Control or influence over land and property sits at the heart of
most spatial economic development initiatives.
The GENECON team offers a detailed understanding of alternative
use economics; development financial appraisal; property trading
and investment strategies.
Our skills also include more traditional asset management and
property cost benchmarking, increasingly a key tool in asset
rationalisation strategies.
We have:
- advised on the industrial property market in Stockton and
intervention options for the Borough Council in addressing
deficits;
- advised Tameside Council on the business case for the
redevelopment of its headquarters in Ashton under Lyne;
- advised Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation
Trust on development strategy for surplus estate in Doncaster,
including business planning and town planning support;
- advised on the property dynamics of complex, mixed use
projects, from Middlehaven in Middlesbrough to Canning Town Centre;
from Sheffield's New Retail Quarter to the Daresbury Science and
Innovation Campus - all requiring a sophisticated understanding of
the options to leverage maximum private sector property
investment;
- supported public-private partnerships and asset-backed vehicles
in driving up investment returns and delivering efficient
management of public sector assets;
- analysed both institutional and non-institutional property
projects - from major retail projects in Brighton, Barnsley and
Sheffield controlled by national investment funds and developers,
to local innovation centres or town centre property projects often
requiring more innovative solutions to secure necessary development
finance;
- appraised Campus rationalisation strategy - for example,
the merger of Victoria Manchester University and UMIST to create
the new University of Manchester; and Manchester Metropolitan
University's proposals for a new campus in Hulme and requiring
rationalisation of its seven campus structure down to two; and
- promoted public sector strategic acquisitions as a key tool for
unlocking local regeneration Holbeck Urban Village strategy, and
HMS Daedalus in Gosport near Portsmouth for new residential and
employment development.