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This publication has been produced through the collaboration of recruitment and training experts from real estate firms across the industry.
It has been specifically designed for students looking to apply for graduate schemes or work experience during 2010. It offers a comprehensive guide to the contributors' schemes and includes real life case studies. CONTENTS PAGE
Page no Accepts applications from non RICS accredited degrees
An Introduction to “Careers in Property” by Tony Cheetham, Sheffield 3 - Hallam University
Becoming a Professional; the pathway to success. A guide to the RICS 4 - APC Routes by Prof. Nick French, Oxford Brookes University
Business Skills at the Core of a Career in Property by Eamonn D’Arcy, 8 - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Postgraduate property courses by Paul Royston, Nottingham Trent 9 - University
Company Index 10 -
Format of profile pages and key to APC Pathway abbreviations used in this 11 - booklet
Allsop 12 ü
BNP Paribas Real Estate 14 ü
CBRE 16 x
Cluttons 18 x
Colliers CRE 20 ü
Cushman & Wakefield 22 ü
Drivers Jonas 24 x
DTZ 26 ü
Gerald Eve 28 x
Grosvenor 30 ü
GVA Grimley 32 ü
Jones Lang LaSalle 34 ü
King Sturge 36 ü
Knight Frank 38 x
Lambert Smith Hampton 40 ü
NB Real Estate 42 x
Savills 44 ü
Careers in Property 2010 2 Careers in Property
A career as a Chartered Surveyor is an extremely interesting and diverse one within a dynamic and forward looking profession. By reading this document, you will probably be considering this as an option - maybe you are actively seeking employment, researching employers for future reference, or perhaps you are at the beginning - wondering if this profession offers you the opportunities that are right for you?
You will probably know that all the firms featured in this publication are the 'A' list of the surveying profession. All of them offer you the opportunity to progress quickly, take responsibility within a supportive environment and ultimately to develop expertise enabling you to enjoy a varied, interesting and rewarding career. A career as a Chartered Surveyor is a demanding one, but it gives you a professional status recognised globally and there are significant rewards for those individuals who work hard to make the most of their potential.
My advice to you is to take control and be proactive in order to discover which area of the profession most interests you. Research the firms you are interested in and the opportunities that they offer. The profession is looking for capable and competent individuals, with good team working skills, a professional, hard working, positive attitude and a capacity to innovate in order to improve the service it offers.
If you are studying a RICS accredited course, seek every opportunity to actively engage with employers. Take advantage of professional placement opportunities or inter-semester work experience; attend career events and improve your employability skills. You should of course also enrol as a student member of RICS and get involved whilst studying.
The recruitment market is tough at the moment, but the firms represented in this publication are actively recruiting and seeking individuals with the potential for advancement to senior positions. They are investing for future growth as economic conditions improve. The potential for the surveying profession over the next few years is enormous, so be a part of it and I wish you every success.
Tony Cheetham Chartered Surveyor/ Senior Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University offer a diverse range of RICS accredited Undergraduate and Postgraduate study programmes. For further details relating to MSc, BSc (Hons) and other available options within our portfolio please see our website at www.shu.ac.uk/built/surveying or email me at [email protected] or my colleague Stuart Smith at [email protected]
Careers in Property 2010 3 Becoming a Professional; the pathway to success A guide to the RICS APC Routes1
Nick French, Professor in Real Estate, Oxford Brookes University
“A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it”. Alistair Cooke
Introduction
When embarking upon a degree accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), many students see this as a defined and discrete part of their surveying education whether this is a three year undergraduate (UG) programme or a one year postgraduate (PG) conversion degree. And, whilst a good real estate degree does provide you with transferable core skills and business knowledge, for those students who choose to remain in real estate, it is only the first part of the process of becoming a Chartered Surveyor.
The degree should be viewed as part of a five year (UG) or three year (PG) training programme. It is a modern apprenticeship. The degree is followed by a period of, normally, two years working in practice and acquiring the appropriate practical competency to practice as a qualified Chartered Surveyor with the MRICS designation. The second part of this process is known as the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and it is the practical training and experience which, when combined with the previous academic qualification, leads to RICS membership.
The Assessment of Professional Competence
To embark upon the APC, you need to secure employment as a graduate surveyor with a company where you will (normally) be supervised by a qualified Chartered Surveyor. They will give you guidance on your training and day-to- day work. In addition, you will also be appointed a counsellor who oversees your progress and acts as a sounding board for any concerns or questions. The objective of the APC is to ensure you are competent to practise as a chartered surveyor. The APC normally consists of a period of structured training (normally 23 months during which you must complete a minimum of 400 days relevant practical experience) and a final assessment interview. To enrol on and start the APC, the candidate must be in suitable employment with a firm that has a structured training agreement in place (if this is not in place, provisional enrolment is still possible and should not delay you requesting enrolment). Key elements of the APC are as follows:
• Appointment of your supervisor and counsellor • Selection of competencies • Training, experience and professional development • Recording your daily training in your diary and summarising this monthly in your logbook • Regular meetings with your supervisor and counsellor • Preparation for your final assessment submissions - records of your training and professional development and a 3000 word critical analysis • Application for final assessment • Final assessment interview • Results
1 This editorial is a summary of the information found on the RICS website (www.rics.org) under the links relating to the APC.
Careers in Property 2010 4 APC Pathways
The roles of the Chartered Surveyor are many and varied. Chartered Surveyors deal with all aspects of the land ranging from the rural environment to urban conurbations. All property and land needs to be managed and understood and that is the role of the Chartered Surveyor. Historically, the surveyor who undertook a range of roles across various specialisms was known as a General Practice Surveyor. Indeed, this used to be one of the principal APC routes into the profession and it is still erroneously referred to as such by many practising surveyors. However, the RICS now recognises the breadth of skills and specialisms and has developed a number of APC pathways. The pathway you choose will be determined by your employment as you can only demonstrate competence in your chosen area of specialism on the basis of actual work experience. There are three groupings of pathways as follows. Guides on each grouping are available from the RICS2.
• Property • Built Environment • Land
For the Property group the principal pathways are:
Commercial Property The work of chartered surveyors in this area covers all types of real estate used for business purposes. The principal sectors within commercial property are: retail; office; industrial and leisure. Commercial property serves a vast array of purposes supporting public and private sector businesses and services, from service industries to government to civil infrastructure. The exception is real estate related to agricultural or residential use.
Finance and Investment Property investment takes many forms, ranging from the traditional, direct ownership and trading of tenanted land and buildings, to contemporary capital markets where property revenues are traded as securities or indeed derivatives. Greater flexibility and availability of indirect property investment products, plus improved performance benchmarking data means that property has attracted growing interest as an investment asset class.
Valuation Property valuation is a core skill and forms part of the professional services provided by many RICS members. Accurate valuations are vital to a healthy property market and a stable economy, forming the basis of performance analysis, financing decisions, transactional or development advice, dispute resolution and taxation.
Management Consultancy Management Consultants provide independent, impartial advice in all areas of the business and real estate lifecycle. In the main, they identify and implement business solutions to real estate problems. They are natural strategists within any organisation where real estate plays a significant part in the business.
Residential Property Practice Planners, developers, agents, mortgage lenders, professional advisers (such as valuers and building surveyors), private and institutional investors and property managers are just some of the key professional figures that allow the property market to operate smoothly.
Residential Survey and Valuation RICS members working in this area provide a vital link in the home buying process. Surveys and valuations of residential property combine property market expertise with an understanding of buildings.
Facilities Management Facilities management (FM) is the total management of all services that support the core business of an organisation. Good facilities management makes a huge difference to the efficiency and productivity of a company, its staff and even its clients. Using best business practice, a company's operating costs can be reduced while its productivity is increased.
2 The detailed requirements for each pathway are set out in the RICS’ APC/ATC requirements and competencies guide, July 2006.
Careers in Property 2010 5 Arts and Antiques The art and antiques market is greatly diverse. At one end are the collections in museums and in other public ownership, together with art and antiques owned by private individuals.
Housing Management and Development Housing management and development surveyors are spread across the world and will be required to adjust their work to the specific housing policies and processes that apply at both a national, regional and local level.
