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Commercial tenant advisory

Working across the UK and within every commercial property sector, our professionals are experts in advising tenants with regards to occupying space
Commercial Tenant Services

Carter Jonas’ dedicated team of commercial property specialists is on hand to provide you with advice on all aspects of occupying space – from lease renewal to rent review and relocation.

Working across the UK and within every commercial property sector, our professionals are experts in advising tenants with regards to occupying space.

Our tenant advice includes, but is not limited to:

  • Negotiating lease renewals
  • Negotiating rent reviews
  • Negotiating break-option-linked rent reviews and lease restructuring
  • Procuring contractors for fitting out works and project managing
  • Carrying out pre-contract building, air conditioning and passenger lift surveys
  • Advising on HM Revenue & Customs capital allowances and tax relief on the cost of fit-out works
  • Carrying out business rates analysis and appeal/reduction services
  • Undertaking dilapidations ‘exit’ liability cost assessment, negotiation, and project management
  • Finding and fitting out a space which will help move you towards delivery of your organisation’s sustainability ambitions

 

Why choose Carter Jonas?

As part of a national and multi-disciplinary property partnership, we have experts to assist you wherever you are in the UK and whatever your commercial property concerns may be.

By working with us, you will see first-hand that we appreciate our role is not only to provide you with professional guidance, it’s also to foresee and understand any possible concerns and ongoing queries you might have.

For data on the Commercial property market, space availability, rents and rent-free periods, market trends and information on budgeting and planning for a lease renewal, rent review or office relocation please contact one of our team.

Commercial property sectors we advise tenants within:

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Bridget has over thirty years’ experience in lease advisory and roadside development across the UK, including working closely with agency teams. She carries out out-of-town rent reviews, lease renewals and re gears for a number of clients, including McDonald’s. On the high street, her clients include Specsavers, Virgin Media, Southern Co-op, St Peter’s Hospice and a number of local landlords and tenants. She also specialises in industrial, retail warehouse and office properties. McDonald’s have been a key client of Bridget’s for over twenty years as she has acted on their behalf in the southwest, South Wales and east and west Midlands, including acquiring a dozen sites. She also acts for Virgin Media in respect of their retail properties across the UK. She has recently acquired two travel services sites at Weston Super Mare and at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol which will accommodate Starbucks drive-through units as well as petrol filling stations, convenience stores and fast food outlets. She also recently acquired sixteen retail warehouse properties in the Midlands for the new owners of Just for Pets. Bridget also has experience in car showroom valuation, and acts for Howards’ Garages and Dick Lovett.
Chris heads the Commercial Agency team from the Leeds office providing services to both landlord and occupier clients throughout Yorkshire and across the North of England. He specialises in the office and industrial sectors providing both acquisition and disposal advice to a range of clients to include national and local institutions as well as private individuals. He also provides advice in relation to Landlord and Tenant issues, including rent reviews and lease renewals.
Colin has over 30 years experience in the commercial property industry and has specialised in Wiltshire, Bath and the surrounding counties during that time. He has focused of agency, particular on retail, offices and development land. Clients have included Local Authorities, Wessex Water, NHS and local developers and investors. In addition to this Colin is an RICS Registered Valuer and has acted in a lease advisory capacity to clients within the Wiltshire and Bath markets.

Michael is Head of Carter Jonas’ London Tenant Advisory Team and specialises in providing office search, lease negotiation, relocation management, rent review and lease restructuring consultancy services to office tenants based in Central and Greater London. He has over 20 years experience and his clients include international corporates such as Hitachi, Warner Bros and Hackett, not for profit organisations such as The Overseas Development Institute and The Nursing and Midwifery Council as well as owner-managed businesses including Wavex Technology, Credo Business Consulting and Turley Associates.

The range of consultancy services provided by Michael and his Team include advising on office availability, rents and rent free periods, undertaking property searches, representing tenants in lease negotiations, developing office relocation project plans, timetables and budgets and project managing each stage of the relocation process, including overseeing the pre-contract due diligence, and co-ordinating the activities of all those consultants who will be involved in the office move.

Working from Bath since 1988, Philip has in-depth knowledge of the Bath market for offices and of the investment market. He has acquired, and disposed of, numerous large and prime properties across the South West, many off-market for clients and particularly within Bath and Bristol.