Acquisition Service

David, a former Chairman of the 100 Property Club, has worked as a specialist commercial property agent focused on the M3, M4 and A3 corridors since 1988, with much of his career spent at Vail Williams. He later became a director/owner of Wadham & Isherwood (Camberley/Farnham) before merging with Curchod & Co.

Based in the Camberley office, David specialises in business space agency and provides investment & development advice, primarily focused in Surrey, the Blackwater Valley/M3 and Hampshire markets.

David’s experience includes advising a wide range of industrial and office occupiers and landlords including: St.Modwen, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, CBRE Investment Management, Segro, Stihl GB, The AA, Panasonic, Acal Plc, Hitachi Home Electronic, USS, Surrey County Council, Surrey Heath Borough Council, Schroeder’s, DTZ Investment Management, Hermes, Investream, Chancerygate, Aviva and Kier.

Notable successes include:
• Investment Acquisition – Advising Surrey Heath Borough Council in the acquisition of Trade City, a 100,000 sq ft industrial estate in Frimley
• Industrial property disposal – advising St Modwen plc on the regeneration of a 300,000 sq ft development at Henley Park, near Guildford, in four phases, including 25 unit sales and lettings
• Expert witness – representing Columbia Threadneedle in a successful planning appeal
• Office acquisition – advising nDreams, a leading gaming company, on the acquisition of 20,000 sq ft of offices in Spectrum Point, Farnborough
• Office property sale – the sale of a 32,500 sq ft office in Watchmoor Park, Camberley on behalf of BMO Real Estate Partners
• Strategic advice – Winnersh Triangle, Winnersh. Advising Segro Plc, over a period of 12 years, regarding property disposal and redevelopment advice for five phases of office and industrial redevelopment of the business park
• The acquisition of a new 40,000 sq ft performing art facility in central Woking for Italia Conti, the world’s oldest performing arts college

Away from the office, David is a keen golfer and is developing an interest in barbecuing and smoking meat!

Nick is a Chartered Surveyor and has over 20 years of experience working in commercial property consultancy, having started his career at Wadham & Isherwood, where he became a partner/owner of the firm, which merged with Curchod & Co in 2018. As a partner of Curchod & Co, he is involved in setting the strategic direction of the business.

Nick specialises in the acquisition and disposal of commercial property, specifically within the South East market where he has built a diverse range of corporate clients, undertaking acquisition and disposal work in the industrial, logistics and office markets. He has a reputation for negotiating the best possible lease terms or purchase price for clients, while at the same time ensuring occupational timescales are adhered to.

Clients include:
• QinetiQ
• BAE Systems
• Smithers
• American Express
• Hermes Investment Management
• Aberdeen Standard
• Airbus

With a strong reputation in the market, Nick is also a trusted adviser for a number of local authority clients including Waverley, Guildford, Rushmoor and East Hampshire Borough Councils, providing strategic property advice as well as agency and Landlord & Tenant consultancy.

Notable recent achievements include: –
• Advising global testing services specialist, Smithers in the acquisition of two freehold sites in Leatherhead totalling 40,000 sq ft and disposing of a 1-acre development site
• Acting on behalf of Aberdeen Standard Investments to dispose of a multi-let industrial investment portfolio totalling around £8m
• Letting 10,000 sq ft of office space to logistics firm, Whistl at Spectrum Point, Farnborough
• Selling The Enterprise Centre, Farnham, a 20,000 sq ft multi-let investment to Waverley Borough Council

Outside work, Nick is a huge surfing enthusiast, and loves swimming, walking his dog, snowboarding and spending time in the mountains.

A Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Richard qualified as a General Practice Surveyor in 2001 and has worked in Surrey for over 25 years, predominantly handling the acquisition and disposal of commercial premise acting on behalf of local occupiers and Institutional Investors.

He joined Curchod & Co in 2009 to expand the commercial property department and became a Partner in 2011.

Richard’s key clients include:
• The Rutland Group
• Dunsfold Park
• Schroders
• Railway Pension Nominees
• St James Place UK Plc
• Orchard Street Investment Management LLP
• The Milton Group, British Airways Pension Investment Management
• Canmoor
• Royal London Asset Management
• HSS
• Elmbridge Borough Council
• Woking Borough Council

Notable successes include:
• Acting on behalf of AIM Aviation in the disposal of their 70,000 sq ft building in Byfleet
• Acting on behalf of Dunsfold Park in the letting of 500,000 sq ft of existing buildings and The Simpson Buildings, a speculative 100,000 sq ft development of warehouse and production properties, with 50% pre-let prior to completion
• Acting on behalf of Schroders at Woking Business Park, retained letting agents, handling negotiations on their behalf for land which was required for the new Sheerwater access road
• Acting on behalf of Railway Pension Nominees as letting agent for Octimum and Kingswey Business Park, in addition to advice regarding rent review and lease renewal negotiations

Piers is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years experience of advising on commercial property in the South East of England. Prior to joining Curchod & Co, Piers was a principal and Head of South East Offices at Avison Young, director and Head of Office Agency at Capita Plc and a national director at JLL. He began his career at King Sturge in 2000 and became a partner in 2008 before the merger with JLL.