Machinery and Business Assets In the same way that property surveyors advise and act on property use for business purposes, machinery and business assets surveyors provide valuation and agency services for all aspects of machinery and business assets in the industrial, commercial and government sectors.
For the Built Environment group the Pathways are:
Building Surveying Building surveying is one of the widest areas of surveying practice. Chartered building surveyors are involved in all aspects of property and construction from supervising large mixed-use developments to planning domestic extensions. This varied workload can include everything from the conservation and restoration of historic buildings to contemporary new developments.
Quantity surveying and Construction Quantity surveyors are the cost managers of construction. They are initially involved with the capital expenditure phase of a building or facility, which is the feasibility, design and construction phases. Quantity surveyors work in all sectors of the construction industry worldwide.
Project Management Project Managers occupy a central role in the development process, driving successful completion of projects.
Building Control Building control surveyors ensure that that building regulations and other legislation are followed in the design and construction stages of new and altered buildings.
Taxation Allowances Taxation allowances surveyors combine the skills of a Quantity Surveyor with their knowledge of construction and experience of legislation, accounting and investment.
For the Land group the Pathways are:
Planning and Development The planning and development field is a specialist area, which impacts not only on the physical aspects of the built environment, but the social and environmental aspects as well. The profession is continually evolving with a wide range of environmental, economic, political and social relevance to its day-to-day activities.
Rural Rural surveyors enable the rural economy and environment to thrive and flourish in a variety of ways by virtue of their experience and expertise across a very broad and diverse range of activities.
Environment Every chartered surveyor must consider the environmental factors within the parameters of their profession. Environmental surveyors are specialists in all aspects of the management, monitoring and assessment of the environment in the context of real estate, land and construction.
Minerals and Waste Management Minerals are the raw materials needed to supply the construction and manufacturing industries and provide fuel for the world's energy requirements.
Geomatics Geomatics is the science and study of spatially-related information focusing on the collection, interpretation/analysis and presentation of the natural, built, social and economic environments.
Careers in Property 2010 6 APC Competencies
The APC structured training period is primarily competency-based. It requires you to demonstrate that you have the skills and abilities needed to perform specific tasks or functions. The competencies are based on attitudes and behaviours as well as skills and knowledge. The specific competencies you must demonstrate depend on the APC pathway you follow. Each pathway requires a period of structured training during which you complete the mandatory and technical competencies that make up the minimum requirements for the APC. For each APC pathway these competencies are defined and explained in the relevant pathway guide. The following guides are available from the RICS website.
• APC Candidate's Guide • APC Requirements and competencies guide • APC guide for supervisors, counsellors and employers
Conclusion
Becoming a Chartered Surveyor is a rewarding and enjoyable career. It is varied and it is always interesting. However, it is also a profession and professions, quite rightly, are there to maintain standards and quality. The APC is part of that process.
For further information on the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes, please contact +44 (0) 1865 483453 [email protected]
Careers in Property 2010 7 Business Skills at the Core of a Career in Property
Éamonn D’Arcy
Programmes Director Fulltime MSc Real Estate Programmes, School of Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School, University of Reading.
Over the last two decades the property skills set has increasingly become one which has business skills as its core. This in particular, reflects the evolution of property services into a mainstream professional business service sector on a par with accountancy and management consultancy. Property consultancy skills have become the focus of provision displacing the more traditional bundle of transactions and built environment related skills. This shift is also reflected in the focus placed by many of the firms featured in this publication on the key words of ‘consultant’ and ‘solutions’ as essential descriptors of their core activities.
At a wider level it reflects a very significant process of growth and change in property markets which has happened on a global basis. A key component of this change has been an expansion in the range of property investment and development activities combined with an increase in their sophistication. Occupier requirements have also become more complex. These changes increasingly necessitate a property skills set which is focused on business skills. The rise in importance of the indirect property market comprising of the listed property companies and in particular, the non-listed property funds has created the need for a whole new property skills set with mainstream economic and financial skills as the dominant components. Recent developments in more traditional property skill sets such as those relating to property valuation and management, increasingly reflect the application of skills taken from finance and business management.
A further factor which has contributed to this emphasis on business skills at the core of the property skills set has been the increasing internationalisation of property involvements. Again the firms represented in this publication are excellent examples of this trend with the majority offering common global and Pan-European delivery platforms. The internationalisation of the property services sector has promoted an international best practice property skills set with business skills at its forefront.
The increasing emphasis on business skills is also reflected in the provision of property education. Increasingly, property courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels are offered within a business school setting. All retain the accreditation advantages offered by the RICS but deliver graduates who are equipped with the necessary business skills to pursue a career in property at the highest level. In the UK an increasing number of property graduates entering employment will come from a business school environment. In the United States over ninety percent of real estate graduates are from a business school background.
A career in property is increasingly one which has business skills at its core and a property specific business school education as an essential backdrop.
Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 8175
Careers in Property 2010 8 Postgraduate property courses now provide the largest source of surveyors to the industry
Paul Royston, Head of Property Management and Development, Nottingham Trent University
There is a wide range of postgraduate property courses available to choose from - including professionally-accredited courses designed specifically for graduates from non-property related disciplines wanting to become Chartered Surveyors and enter the property industry. These types of courses are often referred to as conversion courses.
Since 2000, student interest in, and recruitment to these professional postgraduate courses accredited by the RICS has grown considerably.
Figures produced by the RICS shown in the table below reveal the extent of this growth, and the substantive growth in postgraduate interest and entry into the real estate and construction professions during recent years.
The figures show that the number of students enrolling on UK RICS-accredited postgraduate courses has overtaken undergraduates as the largest source of surveyors into the industry.
RICS Course ‘Starters’ Data 2000-2007 (Source: RICS)
Level of Course Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept % age 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 increase on 2000 Undergraduate 2,949 2,572 2,554 2,688 3,064 3,660 3,727 4,031 +37 Postgraduate 419 1,363 1,805 2,354 2,917 3,609 4,697 4,716 +1,026 Totals 3,368 3,935 4,359 5,042 5,981 7,269 8,424 8,747 +160 % PG 12 35 41 47 49 50 56 54 350
The majority of these postgraduate courses are available to study on either a full- or part-time basis.
The full-time route is normally completed in one year. This intensive study route enables students to complete their course as quickly as possible and get out into the industry.
The part-time route is generally chosen by students in their first job in the property industry on a day-release basis over two years. There are several advantages of studying part-time. Firstly your employer may pay, or help with, your course fees. Secondly you can start on your APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) diary/logbook of professional development from day one. And, importantly, you will gain on the job experience, receive advice from colleagues and make numerous contacts – all of which will aid and enhance your coursework.
Specialist courses, via distance learning and utilising web-based learning methods, are also available and are becoming increasingly more popular.
When choosing which mode of study you should ask yourself how you work best – for example are you disciplined enough to complete a distance learning course? Or, would the more communal and structured experience of studying either full-time or part-time on day release be more motivating for you?
Whichever mode of study you decide on there are also many important aspects to consider when choosing a university and postgraduate course. Students should look for a course at a university with a great reputation in property education which has close links with industry, RICS accreditation, regularly updated content, field trips and dedicated postgraduate facilities such as resource rooms and IT suites.
The School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University provides an exciting context for graduate studies across a broad range of disciplines, offering a variety of RICS- accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses with flexible study options.
