Drivers Jonas has been appointed by Barts and the London NHS Trust to provide property advice for its retained estate.
The Trust’s estate comprises St Bartholomew’s in the City (Britain’s oldest hospital founded 1123), The Royal London in Whitechapel (founded 1740), and The London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green (founded 1740).
The Trust is a teaching hospital, working closely with The Medical School to train Doctors and Dentists. The Trust employs some 10,000 people including some of Britain’s leading medical specialists.
The Trust’s full portfolio of specialist centres includes the country’s biggest heart attack centre, leading edge cancer specialists, one of the UK’s largest hospitals, and a highly successful fertility centre.
The Trust is planning to development new hospitals on both The Royal London and St Bartholomew’s sites.
Following final approval of the PFI scheme by the Department of Health in March 2006, construction is now underway on both sites. The development proposals are spread over three phases with the final phase of construction set to complete in 2016.
DJ will provide estate strategy advice in respect of the retained estate including: maxmising income through property assets; planning advice in respect of earmarked sites for disposal or retention with reference to the UDP/Local Development Framework; general town planning advice.
The DJ team is led by Mike Jones, Jon Milward and Martin West from the DJ health sector team.
Lead Partner Mike Jones said: “We are delighted to win this commission despite tough competition. It supplements the work we are doing with other London estates and demonstrates DJ’s extensive experience in this complicated and challenging London development arena.”
