Our work covers all aspects of the commercial sector...
Offices
We create workplaces that reflect our clients’
business goals while providing stimulating and appealing places in
which to work. Capita Symonds has been involved in some of the UK’s
largest office developments, including BBC North at MediaCityUK in
Salford, headquarters buildings for firms such as Eversheds and
Stryker UK, and workplace strategies for major employers such as
Network Rail.
Sport, Leisure & Culture
Sport is used as a tool for delivering many
social and economic agendas, whether this is through development of
facilities, improvement of services or attracting major sporting
events. Our work covers three main areas:
- Facility Development: the
challenges facing public and private sector clients are varied. In
the UK, the public sector faces challenges around maintaining an
ageing stock of facilities. Decisions on whether to maintain
existing facilities or to rationalise and develop new ones are all
the more pressing in the face of current spending cuts. Delivering
more financially sustainable facilities and services is a top
priority.
- Major Events: hosting of
major sporting events is increasingly seen as means to market a
host city or country. Event hosting is linked to wider economic
agendas and destination marketing. Many emerging economies see it
as a means to elevate their status on a global stage. However, the
highest profile events require significant investment by the hosts
in terms of bid costs, development of infrastructure required to
host the events and the costs of hosting and ultimately
underwriting the events.
- Management &
Procurement: increasing numbers of local authorities are
looking to outsource the management of their leisure services to
achieve long-term contractual savings. This is something that has
become increasingly important due to recent cuts in budgets for
these services. There are immediate savings that can be made by
many authorities where facilities are currently operated ‘in
house’.
Retail
Retail is the barometer of the UK economy –
the success of our high streets and shopping centres is directly
attributable to the amount of money the nation has to spend.
Capita Symonds intuitively understands a retail brand’s
requirements in terms of finding the right property in the right
location in order to maximise sales and increase profitability. As
well as providing investment advice and managing high street
shopping precincts, prime shopping centres and regional retail
parks across the UK, we also design and project manage a range of
developments, including retail centres in the UK, Europe and Middle
East and global store roll-outs for luxury lifestyle brands such as
Mulberry, Louis Vuitton and Harrods.
Hotels
Capita Symonds is currently working in partnership with hotel
developer Oxford Hotels and real estate investment vehicle Equiture
to specifically target investment and asset management
opportunities across the £10bn hotel sector.
The partnership focuses on outright acquisitions of hotel
investments and developments with equity partners, as well as
opportunities to work with banks and other stakeholders to asset
manage and turn around hotels in their ‘workout’ portfolios.