Website: www.ntu.ac.uk/property2010, Email: [email protected], Phone: 0115 848 4200
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Featured companies:
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Abbreviations of APC Contact details pathways that the you need if you companies are recruiting wish to contact the for- see key below Recruitment team
How to apply and deadlines
Case study of a recent graduate to give you an idea of the work and culture of the business
Key to APC pathway abbreviations:
C – Commercial PD – Planning and Development BS – Building Surveying RU – Rural RE – Residential PM – Project Management PFI – Property Finance and Investment PL – Planning V – Valuation
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ALLSOP C, V, R
Contact: How to apply: visit www.allsop.co.uk Katherine Bowen, Partner P020 7543 6708 Deadlines: Applications open on [email protected] 8 September 2009 and close on Simon Davidson, Partner 18 December 2009 020 7344 2653 [email protected]
3 Good Reasons to work for Allsop areas of surveying and the energetic and extremely busy marketplace. environment, despite the property Reputation The vast majority of our graduates world being conscious that we were who qualify go on to enjoy long- on the edge of a potentially historic Allsop is an independent property term careers with us and we will downturn. I remember that on my consultancy with a market-leading always continue to help you first day I arrived at my new desk to reputation for high quality service, develop and achieve goals and see the phone ringing, and was integrity and innovation. aspirations with advice, appraisals immediately expected just to sit and training. down and answer it – as it We have a lively, open working happened, the call was from a environment, and firmly believe staff Recreation potential client who wanted to sell a should enjoy what they do. commercial property. In an auction We have a number of staff events team, graduates need to be We normally take 4-8 graduates a for the whole firm throughout the prepared to hit the ground running! year, cognate and non-cognate, and year. We also encourage staff to encourage variety, seeking a mix of play sports for the firm, including Just three months after joining, I people with different skills. cricket, football, netball and was involved in the one-off auction hockey. Members of staff have of a portfolio of 56 commercial hire You’ll need: been supported in taking part in centres all guaranteed by a national the London Marathon, the King plc. The sale required a rapid § A 2:1 degree: obtained or Sturge Triathlon (one third of the turnaround which involved help from predicted or masters firm competed in 2009), the Three all the teams in the firm, and the Peaks Challenge, Cycle Ride to result was a massive success with § Excellent communication skills Cannes and the London to 100% of the properties sold. Within Brighton bike ride. one month, all 56 properties had to § A keen interest in the property be inspected, priced and reported sector Graduate Case Study on by the team, and a one-off
auction catalogue was produced. § A sense of humour and broad Each property had its own angle perspective on life and appeal making accurate pricing
a complex process in itself, even § And above all, a desire to build before the unstable conditions in the yourself a reputation whilst commercial property market were helping build ours. taken into account.
Rotation Luke Le Brun The rapid turnaround to put together
a unique, one-off auction in a We operate a two-year in-depth Commercial difficult market meant that there was graduate rotation scheme with every London very much an ‘all hands on deck’ possible opportunity and resource to atmosphere, and the grads were help pass your APC. In October 2008 “In an auction team, graduates heavily involved from start to finish we had 12 graduates take their APC need to be prepared to hit the in all aspects of the process – with a 100% pass rate. ground running!” inspecting, pricing and marketing.
Allsop also has a comprehensive Having carried out work training scheme which is an integral experience with Allsop, I joined As an introduction to the part of our strategy to develop the firm in September 2007 as a fundamentals of successful excellent surveyors. You will attend graduate in the Commercial commercial property advice and various internal and external courses, Auctions Team. It was an investment it was unrivalled – lectures and workshops covering all although a bit of a baptism of hire! •
Careers in Property 2010 12 Careers in Property 2010 13 BNP PARIBAS REAL C, PD, BS, PL, V
ESTATE How to apply: Via the website form Contact: Samantha Bruckshaw, on www.realestate.bnpparibas.co.uk Graduate Recruitment Manager, Deadlines: Applications open on 5
[email protected] October 2009 and close on 4 December 2009
BNP Paribas Real Estate is prime importance and you should to undertake a MSc in Surveying continental Europe’s leading be able to express yourself at The College of Estate provider of integrated commercial clearly and persuasively. We also Management. I wanted to work real estate services, delivering look for the ability to build strong for a company that would be able solutions for property owners, working relationships with to support me and provide a investors and occupiers. Our colleagues and clients, and show range of experience and the dynamic company is expanding resilience under pressure, as opportunity to work with a diverse rapidly and moving towards its deadlines can be tight and the range of clients. goal of becoming a top five UK stakes high. property consultancy. What support do you receive Our people are key to delivering Most graduates who join BNP towards your APC outstanding results. We employ Paribas Real Estate hold a RICS qualification? specialists with in-depth accredited undergraduate degree BNP Paribas Real Estate knowledge of each part of the or masters. If you hold a degree generously fund my part time real estate business. That means in another discipline, we will MSc in Surveying and allow me we can offer services that span sponsor you to gain a RICS to take study leave to undertake the entire real estate lifecycle. accredited diploma as part of my course. All new graduates go your training programme. to London for a week upon Your development joining, which allows you to get to
§ solid academic qualifications know BNP Paribas Real Estate Throughout your career at BNP § motivated and committed to a and your new colleagues. BNP Paribas Real Estate, you will be surveying career Paribas Real Estate aims to encouraged and supported to § creative and lateral thinker provide support throughout every achieve your personal career with an ability to express stage of the APC process. Every goals. In some cases, graduates opinions clearly and graduate is allocated a buddy (a have been promoted to associate persuasively under pressure colleague who is also taking their director within two years of APC, so you can ask them for completing their APC. We will Graduate Case Study help if required), a supervisor and provide you with the tools and an overall supervisor known as a scope to realise your potential Counsellor on the APC and will fully support your drive to programme. succeed. Stella Hicks Are you a member of any § training in three key business teams or clubs at BNP Paribas areas Real Estate? § over 98% APC pass rate Yes, the softball team for the § emphasis and support for Graduate – London & Bristol Surveyors and Solicitors League. personal career development Business area: At the moment I BNP Paribas Real Estate won the § active encouragement to am in Property Management, Bristol league last year. There achieve promotion after after spending 9 months in are always sports teams to get qualification valuation involved with at BNP Paribas Real Estate, such as football, What are we looking for? Why did you join BNP Paribas rugby, cricket, softball, boules Solid academic qualifications are Real Estate as a Graduate? and golf. important, but should be My decision to join BNP Paribas complemented by the personal Real Estate was down to the What do you enjoy about qualities required to help wide range of opportunities that working in your office? differentiate yourself in the highly the company is able to provide, I enjoy the range of work and competitive real estate the enthusiasm and ambition of different property types that you consultancy market. We are the people I met and the high encounter and travelling the wide looking for motivated individuals APC first time pass rate. I was area that the office covers. committed to a career in changing career paths from law surveying. to commercial surveying and as a Creative and lateral thinking is of non-cognate, I knew I would need
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CB RICHARD ELLIS C, PD, BS, QS
www.cbre.co.uk/graduates How to apply: Via the website on www.cbre.co.uk/graduates Deadlines: TBC- details on website London
Our business meritocracy, so if you have the I decided on a career in the property CBRE is the world’s leading talent and put in the effort you can sector whilst I was still at school. commercial real estate advisor. go right to the top. You will gain After several work experience Worldwide, we have more people early responsibility and client placements and having graduated advising more clients than any other contact from day one, making a from the University of Reading I property adviser, giving our people real contribution to the business joined the Real Estate Finance unparalleled options for where they as well as gaining a professional department in September 2007 as want to take their careers. We have qualification. In addition, you will an Investment Analyst. over 300 offices in 50 countries with be entitled to company benefits 29,000 employees. immediately. My experience at CBRE has exceeded all my expectations. Being part of such a world-class Services Choice of graduate business has meant that I am development routes involved in a variety of large and Throughout the UK, CBRE people are high profile projects. Within Real involved in delivering a We offer a variety of graduate Estate Finance, we tend to work on comprehensive range of property- routes, each with development projects which have more unusual related advisory and transactional and experience tailored to the or complex funding agreements. services. These include agency, career path you choose. These This has included providing strategic property and asset management, include Commercial Property, advice in relation to a UK industrial building consultancy, development, Planning and Development, fund valued at £225 million, corporate finance, corporate services, Building Surveying and Quantity providing regular valuations of a investment, portfolio management, Surveying. You can discover more European Retail portfolio totalling planning, professional, research and about each route on our website. €500 million and equity raising for a valuation work. Our people think number of new funds. I have also creatively but act practically to ensure been involved in setting up a new we offer seamless solutions to every business initiative where we provide client’s needs. Sports and social strategic advice to Banks where a We work hard but we like to have loan has become distressed. Given What we look for fun too. In addition to various the recent market difficulties, this sports teams, companywide has been a particularly interesting You will be intelligent, ambitious, activities include a sports day, and busy part of my work. entrepreneurial, analytical and quizzes, parties, a treasure hunt numerate, with good commercial and an annual boat trip. You’ll As an Investment Analyst I was acumen, a genuine interest in the have lots of social opportunities to encouraged to take the Certificate in property industry and strong get to know your colleagues and Corporate Finance exam and I am interpersonal skills. Languages are clients. also preparing to sit my APC; desirable but not essential. specialising in Property Finance and Investment. CBRE has provided me Your training and development Graduate Case Study with all the support and training that I have needed, as well as allowing We want you to have a long and me to assist in some exceedingly rewarding career with us. That is why interesting projects.• we have developed the CBRE Academy: to help our people understand what it takes to succeed and give them the training and support to get there. Our extensive graduate programme is your first step on a career path with us that is only limited Jo-Ann Hawkins by your imagination. We’re a Real Estate Finance
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CLUTTONS LLP C, PD, BS, RE, V