Piers specialises in the South East office market, acting for funds, developers, investors and property companies. He also advises a wide range of occupiers, from large global occupiers to SMEs and small start-up companies, in the acquisition of office space.

He has acted on some of the region’s premier office schemes, including:
• The Heights, Brooklands for M&G
• Ruskin Square in Croydon for Schroders and Stanhope
• Arlington Square in Bracknell for Arlington
• Cathedral Square, Guildford for Europa and Ediston (Investment)
• Frimley Business Park for Rushmoor Borough Council (Investment)
• Sovereign Gate in Richmond for Watkin Property Ventures (Investment, redevelopment and leasing)

Piers also has significant experience as an Expert Witness on matters of employment use and office space in the South East. This work normally revolves around a change of use, viability and demand matters. Projects, where he has appeared as an Expert Witness, include the planning inquiry on the ERA Site, Cleeve Road, Leatherhead and at the online planning inquiry for Tolworth Tower on behalf of the appellant.

Piers also has extensive occupier experience, having represented several corporate clients including GSK, Cubix PSI, Capita, Thales, Network Rail, O2, Orange, Pfizer and Brewin Dolphin.

A Chartered Surveyor, and RICS Registered Valuer, with over 15 years’ experience working in commercial property consultancy, Keith began his career at Dreweatt Neate in Andover, Hampshire and is a director in the Basingstoke office.

As a general practice surveyor, Keith has a wide experience in all aspects of agency transactions and professional work including rent reviews, lease renewals and valuations. His core area of operation is across Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey where he has built a wide range of clients including:
• London & Scottish
• Howard Tenens
• M7 Real Estate
• Mileway
• Britax Excelsior
• St Modwen
• West Berkshire Council

Notable achievements include:
• Advising Tenens Property in the disposal of Ascent 40 & 100, two vacant industrial / warehouse units in Andover totalling over 130,000 sq ft
• Negotiating a rent review, a lease surrender and a re-grant of the lease on behalf of M S George Ltd, the tenant of a 20,000 sq ft industrial premises at Units 5 & 6, Albone Way, Biggleswade
• Acting on behalf of London & Scottish to dispose of the Freehold interest in Guilbert House, a 35,000 sq ft office building set in a 2.2-acre plot in Andover
• Providing continuing agency and lease advisory services on the St Martins Trade Park in Winchester, a multi-let industrial / trade estate of 15 units totalling 45,000 sq ft
• Assisting Graduate Surveyors to pass their Assessment of Professional Competence (APC)

Away from work, Keith enjoys running, cricket, holidays and spending time with his family.

Agency together with Development and Investment sales and acquisitions.

Notable sales include;

Sale of site in Houndmills Basingstoke of about 11 acres redeveloped as GAME’s HQ.

5 acres for Macmillan to Kier which became Logistics City in Basingstoke.

Sale of site for housing in Odiham – 20 acres to Persimmon/Charles Church.

Sale of site to Taylor Wimpey following a complicated option. 7 acres near Farnham.

Sale of 11 acres for ITT to St Modwen. Now St Modwen Park Basingstoke.

Subsequent Agency for 186,000 sq.ft. of warehousing/logistics plus 2 retail pods, all fully let.

Obtained Diploma in Estate Management at Bristol Poly in 1975.

Joined Government’s Property Services Agency and became qualified ARICS in 1978 and worked in Reading, then London.

Joined Pearsons in 1981.

Became an Associate in 1985.

Pearsons sold to the Prudential in 1987

Became FRICS in 1989.

MBO from Prudential. 

Set up London Clancy with Mark Clancy in December 1990.

Offices initially in Guildford and Basingstoke.

Then Camberley , Southampton and Winchester.

London Clancy became part of the Curchod & Co family in 2021.

Interests outside work

Family – 3 grown up daughters.

Avid but very average tennis player.

Rotary Club of Basingstoke. President in 1999/2000.

Theatre.

Alex Blown is a Chartered Surveyor for Curchod & Co, based in the Farnham office.

Alex acts on behalf of both Tenants and Landlords in relation to various commercial property activities such as lettings, disposals and acquisitions and lease advisory. Some of Alex’s notable achievements include in 2022 disposing of a 2 acre site, Heathy Park Reservoir, with a simultaneous exchange and completion occurring only 13 days following the site first being marketed; acting on behalf of M7 Real Estate in the leasehold disposal of Mill Lane Industrial Estate, Alton and Bordon Trading Estate; acting on behalf of Threadneedle in the leasehold disposal of The Millenium Centre, Farnham.

Before joining Curchod & Co, Alex graduated with first class honours in Property Development from the University of Portsmouth.

Tom Nurton is a Chartered Surveyor who is based in the Basingstoke Office. Tom has previous experience working in both the Woking and Weybridge offices at Curchod & Co.

