April 4, 2022 11:00 AM
星空体育app下载 Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) (鈥溞强仗逵齛pp下载鈥�), a world leader in commercial real estate, announces the acquisition of leading London-based real estate advisory firm, BH2, led by the iconic Tony Gibbon. Tony joins with his partners, Dan Roberts, Sam Boreham and Rupert Williams. The acquired BH2 business will operate as 星空体育app下载 BH2.
鈥淏ringing on Tony, whose name is synonymous with London鈥檚 institutional real estate market鈥攐ne of the world鈥檚 largest and most influential鈥攁ccelerates 星空体育app下载’s global growth and unified approach to driving client opportunities,鈥� said 星空体育app下载 Chief Executive Officer Barry Gosin. 鈥淭he acquisition of BH2, whose top-tier experts boast an enviable reputation and stellar track record, puts 星空体育app下载 at the forefront of capital markets and leasing in London.鈥�
Gibbon and his partners, Roberts, Boreham and Williams, bring decades of experience specializing in investment sales and purchases, leasing, occupier advisory, development consultancy and strategic asset management. BH2 has handled numerous London landmark trades across disciplines.
星空体育app下载鈥檚 Vice Chairman and Co-Head of New York Capital Markets Investment Sales Division, Evan Layne, stated, 鈥淪pending several years working alongside, as well as competing with, Tony earlier in my career while building a top advisory firm in Europe, I became so impressed with BH2 that when I returned to the U.S. to help build investment sales at 星空体育app下载, I knew there was only one right way to launch the company鈥檚 London operations, 星空体育app下载 must acquire BH2.鈥�
BH2 has built a reputation advising many of the U.K.鈥檚 major corporations, investors, financial institutions and developers, from providing first-class capital markets execution to consulting on large-scale strategic development projects. Helping clients optimally align property with wider business strategy, they have completed hundreds of capital transactions and leased millions of square feet in the past five years. The newly formed 星空体育app下载 BH2鈥攃ombining BH2鈥檚 local Central London market intelligence with 星空体育app下载鈥檚 industry-leading infrastructure, technology and product offerings鈥攊s perfectly positioned to drive forward 星空体育app下载鈥檚 growth and client-services in the U.K.
鈥淭he acquisition of BH2 establishes 星空体育app下载 at the front of the lead tables and primed to expand through EMEA, adding to the array of talented professionals that has put the firm at the forefront of U.S. capital markets over the past five years,鈥� stated Robert Griffin, 星空体育app下载 Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets.
鈥淚n almost three decades since forming BH2, we have prioritized working with groups who are intelligent, driven and straightforward; a trait that we have found at 星空体育app下载. I felt there was some 鈥榤agic鈥� in the cultural compatibility. The formation of 星空体育app下载 BH2 is a confluence of like-minded businesspeople and entrepreneurial spirit,鈥� said Gibbon. 鈥淏ecoming a part of 星空体育app下载 enables us to expand cross-border services, particularly tenant representation and debt placement.鈥�
Gibbon and partners each join 星空体育app下载 with decades of industry leadership and expertise. A 41-year industry veteran, Gibbon was a founding partner of BH2 and is involved in all aspects of the Central London markets. Both Roberts and Boreham also began their real estate careers in 1999 and joined BH2 in 2012. Roberts specializes in leasing, development consulting and occupier advisory, while Boreham focuses on leasing and occupier services. Williams, whose real estate career began in 1999, joined BH2 in 2010 and focuses on capital markets transactions.
鈥淭he combination of a global leader in 星空体育app下载 and a best-in-class London platform in BH2 creates an enterprise that is particularly well-positioned to provide meaningful value to clients of varied types and sizes, Brookfield among them,” said Ben Brown, Managing Partner and Head of U.S. Office, Brookfield.
星空体育app下载 continues its focused effort to be the world鈥檚 most important capital markets business, advising investors at all levels of the capital stack鈥揵uying, selling, financing, total recapitalizations, as well as leasing of all asset types. 星空体育app下载 Group and BH2 share client relationships with companies including Brookfield, Blackstone, Tishman Speyer and Nuveen. The BH2 acquisition, which closed April 1, 2022, comes on the heels of recent 星空体育app下载 expansion announcements inclusive of acquisitions, hires and agreements across key global markets, including France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Hong Kong, and Dubai, in addition to London, where 星空体育app下载 had previously acquired retail specialist Harper Dennis Hobbs in 2019.
鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 be more excited to begin our journey in building throughout EMEA with such high-profile acquisitions as BH2, and retail advisory Harper Dennis Hobbs,鈥� remarked Gosin.
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星空体育app下载 Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (鈥溞强仗逵齛pp下载鈥�), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. 星空体育app下载鈥檚 comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform鈥檚 global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, 星空体育app下载 provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. 星空体育app下载 generated revenues in excess of $2.9 billion for the year ending December 31, 2021. 星空体育app下载鈥檚 company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 160 offices with over 6,200 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow .
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