Keith Barber

Data Centres

• Vantage Data Centers on the acquisition of a 158 acre former industrial site in Bridgend, South Wales for data centre development as a hyperscaler campus.
• SEGRO on its purchase of Bath Road Retail Park from Royal London for GBP 120m for data centre redevelopment.

Living

• Aermont Capital on the formation of its joint venture with Moda Living to launch a GBP 1bn+  PBSA platform in the UK. 
• DTZ Investors on the acquisition and development of 352 co-living units at Brent Cross Town.
• AM Alpha on the forward funding of its 220 unit build to rent development of Westminster Works in Birmingham valued at approx. GBP 50m.
• DTZ Investors on a forward funding of 143 unit PRS scheme at Blossom Street, Manchester for GBP 30m.    
• Dolphin Living on its acquisition and development of affordable housing units across a number of schemes within Greater London.
• Urban & Civic plc on various strategic land acquisitions for residential development in Rugby, Corby and Cambridge

Industrial & Logistics

• SEGRO on the disposal of half of a 30 acre former Nestle factory in Hayes West London to Barratt London (for a development of 1500 units), including complex planning (given heritage elements) and overage provisions. Acting on the pre-lets agreements to various industrial occupiers.
• SEGRO on a number of its development sites within their “East Plus” portfolio with the Greater London Authority.

Offices

• CBRE on its new HQ at Henrietta House, which included an entire site re-design and redevelopment for total area of 144,500 sq ft over 10 floors.
• Great Portland Estates on its development at 2 Aldermanbury Square (let to Clifford Chance LLP) in the City of London.
• LendLease on the pre-lets to Cancer Research UK and The British Council for Building S9 at The International Quarter, Stratford and its forward funding disposal to DWS for GBP 240m.
• Patrizia on its HQ relocation to 24 Endell Street and letting of the studio space in the basement to ITV Studios.
• Lendlease/Bovis on its HQ relocation to 1 Eversholt St.

Retail

• Battersea Power Station on a number of pre-let agreements to F&B/retail operators.