Tom studied Property Development (an RICS accredited course) at the University of Portsmouth from 2015 and graduated in July 2019 with a First-Class Honours degree. During his university studies, Tom undertook a 14-month sandwich placement at Holloway Illife & Mitchell in Portsmouth from June 2017 to July 2018, where he worked within the Commercial Property industry dealing mainly with Commercial Agency, and also assisted with Property Management and Valuation tasks. Tom joined Curchod & Co in July 2019 and in November 2021, he passed his RICS APC interview and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor.

Tom’s job role is based with dealing with Commercial Property Agency matters, as well as dealing with Professional Work including: Commercial Property Rent Reviews and Lease Renewals.

A few examples of Tom’s work achievements include:-

• Dealing with the surrender of a lease to Santander and a simultaneous grant of a new lease to Pret A Manger at the retail premises known as Unit 2, 9-11 High Street, Weybridge.
• Dealing with multiple lettings of industrial and hi-tech 50/50 units at Boundary Business Centre, Woking equating to an approximate total size of 6,000 sq ft.
• Sale of 12 & 12A Dukes Ride, Crowthorne
• Completed Commercial Property Lease Renewals and Rent Reviews for multiple Landlords clients.
• Assisted the Commercial Management team where he gained experience within this department from June 2021 to May 2022.

Outside of work, Tom is a massive football fan who supports Arsenal FC and plays 5-a-side football on a weekly basis. Tom also enjoys running, and has completed three half marathons, as well as playing golf and enjoys spending time away down on the coast of England.

Katie qualified as a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in October 2016 and as an RICS Registered Valuer in 2018. Katie joined Curchod and Co commercial property team in Weybridge and Woking at in 2014, having spent previous years working in the property industry in estate agency in Surrey.

Katie is a multi-disciplinary chartered surveyor within the commercial property team and is responsible for matters relating to commercial property professional work, primarily valuations for pension funds, asset management, taxation and accounting purposes, lease renewals and rent reviews, as well as advisory work including acquisitions and disposals for specific clients.

Notable achievements include:
• Disposing of a portfolio of commercial and residential regulated tenancies freehold investment properties on behalf of a management client
• Joint expert witness valuation report of a complex portfolio of mixed-use properties

Katie enjoys spending time with family and friends, and likes the great outdoors, including running when she gets the chance!

Tom is a qualified Chartered Surveyor, having passed his APC in 2022. He has obtained an undergraduate degree in Business and Management from the University of the West of England, before joining London Clancy in 2016 as a Trainee Surveyor. Whilst working he was also studying for a part time Real Estate Management Masters Course at the University of Portsmouth. 

Tom works predominantly in the agency department specialising in the acquisition and disposal of commercial property in Basingstoke and surrounding areas. Tom also has experience in conducting professional work, including lease renewals, rent reviews and valuations.   

Tom spends the majority of his spare time either following Southampton FC, or being active outdoors, recently completing the London Marathon.   

Josie has over twenty years of experience of lettings and management within the Blackwater Valley’s commercial property market. Prior to joining Curchod & Co in 2021, she managed a portfolio of commercial properties for the Pears Group.

Josie’s extensive experience is of great benefit to her clients.  Her in-depth knowledge of the local market and the occupiers based in the area has enabled her to  build lasing working relationships within the business community.

She has a strong focus on the local office and industrial market, working closely with start-ups and SMEs which has  helped achieve prompt lettings and in some cases no void periods for the client.

Due to Josie’s excellent relationship with her former employers and tenants in their buildings she continues to act on their behalf on a number of their properties.

In her free time, Josie loves to be outdoors, whether this is exploring the Basingstoke Canal in her Kayak, taking part in outside fitness classes or playing football with her children.

Ed graduated from Northumbria University, Newcastle with an RICS accredited BSc Hons in Real Estate in 2019, having studied a range of topics including professional practice, planning and development, valuations and investment to name a few. At a young age Ed had the opportunity to move to Singapore where he became fascinated by the scale of development, and which subsequently led him into a career in the property industry.  He spent a year in residential agency in Farnham, as well as completing a winter season working in the Austrian Alps after graduating.

 Having joined Curchod & Co / London Clancy in 2022 as a Graduate Surveyor in Basingstoke, he is now broadening his knowledge and skills working on lease renewals, rent reviews, valuations and commercial agency, and is enrolled in the commercial pathway towards completing his APC.

 Ed enjoys many sports including skiing, football, squash, tennis, motorsport, golf and rugby, and makes trips over to Cardiff for the six nations and autumn internationals every year.

Joseph is a Graduate Surveyor, who joined in September 2022 working in commercial property agency based in the Woking Office. Joseph graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a Second-Class Honours; Upper Division degree in BSc (Hons) Real Estate (RICS Accredited).

Joseph is currently in the process of gaining his RICS Chartered Status. He is gaining experience in leasing and letting, negotiation, measurement, inspections, landlord and tenant relationship and Valuations.

In his spare time Joseph enjoys going to the pub, playing golf, going to music events and skiing.