Knight Frank has strengthened its living sectors platform across the UK and Europe with a series of senior hires and promotions.
The firm has appointed Félix Lebrun as a partner in its European living sectors team from Macquarie Asset Management and in the UK Josh Woolley has rejoined Knight Frank as a partner focusing on purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) valuation and advisory.
Woolley (pictured) originally joined the firm as a graduate in 2013 and spent more than a decade working in the hotels and student property teams before leaving in 2024 to become a divestment director at Watkin Jones Group.
Knight Frank has also appointed Charles Major from Savills as a senior surveyor in the firm’s UK student property team.
James Mannix, global head of living sectors at Knight Frank, said: “This is a pivotal moment for our living sectors teams in the UK and Europe. We’ve added outstanding talent in Félix, Josh and Charles, while continuing to recognise and promote exceptional people from within the business. We are currently advising on the largest living sectors pipeline we’ve ever had, with disposal and acquisition mandates in the UK and Europe across seniors housing, student property and build to rent totalling more than £10.5bn.
“Alongside this transactional activity, our teams are delivering approximately £37bn of living sectors valuations annually, underlining both the scale of our platform and the depth of trust our clients place in us. Through close alignment with our global partners Berkadia and Jefferies, and continued investment in best-in-class people and platform capabilities, we offer clients global, integrated real estate and debt advice at scale.”