Contact: Rebecca Fradley, Head How to apply: CV and letter – see of Learning and Development details at www.cluttons.com [email protected] Deadlines: Applications currently 0207 647 7267 open, and close on 11th Dec 2009
Cluttons LLP is one of the leading calibre people we employ. We HBOS, Barclays, Anglo Irish Bank, independent firms of chartered want individuals who want to & RBS. surveyors in the UK. We also have a succeed in a property career, who strong business in the Middle East, as are passionate about doing a This instruction was from one of the well as offices in Europe and South good job, and who care about main UK clearing banks, and was to Africa. We provide a full range of providing our clients with the best provide the Market Value of a house property-related services across both property solutions. Team- in its existing condition and on the the commercial and residential working, developing relationships, special assumption that it has been property markets. These services problem-solving, using your extended and refurbished. The include asset and fund management, initiative, and creativity are all property was a four-storey Victorian investment, valuation, landlord and skills that we look for, along with: end of terrace house in Chelsea tenant, property management, covering 2,400 sq ft. The owners telecommunications, project and • good A level results wished to extend and fully refurbish building consultancy, planning and • an RICS/RTPI approved it to 4,000 sq ft, extending to the regeneration, development agency. degree or post-graduate side, rear and lower ground floor. degree We recruit graduates for five APC • relevant work experience I had to look at the plans for the pathways – commercial, residential, that demonstrates a proposed building and speak to the building surveying, planning and commitment to a career in developer about the final costs and development, and valuation – in both the property industry specification, and provide two our London and regional offices, with • a good level of values to the bank, one on the further opportunities in the Middle commercial awareness special assumption that the property East. In your application you should had been refurbished to a high clearly state for which pathway you Graduate Case Study standard, in line with the planning are applying, and in which location. permission that had been granted. To do this I used the comparable Cluttons has an excellent APC method, speaking to local agents in programme and a current pass rate of order to gather sales of comparable 100%. You training will consists of: properties. As the property had the planning permission, I also carried • technical expertise gained on out a residual appraisal in order to the job under the supervision work out how much someone would of partners and associates pay for the building in today’s market, in its current condition. A • technical knowledge through Lauren Hunt residual appraisal allows us to take in-house lectures Residential Valuation the Gross Development Value • personal and business skills London Head Office (GDV) and deduct the build costs, development banks finance, professional fees, • training designed to help you The UK residential market is huge and developer’s profit, which results through the APC process and – approximately five times the size in a residual value. pass the final assessment of the commercial market.
Cluttons Residential Valuation These two figures were provided to All graduates are given real jobs department covers many sectors the bank – the residual valuation offering a wide range of professional within this market, such as high (value as is) was £2.45m and the experience and responsibility, which value houses and flats, GDV (value once converted) was often includes client contact. refurbishments, development £3.8m. The borrower secured their schemes, investment portfolios, finance, the project was finished to On qualification, your training and as well as acting for the main UK an incredibly high specification, and development continues. We have a banks. We specialise in sold to a famous composer for strong culture of learning and development appraisals, high £5.6m! This project was especially development, and we provide a value single properties and interesting as I went to visit the number of opportunities for you to investment portfolios, and our completed property which we rarely develop your career with Cluttons. major clients include HSBC, Our reputation and the quality of work get to see. we deliver depends on the high- Careers in Property 2010 18
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C, PD, BS, PL, V
COLLIERS CRE How to apply: Via the website Contact: Louise Ashley, HR online application process at Officer: www.collierscre.com [email protected] 02074871945
Who are we? Why Colliers CRE? supermarket chain. Development Colliers CRE is one of the top-ten Because we are not like others. has given me the opportunity to gain surveying practices in the UK, We are a vibrant and friendly experience in a number of different employing over 700 staff. We have company. We strive to combine a disciplines and departments. offices in London (West End and City) relaxed approach, both internally and several regional cities and are and externally with a professional A recent project that I have been part of Colliers International Property attitude. We also believe our involved in has been the relocation Consultants, an affiliation with over success is due to the excellent of a supermarket in the North West 294 offices in 61 countries worldwide. and long standing relationships of England. The project has between our staff and our clients. revolved around the regeneration of Colliers CRE provides a broad range an existing town centre through the of real estate consultancy services What do we look for? development of a new food store including agency, valuation, property and a number of new modern retail management, building consultancy We look for exceptional graduates units. and general consultancy to both UK who relish the opportunity to and international clients. These assume responsibility at an early With this particular project I have services are delivered through stage, who are flexible and been involved in a number of stages specialist sector or service line teams imaginative in their approach and and had experience with the initial which work closely together to provide can think laterally to achieve site identification and the an integrated service. excellent results for our clients. development appraisal, through to Above all, we look for those that the formal inspection and valuation enjoy working and being part of a of the site. I have also assisted in A number of household names make team. the negotiations of the final up our client portfolio including British acquisition. It has been a good Land, Nationwide, Cancer Research opportunity and involvement in the and Sainsburys. Peter project has continued after the Ainscough exchange. We are still actively Our graduate track record. Graduate involved in the project through Surveyor, Landlord & Tenant work to gain Colliers CRE vacant possession over the whole Our track record for APC passes is site. consistently well above the national 3/8/09 average and our programme is Through this project I have also monitored by experienced APC I graduated with experienced consulting with the assessors. All graduates receive an Estate Management Degree public and working closely with key excellent technical training and from Northumbria University in the local stakeholders and the other undertake realistic mock final- summer of 2006 and decided teams involved with the store assessment interviews, setting them upon taking some time out to development including planning, up with the right skills for their career travel around the world with some highways and architects to ensure a in real estate and in the international friends. I joined Colliers CRE in successful conclusion to the project. business community. June 2008. Once fully constructed we will again be involved in the project with the All graduates will have excellent Working as part of the Retail marketing and eventually letting of access to networking initiatives, CPD Development team in Leeds my the new retail units. seminars, training and development main day to day work is dealing sessions and social events. All this with the acquisition of new I have thoroughly enjoyed my first adds up to an APC programme foodstore sites and consulting on 12 months with Colliers CRE. The designed to offer exceptional extensions for a national office environment is very positive opportunities for personal and I have received great support in achievement and development. both my work and for my APC.•
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CUSHMAN & C, BS, PFI WAKEFIELD
Contacts: Karen Poulton/ How to apply: Online application Laura Ponsford www.realtalentinproperty.com Closes 27th Nov 2009 for Graduates and [email protected] th Tel: 0207 152 5624 26 Mar 2010 for summer placements
Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) is If successful you will be invited to were also instructed to carry out the world’s largest privately- a complete a numerical test, contract administration of the owned real estate services firm, possibly followed by an interview enabling works, which involved with more than 15,000 and assessment centre which writing the specification, professionals in 230 offices help us to really get to know you. managing the tender process to across 58 countries spanning six You will also have the chance to monitoring the project whilst on continents. meet a wide range of employees site. The project gave me from the firm and start to build fantastic experience and I was We offer a full range of services your network. able to record it for my APC. across the property life cycle and work with an incredibly diverse “Real talent knows no bounds.” What sparked your interest in range of clients. Our teams have Now is the time to give your Building Surveying? established themselves as career the freedom to succeed. market leaders in the following From a young age I had an interest in property and structure. services: Graduate Case Study I worked in estate agency throughout school and when • Capital Markets Group applying to university building • Client Solutions surveying seemed like an • Business Space obvious choice. It offers good • Retail Services career structure and continuous development. • Valuation • Consulting Group We’re lead to believe that the • Research & Consultancy Building Surveying APC is • Hospitality/Residential more challenging than other • C&W Investors Rhiannon Goldsborough pathways, how are you Project Management & • Occupier Strategy preparing for your final Consultancy assessment? • Resolution Group London West End Office • London Group Assistant Building Surveyor I have allowed an extra six months so I will be sitting after At C&W your career can go as far two and a half years. One How did you hear about C&W? as your ambitions. We want you important factor is to keep to come on a journey with us; everything up-to-date with your I knew them by reputation after starting with a permanent diary and to log experience and studying the BSc Hons Building contract on day one, then CPD hours against your Surveying degree at Sheffield competencies and to keep hold of achieving your Professional Hallam University. C&W actually University notes to refer back to Qualification and progressing advertised a sandwich placement and allow an hour each week to right through to Partner level and on the University website which I refresh those subjects. beyond… applied for and successfully got! What do you think graduates
We will provide you with a world- need to succeed at C&W? What did you get up to in your class structured development sandwich year? programme, helping you grow Self motivation and ambition as as a well rounded professional. C&W is such a young and I worked on an 18th Century dynamic firm with lots of
property which had stood derelict opportunities for career Our approach to recruitment for 10 years. As a result of this progression and promotion. is designed to let you show your there was a lot of damp and Graduates also need to have a individual talents and strengths. water ingress, dry rot, failing real enthusiasm for property. Whether you are interested in a lintels, deteriorating brickwork graduate or summer placement, To see Rhiannon’s full case study and defecting roofing. The the first step is to complete and please go to: building pathology aspect of the www.realtalentinproperty.com submit the online application project was really interesting. We form.
