About Brasier Freeth Highlights

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2 About Brasier Freeth Award winning firm of Chartered Surveyors and Commercial Property Experts Providing services and advice to tenants, landlords, investors, funders and developers from both the public and private sectors Services include: Commercial and industrial business space sales and lettings National retail agency Building surveying and consultancy Professional services - lease advisory, valuations and business rates mitigation Investment, development and planning consultancy Property management Clients span all sectors and range from local and regional firms to some of the largest in the UK Highlights Winner of the PMA Retail Consultant of the Year Award 2015 Winner of the Estates Gazette s Most Active Agent Hertfordshire for the 9 th consecutive year 2 nd place Estates Gazette s Most Active Office Agent for the South East Opened central London office in W1 4 Graduates passed their APC with Brasier Freeth

3 Meet Our Principals Anthony Appleby Peter Brown Trevor Church Ivan Everitt Jeremy Hunting Russell Jerrard Tim Jones James Oliver All addresses: brasierfreeth.com Paul Raitt Neil Saunders Mark Segal

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5 Business Space Agency Operating predominantly across the Northern Home Counties and Greater London Offices in Hemel Hempstead, Watford and Welwyn Garden City Acting for both landlords and tenants Sales, lettings and acquisitions of all types of commercial property Market appraisals and advice on all commercial property propositions Working with colleagues across the practice to offer a comprehensive and seamless service EG Most Active Agent Hertfordshire Compass UK & Ireland Case Study Acquired & negotiated favourable lease terms for 23,000 sq. ft. office space in Uxbridge Marketed and secured a tenant for 30,000 of their old 45,000 sq. ft. premises Building Surveying Team prepared a dilapidations assessment for Head Tenant and Specification of Works Project managed a 1 million refurbishment programme Following completion our Property Management Team was enlisted to manage the building

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7 Retail Agency National coverage Team of 10 - experienced and excellent knowledge of the towns/cities across the UK Acting for tenants (75%) and landlords (25%) Agency & Professional services - Acquisitions, disposals, investments, rent reviews and lease renewals Advising on all retail properties including: High Street stores Shopping centre units Out of town retail parks Acting for some of the world s leading retailers Average of 300 deals per annum PMA Retail Consultant of the Year 2015 Foot Locker Case Study International retail brand with 5,000 stores worldwide and 78 UK stores Flagship stores in Westfield, Manchester, Leeds, Brent Cross and Oxford Street Solely retained for their UK stores Key services provided: acquisitions, disposals and lease advisory

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9 Building Surveying National building surveying and consultancy services Working for investors, tenants, landlords, funders and developers Complete spectrum of building consultancy and building surveying services including: Building surveys for acquisition on all types of properties Dilapidations for both landlord and tenant Construction, project management and contract administration Expert witness reports Party wall matters Defect analysis and repair Majestic Wine Case Study Building survey of 66,000 sq. ft. warehouse for leasehold acquisition Identification of structural defects frame caused by Buncefield Oil Depot blast Preparation of detailed Specification of Works Project management and administration of 2 million contract

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11 Professional Services Highly qualified team Chartered Surveyors, Valuers and Arbitrators Active throughout the UK & Ireland Working for landlords and tenants (50/50) Services include: Valuation Lease Advisory Business Rates Mitigation Lawsons Case Study Largest independent timber, building & fencing supplier in London & South East 70 million Annual Turnover and 14 branches BF Professional Team responsible for cost mitigation Key services provided: rent reviews, lease renewals, business rates mitigation advice, periodic asset valuations and site acquisitions

12 Lease Advisory Advising both landlords and tenants Maximising returns for landlords or minimising rent payments for tenants All manner of issues relating to commercial property leases including: Lease renewals Rent reviews Lease re-gears Residential lease advisory services including: Lease extensions Lease enfranchisement Collective enfranchisement Next Case Study Instructed by Next Group PLC to negotiate a new lease on their store in Brentwood the store was owned by 3 different landlords Next were considering a potential move so we were negotiating a new 5 year lease with a tenant break at the end of year 3 of the term, for each of the 3 new leases After lengthy negotiations all landlords eventually agreed to a tenant only break at the expiry of year 3 and agreement on all other terms followed

13 Valuation & Business Rates Mitigation Valuation All valuations carried out in accordance with the RICS Valuation Professional Standards Clients range from High Street banks & pension funds to local authorities & private individuals Assessing most types of property including: Retail units Multi-unit industrial estates City centre offices Schools Private residential properties Business Rates Mitigation Rating appeals across the UK on various property types: Shops Offices Factories and warehouses Specialist buildings including: cinemas, golf clubs and motor trade premises Watford Borough Council Case Study Engaged to provide valuation advice on lease regearing matters relating to a 12 acre development site Complex negotiations took 18 months culminating in a new 250 year lease at a peppercorn ground rent on 6 acres of the overall site for a new supermarket Other leasehold interests were structured allowing release of a 1.70 acre site for a much needed new junior school

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15 Consultancy Investment Active throughout the UK in both the disposal of investment properties and seeking new opportunities Development Working with property owners and developers Advising on a wide range of development types including industrial/warehouse, offices, retail parks and town centre regeneration Planning Our planning specialists deal with a variety of residential, retail and employment sites Services include: Site searches for development opportunities Planning and development appraisals Securing planning consent Promoting large residential and employment sites Acting as a lead consultant on major projects Case Study Former Roche Pharma Site, Welwyn Garden City Acted for Brookvale Properties in the acquisition of the former Roche UK HQ on 6 acres Advice provided on the specification for the refurbishment of the building and successfully negotiated terms for a pre-letting of 14,500 sq. ft. Advice given for the development of 4.4 acres for B1/B8 use during which a purchaser of the opportunity was identified and a sale subsequently completed

16 Property Management Comprehensive property management service for owners of commercial, retail and industrial properties including: Multi-tenanted offices Multi-unit leisure schemes Shopping centres Car parks Services include: Rent collection Service charge accounting Cashflow analysis Implementation of repair and maintenance programmes Tenant liaison Rivermead - Uxbridge Case Study Management of 45,000 + sq. ft. building Advised on service charge matters during lease negotiations and negotiated service contracts for cleaning, security, M&E maintenance, landscape maintenance, etc. Collection of service charge payments and payment of supplier invoices Ongoing management of contractors and liaison with tenants on required service levels

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18 Our Achievements WINNER Retail Consultant of the Year 2015 WINNER Most Active Agent Hertfordshire nd Place Most Active Office Agent 3 rd Place Most Active Retail Agent South East Region

19 London Hemel Hempstead Watford Welwyn Garden City