James Speed
Jim is a partner in Shoosmiths’ real estate team with over 20 years’ experience specialising in investment and development work with a particular focus on industrial and logistics schemes. His recent experience includes: • Acting for a main market listed REIT on their c£500m investment UK portfolio in respect of acquisitions, disposals, financing arrangement and ongoing asset management; • Advising a regional developer on the strategic site assembly and realisation of a 1.5m sq ft logistics scheme in West Yorkshire and a c1m sq ft logistics scheme within South Yorkshire; • Acting on the forward funding and sale of two 500,000+ sq ft distribution warehouses within the M62 West Yorkshire corridor for a regional developer; • Acting for two different developers on the sale of 2 big box warehouse development sites in Yorkshire and the North East to a well known internet retailer; • Acting on the forward funding, development, letting and sale of a landmark office building within Leeds city centre; • Acting for a global property adviser on the disposal of its London office HQ. · Shoosmiths LLP
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Partner in Shoosmiths LLP's real estate team with over 20 years' experience specialising in real estate investment and development, with a particular focus on industrial and logistics schemes. Has acted on large-scale portfolio transactions, forward funding and sale of major distribution warehouses, big-box development site disposals, and office development and disposals.