Hospitality and leisure property adviser Distrkt has joined forces with former Bruce Gillingham Pollard directors Dan Taylor and Will Hume, to create a consultancy focusing on retail and F&B leasing across Central London.
Taylor and Hume, who have specialised in London retail and F&B for the past two decades, will lead the newly formed Distrkt Lease Consultancy, which will provide a bespoke service to a client base including Shaftesbury Capital, Derwent London, MARK, CBRE IM, Savills IM, St Martins, Almacantar, Gascoyne Holdings and The Mercers Company.
Distrkt, which was founded by Camilla Topham and Michael Webb five years ago, has also recently been appointed on Lendlease’s 50-acre Silvertown project in East London.
Topham said: “Joining forces with Dan and Will takes us to the next level of growth and their lease expertise perfectly complements our expanding agency team. The move is a very good fit both from the perspective of our mutual client bases and also the specialisms that we offer.”
Taylor added: “We’ve seen a tremendous recent resurgence in London’s restaurant, bar and hospitality sector. In that context, it’s more important than ever for landlords to have advisers working collaboratively across the leasing and lease advisory disciplines and who also have access to the latest market data. Our abilities in these areas and expertise as trusted advisers have created a very powerful consultancy for the London property market.”