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That’s why we give our graduates the freedom to succeed.
At Cushman & Wakefield, we know our graduates are something special.
With a clear path to partnership level, unique development opportunities and access to the finest quality training in the sector, we give you the space to grow. www.realtalentinproperty.com
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Careers in Property 2010 23 C, BS
DRIVERS JONAS 2010 Graduate Development Prog ramme is likely to open in C ontact: Malisha Patel, HR Ja nuary 2010. A dministrator m [email protected] Mo re information: Via the website 020 7896 8082 ww w.driversjonas.com/Graduates2010
Drivers Jonas LLP is an seminars and training sessions Becoming qualified in November impressive kind of business. on anything from negotiating and 2008 has been the absolute Established in 1725, we now assertiveness to skills. Through highlight of my time at Drivers have more than 700 partners and the CPD Foundation you can Jonas so far but it did make me staff across offices throughout expand your knowledge in areas realise that qualification was the UK as well as in Paris, such as the RICS Valuation actually just the start of my Frankfurt and Madrid. The range Standards or Party Walls and career. Since November I have of services we provide is Rights of Light. been working in Strategic extensive, to match our clients' In short, you are taken seriously Consulting on a wide variety of needs and areas of operation. as a DJ Graduate and why projects including property wouldn’t you be – you are our strategies for Colleges, We have been voted in the top 20 Partners of tomorrow! Universities and Government Sunday Times Best Companies Bodies. to work for for four years and For more information about the The most interesting job that I’m were voted 14th in 2009 – training we offer and the rotation working on at the moment is the something we are very proud of! scheme we provide please visit Environment Agency’s Regional the Graduates pages of our Accommodation Strategy. We Graduate Development website. have been appointed to advise Programme EA on the state of it’s existing 2010 The Interview Process: estate nationally, and the opportunities available for We look for graduates who are Thankfully, our interview process improving it operationally. I am interested in the three main areas is really straightforward! We hold responsible for assessing the of our business - Building interview days in each of our cost, qualitative and risk Surveying, Commercial offices and you will attend the implications of each option for Property Surveying and Town day(s) in your chosen office estate change, for each of the Planning. If you are completing location. Welsh Regions. an RICS or RTPI accredited The interview day consists of an These new responsibilities have course we could have the career interview, a written assessment, definitely given me the for you! a presentation (on a subject of opportunity to stretch myself and We offer second to none training your choice), a tour of the office learn new skills. For example, to to get you through the APC and and lunch. Throughout the day achieve approval, sign off and our exceptional pass rate reflects there will be other graduates on funding all our recommendations this. Right from day one you are hand to answer any questions have to be presented to the actively involved in the life of the you may have – and give you appropriate Board for approval, firm; going out to meet clients, honest answers! Over lunch you so my presentation skills have visiting sites and pitching in your will also have the opportunity to really been put to the test. For EA own ideas for real jobs, many of meet some of the partners which Wales, we present to the them among the most talked will give you the chance to find Management Board, the National about in the industry. There’s as out how they got to where they Board as well as Welsh much responsibility as you can are. Assembly Government. Although take but plenty of support and this can be intimidating, it has encouragement too so you never Graduate Case been a great learning curve – I feel out of your depth. Study have never been put in a position Throughout your training period where I feel out of my depth and you will have your own counsellor Alex White, have always been fully and supervisor as well as having Surveyor supported. a ‘buddy’ assigned to you and of It’s true to say that my first year course fellow colleagues around Strategic as a Surveyor has proved every the firm to support you every step Consulting Team bit as challenging, rewarding (and of the way. Your live experience socially active!) as my years as a is also complemented by Graduate.
