CASE STUDIES

Bidwells was instructed to acquire YASA’s new 4,000 sq m production facility on the Oxford Industrial Park, project managed the specialist fit out, and marketed their previous buildings.

Bidwells is the retained marketing agent on Grove Business Park, leasing existing stock and speculative/bespoke new offices, hi-tech and B1c/B8 buildings.

Bidwells project managed the delivery of the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, set in the listed gardens of Worcester College.

The Stephen Perse Foundation welcomed Bidwells’ offer to work with them in partnership, with a view to becoming coeducational.

Oxford Technology Park is a 21.5 acre (8.2 ha) campus to the north of Oxford city with capacity for a multi-unit development totalling 40,000sq m (400,000 sq ft) of Grade A offices and high-tech buildings capable of providing laboratory R&D and production uses.

Provide building survey and dilapidation assessment reports on 61 properties as part of a proposed portfolio acquisition. The properties were nationwide and ranged from large detached former schools, to tenant fit out units within a nationwide gym chain.

Bidwells was instructed to inspect all Bellerbys College Campuses to report on teaching and accommodation buildings in a consistent format.

Planned maintenance instruction to inspect of all properties, including external elements, common parts and mechanical and electrical installations to advise on a 10 year maintenance strategy. Reports were required in six weeks to inform the client’s budgeting. The instruction was extended to producing predicted life cycles for principal elements, such as roofs and windows. A team of seven surveyors were used.

Following on from the dilapidations process and subsequent refurbishment of the buildings, Bidwells advised on the likely works and expenditure required to maintain the building over the next 15 years.