B8 Real Estate expand team amidst record demand

B8 Real Estate - Simon Wood, left, with Joe Sinclair.

B8 Real Estate, the North’s leading industrial property agents, have expanded their award-winning capital markets team with the appointment of Joe Sinclair as Investment Surveyor.

Joe joins from North West property company Bruntwood, where he spent three years on the transactional team within their portfolio. An RICS-qualified Chartered Surveyor, he previously gained an MSc in Real Estate Development from the University of Westminster.

At B8 Real Estate, he will be working with a wide variety of developer and investor clients and based at its office in Daresbury, Cheshire. His appointment comes amidst booming demand for warehousing and manufacturing space, with the total value of investment deals in the North West having reached £695m in 2020, up 37% on the previous year.

Simon Wood, who leads the capital markets team at B8 Real Estate, said: “We are delighted to welcome Joe to our growing team. His arrival comes at a really exciting time for the industrial and distribution property market, and the region as a whole. With investment demand for industrial at record levels, Joe and the team will be playing an important role in the continued growth of this sector in the North West.”