College and Education
As your trusted adviser, we know that the day-to-day running of your educational estate, and its long-term planning, matters.
As long-standing property investment managers to Trinity College, we knew it wanted investments with exceptional rates of long-term return.
So when the prospect of buying the O2 Arena for £24 million, to show an index-linked return in excess of 6%, we jumped at the chance.
Leading the way as the largest and most experienced consultancy offering services to universities, colleges and independent schools.
1850 's
Advisers to university colleges for over 170 years
75 %
Cambridge university colleges we advise
65 %
Oxford university colleges we advise
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We attended the ISBA conference on the 24th & 25th May 2023
Our experts were on hand to advise on; master planning, estate strategy, funding, project management, sustainability, building surveying, planning policy and application advice.
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AWARDS
- Listed building refurbishment - Won Cambridge Conservation and Heritage Award (Peterhouse College, 34-36 Trumpington St, Cambridge)
- The Dorothy Wadham Building, Wadham College Conservation award, Oxford Preservation Awards
- H B Allen Project of the year 2020, Ox Prop Awards
- The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre RIBA South Award 2018
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