Posted by Zoe Boddy-McEwen
Posted 25 January, 2016 OBI NEWS
Today OBI Property announced it completed over 400,000 sq ft of landlord lettings and acquired circa 150,000 sq ft of office space on behalf of its impressive collection of occupier clients. The results confirm OBI Property’s position as the most prolific leasing advisor in central Manchester. The firm advises some of the region’s most exciting businesses such as NCC Group, Rentalcars.com, AO.World and Squires Patton Boggs Solicitors.
Figures compiled by the Manchester Office Agents Forum (MOAF) show OBI Property topping the leagues for both landlord disposals and tenant acquisition work; well ahead of the large national and international firms operating in the city.
| MOAF League Tables |
| Landlord leasing disposals |
|
Sq Ft Transacted |
Number of Deals |
| 1 |
OBI |
400,642 |
67 |
| 2 |
Edwards & Co |
252,430 |
107 |
| 3 |
CBRE |
248,108 |
35 |
| 4 |
Savills |
226,809 |
20 |
| 5 |
Cushmans |
218,662 |
53 |
| 6 |
JLL |
189,045 |
33 |
| 7 |
WHR |
159,115 |
68 |
| 8 |
CON |
127,550 |
47 |
| 9 |
BGVA |
119,994 |
18 |
| 10 |
Colliers |
92,460 |
19 |
| 11 |
TSG |
87,775 |
12 |
| 12 |
Knight Frank |
48,469 |
12 |
| 13 |
M&G |
23,850 |
4 |
| MOAF League Tables |
| Tenant acquisitions |
|
Sq Ft Transacted |
Number of Deals |
| 1 |
OBI |
141,535 |
11 |
| 2 |
Knight Frank |
86,552 |
6 |
| 3 |
JLL |
56,253 |
2 |
| 4 |
Savills |
45,780 |
4 |
| 5 |
Cushmans |
44,882 |
6 |
| 6 |
Colliers |
40,191 |
5 |
| 7 |
WHR |
21,230 |
4 |
| 8 |
CBRE |
17,377 |
3 |
| 9 |
M&G |
12,343 |
3 |
| 10 |
LSH |
6,600 |
1 |
| 11 |
TSG |
5,641 |
1 |
| 12 |
Edwards & Co |
5,555 |
1 |
| 13 |
BNP Paribas |
5,094 |
1 |
Richard Lace, Transactions & Asset Management team, OBI Property said: “Without doubt 2015 was a strong year for the business and we are particularly humbled by our position at the top of the Manchester Office Agents Forum league tables.
“With the recent trend of mergers and acquisitions rife within the world of real estate consultancies, there appears to be a misconception that size translates to quality. Our consistent results prove that clients still want a personal touch and as a boutique, OBI provide the highest quality advice and client care which ensures our clients are successful. We know our market inside out, we’re flexible and we care – on average we’re converting 1-2 deals a week and our occupier work has grown rapidly throughout the UK. We disrupt the conventional approach to the property market, we are proudly independent, and apply the OBI difference to everything we do.”
Looking forward to the year ahead, OBI Property is confident it will to perform strongly.
Richard continued: “The coming year shows no signs of slowing down, we’ve already converted the Squire Patton Boggs deal, recently been instructed on 22-24 Fountain Street totalling 22,150 sq ft and our workplace and building consultancy departments are working on some great schemes