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DTZ C, PD, BS, RE, PL
Contact: How to apply: please visit Sarah Kelly www.dtz.com/graduates Graduate Recruitment Manager Deadlines: For graduate and [email protected] summer placement deadlines 0203 296 3581 please refer to our website
DTZ’s Vision: Why DTZ is the best in the UK: degree or conversion. DTZ also To be the best firm in the real welcomes applications from non- estate services industry, for our Valuation – the number one team cognate candidates who wish to clients, our staff, and our in the UK and Ireland, valuing pursue their RICS accreditation, shareholders – where we choose to £50billion of property in 2008/9 especially those with strong compete. language or financial skills. Agency – Property Week 2009 DTZ’s Values: ‘Office Agency of the Year’ Our consulting and research teams • We put our clients’ interests first are particularly interested in • We are one firm Property Management – clear applicants with a sound academic • We deliver exceptional service to market leader with 6,000 UK record in geography or economics, our clients and to each other – commercial properties under or those completing an RTPI- always management with capital value of accredited degree. • We hire, develop, and reward top £25billion performers Retail – DTZ manages nearly What do we have to offer? DTZ understands that our success 30million sq within 180 UK depends upon our people, and that’s shopping centres and retail parks Whether you are interested in why we provide world-class training becoming a Chartered Surveyor in for our graduates. In addition, our Public Sector – DTZ currently Commercial Property, Planning & reputation and market position mean advises over 100 local authorities Development or Building Surveying that graduates at DTZ get invaluable or a Property Consultant, we offer experience on leading-edge projects Project Management and our graduates a world-class with highly prestigious clients. Building Consultancy - in the professional development last financial year the nationally programme tailored to your career With a team of over 10,000 people in based teams advised on path. 43 countries DTZ is one of the world’s approaching £1 billion of projects largest real estate advisers. We by capital value We have created an environment combine deep local knowledge with that gives real opportunity, real global expertise to develop world- Research – DTZ’s market leading mobility and real reward. We class solutions with world-class ‘Money into Property’ research combine this with a highly sociable clients. report is now in its 34th year team-oriented approach; we may work hard, but there’s plenty of From fund management and valuation What are we looking for? opportunity to have fun too! services, to supporting occupiers’ space requirements and third party Our clients look to us for In whichever discipline you join us, administration of client estates, we innovative solutions. That’s why and whatever location you work, seek success in a very straightforward we seek versatile, committed you will gain unrivalled property manner: individuals who combine clear experience. • Client by client thinking and commercial • Property by property awareness with creativity and Don't take our word for it... ambition. Candidates will be The service we provide to multi- excellent communicators who are Visit our website to find out which national companies, major financial inspired by the prospects of campus events we will be attending institutions, property companies, working in a global business. and to read our graduate blog. banks, governments and other public sector organisations is not only We welcome applicants from all comprehensive, it’s also backed by degree backgrounds. Candidates www.dtz.com/graduates the best research and intelligence in wishing to pursue an APC the real estate industry. qualification are ideally completing a RICS-accredited
Careers in Property 2010 26 Graduate Case Study • Acquiring and evaluating client as a graduate and am comparable evidence, which is responsible for coordinating the recent rental or investment valuation across continental transactions possessing similar Europe and liaising with DTZ’s characteristics to the subject local offices to ensure that a property consistent approach is adopted • Undertaking valuations, adopting whilst taking consideration for a range of methods in adherence local market practices. to local market practice; I work with the local offices to • Meeting with clients to review assist with the inspection of a James Varley number of the properties, which European Valuation changes to property/tenancy often involves spending a few London (West End) office information and discuss days travelling across Germany I joined DTZ in 2006 following an valuations; and • Composing valuation reports visiting properties in numerous MA in Commercial Property from cities, providing an opportunity to Sheffield University. My first providing a comprehensive overview of the property and view different architectural styles rotation with DTZ was within the and local building specification Inward Investment department market conditions. standards. Being involved in where I supported senior I have been involved in providing European valuations is personnel on advising and valuations for loan security, re- interesting as it enables you to attracting overseas capital into financing and accounts purposes gain an appreciation of local the UK commercial property across the UK, Continental market value drivers and local market. Following this I moved European countries and even market practices, such as the into the European Valuation team assets in Japan, where I was way that purchasers’ costs are where I am involved in a variety lucky enough to travel to, for adopted in different European of different tasks such as: banks, institutional funds and countries. • Undertaking comprehensive property companies. With Valuation providing me with inspections and measurements of One of my main responsibilities core skills every property properties; professional should possess I • Reviewing environmental, legal within the valuation team is to assist in the bi-annual valuation look forward to building my and technical due diligence career within the team. reports in order to identify factors of a pan European portfolio for a impacting on value; large UK Real Estate Investment Trust. I first got involved with this
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GERALD EVE C, PD, BS, RE, V
How to apply: Via CV and covering Contact: Rebecca Withers, letter or via the website on HR Manager, www.geraldeve.com [email protected] Deadlines: Applications open on 1 020 7333 6335 September and close on 4 January 2010
Gerald Eve is one of the UK’s leading, • department rotations: we’ll During an average week, I will be independent chartered surveying and give you the opportunity to working on six or seven projects property consultancy partnerships. We discover which area you’d like which will be at different stages of act for the public and private sector, to specialise in - our trainees progression. I will work with different including over 40 per cent of the FTSE work in a minimum of three people on a variety of projects and 100. Our turnover for 2008/09 was departments, working with the usually directly to a partner. £33.8m and we have been classified team and contributing to client as a ‘first class place to work’ by the work Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Typically my week will include: Work For survey 2009. It is our people • formal training sessions: researching planning history at a who are at the heart of this success; you’ll continue to improve Local Authority; attending site visits; flourishing in a friendly environment. your knowledge with researching regional and local theoretical and practical authority planning policy; drafting We have three divisions; training sessions letters or notes of advice or reports for clients; preparing and submitting • corporate asset management • Continued Professional planning applications; speaking to We manage the property portfolios of Development (CPD): as a and negotiating with Planning a number of companies such as Gerald Eve trainee, you will Officers; and attending meetings. British Waterways, Carlsberg UK, automatically become a Charles Wells, Interbrew (UK), Shell member of the CPD I originally chose a Structural UK and Whitbread. This means we do foundation and be invited to Engineering with Architecture everything for them, from paying relevant conferences and degree before changing course to business rates to buying and selling events throughout the country Geography. Once I graduated, property. planning offered a career that • supervision: our team of 45+ combined elements of both courses- • transactions strong team of experienced the built environment and the way We have an agency team of 39 APC supervisors and cities function. I took a fast-track specialising in a wide range of sectors counsellors, and a dedicated Masters at London South Bank ranging from education and training officer will mentor you University to obtain an accredited healthcare to industrial, retail and through the training process. degree and then completed the leisure. RTPI APC.
• consultancy For me, I think the real draw of Consultancy is everything else, Graduate Case Study planning and development, is including building surveying, knowing I have advised on schemes compulsory purchase & that shape the way buildings and compensation, landlord & tenant, the city are constantly changing. investment management, planning & development, residential leasehold I particularly enjoy working with the reform, rating and valuation. historic built environment. One scheme that gave me some real Natalie Rowland responsibility early on in my career, Planning and Development involved the refurbishment of a Your training London West End office neglected listed building in central
Our excellent track record on first-time London and its conversion into a Our department of 50 provides private members club. passes for MRICS or MRTPI is down advice to developers and land- to the commitment of our trainees and owners to assist them in creating the quality of our graduate training new buildings or changing the programme; fabric or use of existing buildings.
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GROSVENOR C
Contact: Rebecca Pashley,
Resourcing Specialist How to apply: Via the website [email protected] www.grosvenor.com/careers Tel: 0207 312 6463 Deadlines: Please visit our website
Grosvenor is a privately owned Graduate Recruitment placement at Grosvenor. Two years property group active in some of the later, having spent a year studying world’s most dynamic cities. We We recruit Graduates via our for the MSc in Real Estate at the combine commitment to innovation Summer Intern Programme and University of Reading and a gap with the confidence gained from our Graduate Recruitment Scheme. year travelling abroad, I was offered 300-year heritage and continuous a permanent position on their ownership by the Grosvenor family. The Summer Intern Programme graduate training programme. takes place in July each year and Specialist Business Areas enables a small number of Graduates at Grosvenor typically applicants to gain valuable work undertake two twelve-month Grosvenor owns 300 acres of Mayfair experience whilst having the rotations to broaden their and Belgravia and our extensive opportuntiy to secure a Graduate experience prior to the APC. My holdings include some of the most role. first rotation was spent within prestigious residential addresses and Grosvenor Fund Management contemporary offices in central Our Graduate Scheme for working on one of the shopping London. September 2010 has been filled centre funds; a role which gave me by those who undertook the a detailed insight into property The Paradise Street Development Summer Intern Programme in July investment as well as excellent Project in Liverpool is a primary 2009. We are now welcoming asset management experience in example of Grosvenor’s mixed-use applications for our Summer landlord and tenant, leasing, and development, reinvigorating the heart Intern Programme 2010. valuation. of Liverpool. If any further Graduate For my second rotation I was based Culture and Way of Working opportunities arise for 2010 these within the Out of London will be advertised on the Graduate Development Team, assisting on We are committed to the principle of Recruitment pages of our website Liverpool ONE, a 42 acre mixed-use partnership. This dictates the way we so please visit to see if there are development, which involved do business, which is all about any developments. working with a diverse range of innovation, professionalism and consultants on a number of exciting integrity. Graduate Case Study projects, with my time divided between our London and Liverpool Training and Development offices.
Grosvenor’s structured training Post qualification I returned to Fund programme is designed to provide a Management and have since comprehensive framework for all worked on the asset management candidates taking their APC. All set-up for both Liverpool ONE and Graduates are assigned a dedicated the Grand Arcade, a retail Supervisor and Counsellor and the development based in Cambridge. breadth of experience in our diverse These have been exciting yet business will enable you to achieve challenging projects which have the APC competencies. Name: Lauren Smith MRICS given me the opportunity to really Company: Grosvenor develop the knowledge and skills Social Life Division: Fund Management that I gained during both of my Location: London graduate rotations. Equally, whilst I Grosvenor is a friendly, yet Title/Position: Asset Manager have chosen to now specialise in hardworking environment. Our Date of Joining: September 2005 retail, Grosvenor’s diverse portfolio Graduates have a lively social life and also offers graduates the there are a wide range of sporting and My first experience of working in opportunity to gain experience social activities. property was in 2003, when I working in property investment or secured a summer work development in other sectors, such as residential or offices.
