markets, particularly Healthcare, Hotels and Student Accommodation.

Qualified Chartered Surveyor in 1994, BSc (Hons) Degree.

Lee focuses on research within the operational or ‘beds’ capital markets sector.  In this role Lee works closely with our key clients to create bespoke research pieces, whilst also supporting our National Capital Markets team.  Lee has over 17 years’ experience in residential and alternatives property markets, in a career that spans residential agency, management, through to research, and has worked with some of real estate’s leading market operators.

Our priority  is to provide our capital markets customers with first class service, whether they are new entrants or already established within the sector.

John is an associate director on the National Capital Markets team focusing on transactions and capital advisory mandates involving operational real estate.

With over a decade of experience in real estate advisory, lending, M&A and restructuring, John has worked on a diverse range of transactions for clients in EMEA and the US.  He has advised on numerous transactions totalling over £6 billion across a number of real estate sectors, including some of the largest student accommodation transactions in Europe.

Prior to joining Colliers in 2021, John worked at Savills and on JLL’s Corporate Finance team in London.  John began his career at Rothschild in New York where he advised on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and corporate restructurings related to the Hotel & Leisure and Retail industries.

George advises a range of investors and developers on transactions, joint ventures and operations predominantly across student accommodation, build to rent, co-living and healthcare.

George joined Colliers in 2021.

• Harry qualified as an MRICS Chartered Surveyor and Registered Valuer in 2021. He sits within the National Capital Markets team, specialising in operational real estate including  build-to-rent, co-living and student accommodation.  
• Harry joined the 2019 Colliers Graduate Scheme after sucessfully completing a Masters in Real Estate at The University of Reading.
• He began his first APC rotation in Retail Capital Markets, covering all sub-sectors of retail investment. Following this, he rotated into the Valuation team, specialising in loan security valuations for co-living, PBSA, BTR and mixed use development sites.