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Andrew is a partner in the housing team at Ward Hadaway.

Andrew primarily acts for property developers and lenders both regionally and nationally based, including PLCs, private companies and individuals. His exposure during the course of his career to many high value and complex property deals has seen him develop excellent project management and structuring skills, able to advise on all aspects of the life of a property asset, with a particular specialism as a leader in commercial, residential and mixed use developments and development finance.

Andrew’s in-depth understanding of the strategic drivers, risks and opportunities integral to  property transactions means that his clients look on him as a dedicated and trusted extension of their own internal teams, adding value quickly and staying involved on a daily basis, driving solutions and managing expectations. Andrew takes pride in a no-nonsense and commercially driven approach, and regularly facilitates carefully selected introductions and opportunities for clients and contacts.

Experience

Andrew has been based in the North West commercial property market with a national reach since the mid-1990s, with particular specialism in development projects and finance.

Andrew advises across a broad range of sectors including housebuilding, urban residential development, retail, financial services,  office, leisure, industrial, mixed uses, construction, planning, regeneration and environmental.

Andrew’s work includes:

  • Large scale residential developments (including collaborations, promotions and strategic options)
  • Commercial and Mixed Use Developments
  • Urban Residential Development and Residential Capital Markets
  • £45m promotion, development, forward sale & funding of prime logistics site.
  • Commercial Sales and Purchases
  • Lending and Finance for Residential and Commercial Developments
  • Joint Ventures
  • Portfolio and Project Management
  • Co-ordination of complimentary disciplines including planning, construction, infrastructure, finance, corporate and tax within property based transactions
  • Investment and Corporate Real Estate

Some recent projects Andrew has advised on include:

  • Various large residential developments separately often costing hundreds of millions of pounds in acquisition and development often providing between 300 and 1,000 homes per site and strategic infrastructure
  • Acquisition, development, finance and disposal of large city centre towers (some with hundreds of apartments) with mixed use facilities
  • £42m investment sale of commercial warehouse premises in the North West
  • Site acquisition and lettings, funding and investment sale for convenience retail and mixed developments around the North West including city centre
  • Development, lettings and refinance of drive-to retail and industrial developments
  • Various multi-million pound residential housing development finance for numerous large sites in and around the North West
  • £19m refinance of commercial industrial development in the North West
  • £14m refinance of commercial investment property in the North West
  • £10m refinance of residential property investment portfolio
  • £10m refinance of city centre retail investment in the North West