Sven is a Partner based in our Glasgow office and is responsible for the agency team in Scotland at Newmark. He joined Newmark in 1998 and has a broad depth of experience in agency and development work. This has involved complex transactions, disposals and acquisitions with instructions throughout Scotland and the north of England.
Sven has advised on numerous transactions including sales, purchases and lettings as well as development appraisal and valuation advice, primarily within the industrial and office sectors. He also provides corporate advice to a variety of clients and has been involved with a number of investment transactions including multi-asset property portfolios.
Throughout Scotland, and into the north of England, Sven has carried out various property acquisitions and disposals of leasehold and heritable (freehold) interests for office, industrial, hotel and development properties.
The clients he has acted and continues to act on behalf of include major PLCs, local companies and NHS trusts.
Key clients
- AG Barr
- Northern Trust
- British Car Auctions
- Hertz
- Arthur J Gallagher
- Michelin
- Holcim
- EDF Energy
- Yodel
- Scottish Ambulance Service
- Whitbread
- Tarmac
- PSA Peugeot Citroen
- Brakes
- ATS Euromaster
- Ocado
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- Chivas
Recent projects
- KPMG acting as administrators – Sven was instructed as the marketing agent/adviser by KPMG for property including a series of buildings on an 11-acre site, the majority of which were purpose designed/built to house a significant amount of machinery for timber production. He carried out a full open market campaign including direct targeting to potential occupiers and developers. The selling price achieved was very good and the clients were delighted with the outcome and advice provided.
- Chivas Brothers (part of Pernod Ricard group) – He acted on the search and acquisition of new headquarter offices in Glasgow on a leasehold basis. Following an extensive search and evaluation exercise, Sven secured premises in Blythswood Square and negotiated a favourable deal for the 28,000 sq ft building.
- Arthur J Gallagher – Sven acted on the search and acquisition relative to the consolidation of several offices for them in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. He advised on the lease exits of the existing premises and assisted with acquiring offices of 20,000 sq ft in Glasgow and 10,000 sq ft in Edinburgh on a leasehold basis.
- Yodel – He has advised the management team on matters for Yodel for a number of years and this has included the disposal of premises in Inverness, Aberdeen, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Newbridge, Irvine and other locations. He has also advised on the freehold acquisitions of warehouse premises in Kilmarnock and a 100,000 sq ft warehouse property in Livingston, which was subsequently described by their MD at the time as their ‘best depot yet’. Sven subsequently won an industry award for ‘Industrial Deal of the Year’ for that particular transaction.
