Threadneedle calls in award-winning Bristol team to manage national portfolio

Commercial property management experts at Colliers International in Bristol have been appointed by Threadneedle Investments to act as managing agents on a nationwide property portfolio.

Mike Bull, head of the award-winning Broad Quay-based Investment Property Management team, said the appointment would further raise Colliers International’s profile at the highest levels of UK business.

He said: “Threadneedle is a major player in the industry and this is a great result for Colliers IPM.  The appointment reflects their confidence in our management offering.”

Threadneedle manages property assets of circa US$12.1bn (£7.1bn, Eur 8.9bn).  Threadneedle’s property team is one of the largest and most experienced in the UK with 24 investment professionals with an average 16 years’ of market experience.

Mike Bull said of the new instruction: “It’s great to be adding to our expanding list of high profile, nationwide clients to whom we provide property management services out of the Bristol office, underpinning our strong local client base.

“Threadneedle is a highly respected investor – we look forward to working with them and demonstrating what we’re capable of.”

The portfolio includes a number of shopping centres and office buildings throughout the UK.