JLL has appointed retail investment expert Nick Hart to its UK retail capital markets team.
He joins from Savills where he established and led the retail investment team. He was previously director in JLL’s shopping centre investment team between 1996 and 2004.
Hart, who joins the firm as an international director, has 22 years of retail property experience in the shopping centre investment market, transacting over 133 shopping centres accounting for £7.5bn of transactions.
'Nick is regarded as one of the most intelligent and trusted retail experts in the UK and it is fantastic to welcome him back to JLL. Nick’s experience combined with our wider retail and capital markets platform will make JLL the first choice for investors seeking advice,' commented Fraser Bowen, head of UK retail capital markets.
'Nick is a leader in his field. His appointment, alongside the return of Alistair Meadows to the UK to head up our capital markets team in January, puts us in a prime position to give our clients the best and most cutting edge investment advice and opportunities,' concluded Chris Ireland, JLL UK CEO.