Colliers International has poached JLL’s former head of Manchester to run its investment business in the North West.
Jonathan Mills, who spent 13 years at JLL, will join Colliers in the next few months. He will be based in its Manchester office and will concentrate on both buy and sell-side, advising funds, institutions and developers and working with the national investment team.
Colliers UK chief executive Tony Horrell said: “There is huge potential in the North West as we have already seen with recent deals for Schroders at City Tower and our appointment at Noma. Jonathan is the ideal candidate to lead our investment business there and successfully advise our clients during this exciting period.”
Andrew McFarlane, head of Colliers in Manchester, added: “We have been systematically strengthening our transactional team in Manchester, bringing in new talent like Nick Nelson, and market leaders like Mike Hawkins and Peter Gallagher. It has always been our intention to fill the investment role with one of the top performers in the market; so Jonathan joining the team will allow us to do that and help to us to continue to grow and develop in the North West.”
Mills was most recently a senior director in JLL’s West End investment team. Notable deals he has been involved with during his tenure include M&G’s £320m purchase of RBS’s 450,000 sq ft 1 Hardman Boulevard and its 240,000 sq ft office on Deansgate in Manchester; advising on the sale of Manchester’s 100,000 sq ft Chancery Place and Resolution’s acquisition of Great Northern Warehouse for £72m; and the Co-op’s £140m sale of One Angel Square. More recently, in central London Mills advised LaSalle Investment Management on the sale of Ryder Court, St James’s; Whittington Investment on the purchase of 97 New Bond Street; and IBRC on the sale of Warner Music’s HQ in Kensington.
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