Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), one of the UK’s leading commercial real estate consultancies, is expanding its Living and Build to Rent (BTR) regional capabilities, building on the success of its established London-centric offering and responding to the growing regional demand for BtR and Private Rented Sector (PRS) housing outside the capital.
This strategic move comes at a time when regional cities are experiencing a significant uptick in investment activity across the Living sector, driven by strong rental growth, changing lifestyle priorities, and a chronic undersupply of professionally managed rental stock.
Adding to the earlier in year hire of Elle Gray in Birmingham, and with the recent large scale Single Family Rental deals on behalf of Kennedy Wilson and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board under their belt already, LSH have now expanded into Leeds with the hire of Jack Robson from Allsop.
Elle and Jack, with a combined 20+ years’ experience in the Regional Residential Investment market, will continue to dispose and acquire stabilised opportunities in the PRS, whilst the support out of London enables a greater reach within BtR and Single Family Housing space.
Simon Wilson, Head of Living & Capital Markets at Lambert Smith Hampton, commented:
“Expanding our Living and Build to Rent regional capabilities is a natural evolution of our strategy and reflects where the market is heading. There is a genuine undersupply of quality rental homes in key UK cities and larger towns, and institutional investors are increasingly turning their attention to these high-growth locations.
With LSH's national reach and local expertise, we’re ideally positioned to help our clients unlock opportunities and deliver places people genuinely want to live, backed up by our parent group's capability in data generated from the 170,000 lettings that they transact annually.”
According to recent industry data, over 80,000 Multi Family BTR units are now in planning or under construction outside of London, with cities like Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and Bristol leading the charge. As affordability pressures continue to impact homeownership rates, the demand for professionally managed rental housing is only expected to increase.
LSH Living & Capital markets continued expansion will see new appointments and strengthened collaboration across its national network, ensuring clients receive market-leading insight and delivery from inception through to operation.
This strategic move comes at a time when regional cities are experiencing a significant uptick in investment activity across the Living sector, driven by strong rental growth, changing lifestyle priorities, and a chronic undersupply of professionally managed rental stock.
Adding to the earlier in year hire of Elle Gray in Birmingham, and with the recent large scale Single Family Rental deals on behalf of Kennedy Wilson and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board under their belt already, LSH have now expanded into Leeds with the hire of Jack Robson from Allsop.
Elle and Jack, with a combined 20+ years’ experience in the Regional Residential Investment market, will continue to dispose and acquire stabilised opportunities in the PRS, whilst the support out of London enables a greater reach within BtR and Single Family Housing space.
Simon Wilson, Head of Living & Capital Markets at Lambert Smith Hampton, commented:
“Expanding our Living and Build to Rent regional capabilities is a natural evolution of our strategy and reflects where the market is heading. There is a genuine undersupply of quality rental homes in key UK cities and larger towns, and institutional investors are increasingly turning their attention to these high-growth locations.
With LSH's national reach and local expertise, we’re ideally positioned to help our clients unlock opportunities and deliver places people genuinely want to live, backed up by our parent group's capability in data generated from the 170,000 lettings that they transact annually.”
According to recent industry data, over 80,000 Multi Family BTR units are now in planning or under construction outside of London, with cities like Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and Bristol leading the charge. As affordability pressures continue to impact homeownership rates, the demand for professionally managed rental housing is only expected to increase.
LSH Living & Capital markets continued expansion will see new appointments and strengthened collaboration across its national network, ensuring clients receive market-leading insight and delivery from inception through to operation.
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