Careers in Property 2010 30 Careers in Property 2010 31 GVA GRIMLEY
Contact: C, PD, BS, PM, PL Nina Tanner, Graduate Advisor Deadlines: How to apply: The closing date for applications for Please submit all applications and the September 2010 intake will be enquiries via the graduate website: 31st December 2009. www.gvagrimley.co.uk/graduates
In 2010, GVA Grimley hopes to be able to offer a select number of individuals a graduate position on its successful and long-running Graduate Training Scheme. However, as a result of the continuing difficult economic climate, it is proving hard to predict exact resourcing requirements 12 months ahead of time. In 2010, we will therefore be initiating a rolling graduate recruiting programme which will allow us to recruit in response to the needs of the business and will reassure prospective graduates that GVA Grimley will only recruit for positions that are 100% sustainable.
GVA Grimley is one of the leading businesses in the property and built environment sector, offering individuals the opportunity to work across a wide range of disciplines. As one of the largest property advisers in the UK, GVA Grimley is comprised of 12 national business units which operate across 12 regional locations. Our people work together on some of the most prestigious schemes in the UK to provide a full range of property-related services including agency, planning and urban regeneration, development, building consultancy, investment, property management, project management, valuation, business rates, lease renewals and rent reviews.
Our priority is to provide our graduates with the right development and promotion opportunities to achieve their RICS and RTPI APC qualifications in the minimum timeframe, and our flexible training framework enables individuals to tailor their training and development to suit their specific aspirations.
We provide excellent development and progression opportunities for those who have the determination and drive to succeed. Our in-house APC training programme has been running for over 10 years and includes an induction and regular interim assessments. Nearer to final assessment, detailed guidance is provided on written submissions and, for RICS candidates, on the final APC interview and presentation. Our APC pass rate has remained above 85% since the Graduate Training Scheme’s inception, which demonstrates our commitment to offering the best training to all of our graduates.
We are firm believer in a positive work-life balance and each of our office locations offers a strong range of social as well as community based events including charity and environmental work.
We expect graduates to have achieved a 2.2 degree pass or higher. Ideally, you will already have work experience in the property industry. Above all, the company is looking for the right attitude, enthusiasm, motivation and the ability to work as part of a team. Apply now for the 2010 graduate programme online at www.gvagrimley.co.uk/graduates.
Case Study Edward Shepherd Graduate Planning and Development Surveyor (RICS) London West End Office
I wanted to work in a career that would challenge me every day and would require me to commit to life-long learning. The specific impetus to become a Surveyor came from a work placement I undertook during which I attended a site visit for a new infrastructure project in the Thames Gateway. This was the first time I had seriously thought about the connection between people, place, development and the economy and the complex web of interrelationships fascinated me and continues to do so. Having spent some time in the Regeneration team, I am now sitting with the Retail Planning team. There is no typical day due to the range of projects the team work on, and I love the fact that there are constantly problems to be solved and that there are never ‘off-the-peg’ solutions. I like the idea that the work I do can improve places and their impact on people. These factors combined with the influence of the people I work with make the job special. If I was going to give advice to people looking to carve a career in the property sphere, I would suggest that they read the property press regularly, visit and think about new developments, speak to people working in the field, and don’t hang around – start early!
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Careers in Property 2010 33 C, BS Jones Lang LaSalle How to apply: Online via Contact: Pamela Duke, www.joneslanglasalle.co.uk/graduate Graduate Recruitment Manager, s pam.duke@eu.jll.com /020 3147 Deadlines: Applications open on Tuesday 1st September 2009 and 1145 st close on Tuesday 1 December 2009
We are in the business to create and Making a difference Our recruitment process deliver real value for clients, shareholders and our own people in a We provide our employees with We are one of the firms who complex and constantly changing the opportunity to add real value continued their graduate recruitment world. to the communities in which they during the current recession. operate and to support a wide To apply you need a minimum of Jones Lang LaSalle is a financial and range of charitable organisations three A levels (grade A-C) and an professional services firm specialising ensuring we can all ‘make a expected 2.1 degree. in real estate services and investment difference’. management. We have c36,200 What we are looking for employees in 750 cities in 60 Over the years we have raised countries. much needed funds for a number • Team players of charities including Crisis, • Problem solvers We serve the local, regional and Barnardo’s, Whizz Kids, Cancer • Original thinkers global real estate needs of our clients, Research UK and most recently, • Analytical people who are growing our company in the process. Alzheimer’s Society, where we naturally conceptual In response to changing client raised more than £85,000 to help • People with enquiring minds, expectations and market conditions, those in need. integrity and tenacity we assemble teams of experts who deliver integrated services building on In September 2009, we launched Relationship building and strong market insight and foresight, sound our new charity partnership with communication skills are integral to research and relevant market Help the Hospices by holding the our success. knowledge. We attract, develop and first ever Jones Lang LaSalle 5k reward the best and most diverse Fun Run in London’s Regent’s From our offer through to your start people in our industry, challenging Park. More than 130 employees, date we keep in touch, so when you them to develop enduring client clients and friends took up the join us you will have a real feel for relationships built on quality service, challenge, raising more than our business. collaboration and trust. £3,300 in support of more than 200 hospices across the UK that Graduate Case Study care for more than 250,000 Training and development terminally ill children and adults every year. Our dedicated Training & Development Manager will be on hand We encourage our employees to to support you from the moment you undertake a variety of apply, through to qualification. Your volunteering opportunities for a Will Hardyment bespoke training programme begins wide range of organisations Upstream Sustainability Services, with an intensive 2-week induction; across the UK. London developed and run by the business to help you integrate quickly and It’s not all work The best way to describe my time effectively. Our APC training gives with Upstream Sustainability you all the technical, business and At Jones Lang LaSalle it’s not just Services is as an education. My first professional skills you need to build a about work. There are many lesson was to understand that successful career in property. For opportunities for employees to get sustainability has three strings to its over 10 years our graduates have involved in social and sporting bow: economic, environmental and achieved a 90-100% first time pass activities and to meet and mix with social sustainability. This range of rate. By joining us, you will benefit their colleagues through quiz topics has meant that my placement from our expert training and share in nights, Christmas parties and with Upstream has been varied and our success. celebrity talks, team building and interesting. inter-departmental challenges. (continued on next page…)
Careers in Property 2010 34 As part of the Institutional Linked to TTD is our second just an idea to undertaking an Investors team, our aim is to help service Sustainable Property actual survey and reporting to a identify areas of risk, with respect Analysis. This goes one step client all within three months! to sustainability, within investors’ further than TTD and not only PASS gives each property a portfolios and help them mitigate identifies the areas of risk or score indicating how sustainable this risk either by property opportunity but also gives advice the property is. This enables the management or by sustainably on how to improve the running of purchaser or investor to make a informed investment. the property. This analysis has more informed decision when been incredibly valuable in choosing between multiple My day to day work is taken up gaining experience for my APC properties. providing this advice using three as it has provided me with many particular services. examples on how to make a I have really enjoyed my team property more sustainable. You with Upstream. The team is The first, my primary area of would be amazed at how simple incredibly friendly and work, is “The Third Dimension” many of the measures are, such encourages junior members to (TTD) - a service that collates as installing lights with motion give presentations and put information about properties and sensors and not to have heating forward their own ideas, which maps their exposure to and air conditioning on at the has given me invaluable sustainability risk. With same time! experience prior to the APC in approximately 3,000 properties not only sustainability but also within TTD it has given me a Finally there is Pre-Acquisition answering questions under remarkable insight into how far Sustainability Services (PASS). pressure! advanced the industry is with This is a new service that I have regards to sustainable matters. been involved in developing from
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KING STURGE C, PD, PS, RE, PM, PFI, PL, V
Contact: How to apply: visit Claire Thompson, www.kingsturge.com/graduate- Senior HR Manager recruitment [email protected]
+44(0)20 7087 5238 Deadline: Applications close on
31 December 2009
King Sturge - International Property Graduate Case Study “As a graduate I had the opportunity Consultants to work with the investment, retail Claire Wooldridge agency and valuation teams. It gave King Sturge is one of the largest me a really good understanding of international property consultancies in From London to the breadth of services a top Europe, with a comprehensive Manchester, via Consultancy firm has to offer. I also network of over 215 wholly owned and Paris learned a lot about what clients look associate offices in 47 countries for from us.” worldwide. Over 3,800 staff Claire Wooldridge throughout these offices cover all joined the King Claire finds that her work is always property sectors and specialisms Sturge Graduate challenging: “No two projects are including plant and machinery, and Scheme in October 2005. In the the same. They require lateral residential. last 4 years she’s had experience thinking and take me outside my of several of the firm’s general practice background – it’s a In Europe, King Sturge operates in the professional teams, worked in great way to develop my skills.” major UK commercial centres and London, Paris and Manchester principal mainland European cities. In and is now part of the newly And what she loves about King Asia Pacific, the firm has associations launched Consultancy arm of King Sturge? “How approachable in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sturge. everyone is, including the senior New Zealand. In the Americas, King Partners. People are always keen to Sturge has business partners in North, After an intensive induction week share their experience but at the Central and South America through in London Claire immediately same time they value initiative.” King Sturge CORFAC International enrolled on a RICS-accredited and ChainLinks Retail Advisors. distance learning course and started preparing for her The Graduate Training The firm is a leading supplier of Assessment of Professional Programme property and related services in the Competence (APC) straight away. commercial, office and retail and Claire is now back in Manchester The King Sturge Graduate Training leisure sectors. The firm’s expanding where she studied but her Programme is renowned in the residential agency and consultancy graduate rotations included a stint property industry and has enjoyed a services arm has an emphasis on in King Sturge’s Paris office. consistently high pass rate. development, new homes sales, Graduates will get involved in a student accommodation and “The fact that King Sturge has a variety of projects through different investment properties including strong international presence was disciplines as they gain competence housing associations. a deciding factor for me. Spending and prepare for their final 6 months in Paris was such a assessment. This on-the-job training great experience! I have fond is supplemented with a range of memories of the Vélib self-serve APC, Skills and Technical training to bicycles; they’re a way great to ensure that our graduates qualify as travel around the city.” Chartered Surveyors equipped with the right skills and expertise.
