MEET SCOTLAND’S RETAIL A-TEAM
Property agents Cushman & Wakefield have picked up the Retail agency team of the year
title at the Scottish Property Awards organised by leading trade paper Property Week.
The team, which is headed by Stuart Moncur, who was also nominated for Newcomer of the Year,
impressed judges with its performance in a dazzling year in which it handled high profile
lettings such as Apple’s first Scottish flagship store in Buchanan Street, Glasgow and
the letting of 33 Princes Street, Edinburgh to Mexx for their first store in Scotland.
Other successes include winning the instructions to handle the two most significant city
centre redevelopments in Scotland, St James Shopping Centre, Edinburgh and the St Enoch Centre,
Glasgow. The only firm of agents to be involved in both developments, the team is currently
advising on 14 shopping centres in total in Scotland.
Total income generated by the team increased by 100% in 2006, with over 50% of income coming
from existing clients.
Stuart Moncur, Head of the Retail Team, said: “Cushman & Wakefield is the No1.
Retail Agency in Europe, in the UK and now in Scotland too and we are absolutely delighted to
win this prestigious award.
“As part of the global Cushman & Wakefield network we have access to an
exceptionally high quality of information which has played a key role in persuading
international retailers to open new stores in Scotland – for example the letting to Mexx
on Princes Street came from a relationship a colleague in our Amsterdam office had with
Mexx’s headquarters.
“Equally our success has been down to the strength of our team who have worked very
hard to get to where we are today.
“With such dramatic growth in our activities in the past year, we are always looking
to add quality to our team as we continue to build and develop our retail presence in
Scotland.”
John Hamilton, Head of Scotland said: “Stuart has done a magnificent job since taking
over as Head of the Retail team in 2005. His dynamism and enthusiasm have helped to deliver
outstanding results for our clients.”
The current Cushman & Wakefield Retail Team in Scotland is Stuart Moncur, Fiona
MacFadyen, Ross Wilkie, Isla Monteith and Steph Dorward.
Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Team was also one of the finalists in the
Scottish Property Awards but narrowly missed out on the Investment team of the year award.