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Careers in Property 2010 37 C, RE KNIGHT FRANK How to apply: Louise Saunders Knightfrank.com/graduates Graduate Recruitment Manager Deadlines: Applications open on [email protected] Monday 5 October 2009 and close T +44 (0)20 7861 1163 on Friday 11 December 2009
Founded in London more than a “Our graduate programme has basis to ensure they are receiving hundred years ago, Knight Frank has always been highly acclaimed. all the necessary training and grown to become the world’s largest The aim is to provide all our placements.” privately owned global property graduates with a thorough training agency and consultancy. Today we programme, focused upon Victoria McCreadie, Graduate, are widely regarded throughout the securing a positive APC result Residential Division said: “Knight world as the Firm of choice for high with the parallel objective of Frank is excellent at preparing quality commercial and residential finding how individual skills can be graduates for their APC. property. best aligned with the business requirements. “The residential route offers a well With our offices across Asia-Pacific, structured training and support Australia, Africa and the Caribbean as “Anyone joining Knight Frank has programme, including the provision well as our partnership with the the benefit of the enormous brand of a counsellor, an offer of a daily prominent New York based Newmark value the business holds. It has mentor and quarterly progress Knight Frank, the partnership have a served a wide range of people reviews. vast global network of around 6,340 exceptionally well, including professionals working out of 207 myself.” “The general willingness throughout offices in 43 countries. the company to offer guidance and At Knight Frank our professional encouragement to ensure graduates Operating as a Limited Liability departments are dedicated to receive the best experience is Partnership, the Firm’s 59 Proprietary making sure all graduates receive particularly important.” Partners have run the business in the training required to pass their such a way that has led to sustained APC and therefore we endeavour As well as the APC training, the success and a corporate culture that to make sure they gain all the graduates find the social side at helps us recruit, retain and nurture the experience required to Knight Frank just as fulfilling. We best people. We are all passionate competently carry out the work of encourage Graduates to get about property and professional in a qualified surveyor. involved with all events both inside everything we do. During the two year programme and outside of the office. Graduates complete a number of Our Graduate schemes rotations within differing Victoria McCreadie added: “It can departments, from which they gain be daunting starting a new career, Our Graduates are the life blood of the balanced and well-rounded however, so far I have found my business and we offer opportunities in training. time here to be a great way of both our Commercial and Residential meeting different people and making business. We place great emphasis David Peters, Head of new friends in a contagious work on recruiting the very best that each Residential Valuations hard, play hard environment,” year has to offer, ensuring our commented: “The departmental graduates receive the best possible and subject training is augmented David Peters concluded: “Knight training and development in order to by training seminars and courses Frank offers huge opportunity to continue to provide exceptional for all graduates, covering areas those graduates with an appetite for service to our clients. such as negotiating skills and success and one of the most team building. These ensure that rewarding aspects is to see how Alistair Elliott, Head of Commercial the graduates have an opportunity those individuals prosper over the Division who joined as a graduate, to share their experiences and next ten years of their careers.” said: “Knight Frank has always placed continue to develop their team enormous store in its graduate training ethic which is so important to the programme. The intention is twofold: culture at Knight Frank.” firstly, to give graduates a valuable introduction to surveying, secondly, to “We ensure our Graduates have feed the Knight Frank business with a the best possible chance of pipeline of the very best talent. success with their APC studies by providing them with a Mentor - to
guide and develop their career
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Case study extrovert day to day approach, Prior to starting at Knight Frank in developing my commercial acumen September 2008 and having been through both the interaction within awarded a place on its bursary the occupier market and client scheme, I attended Reading rapport and negotiation. My second University to undergo a one year rotation in Landlord and Tenant, full time MSc in Real Estate and allowed me to see a more technical Finance. side of property, teaching me the intricacies of leases in the rent The assessment for the bursary review and lease renewal process scheme followed the same process which underpins all work involving as the main graduate recruitment commercial property. process, incorporating a holistic series of interviews assessing both Throughout my training, Knight the individual character of a Frank and its staff have offered candidate, as well as their technical significant support and direction, as and academic competencies. The the firm prides itself in achieving assessment started with a unique organic growth. A well structured first round interview held over a APC training programme is in buffet lunch attended by existing place, reinforced by accessible and KF Partners and the applicants. objective guidance; a fundamental This method allowed Knight Frank facet given the weak economic to evaluate the interpersonal skills backdrop and turmoil amid the and deportment of applicants in a current commercial property daunting situation, both of which market. This programme is topped are considered extremely valuable off by a number of internal and in the highly personable world of external training courses and commercial property. seminars, further aiding my professional development; an The final rounds saw a more aspect promoted by Knight Frank traditional interview process with a and not seen among many of its series of technical and competency competitors. based interviews that included a My time to date at Knight Frank has presentation on a property related topic of my choice. been exciting and rewarding. The friendly and competitive nature of Name: Nick Cripps the firm generates an enjoyable yet Company: Knight Frank The graduate training scheme is diligent atmosphere, emphasised Division: Commercial well respected amongst its industry by a number of extra curricular Location: London peers. The scheme is structured events such as the Surveyor Rugby Title/Position: Graduate around four, six month rotations, 7s and the annual Residential Vs Date of Joining: September 2008 aiding the development of the graduate’s surveying Commercial cricket match to name competencies. Given the eclectic two. For further information, visit nature of commercial property, KnightFrank.com/Graduates such a system also offers Graduate life at Knight Frank is graduates the chance to taste the highly commendable, and with various departments and the firm's preference of growing opportunities available in the future. organically, graduates are made to feel a valuable and respected My first rotation was in Office part of the Company from their Agency, which required an very first day.
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LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON C, PD, BS, PL, V
How to apply: Via the website - Contact: Emma Jenkins, Training www.lsh.co.uk and Development Manager, Deadlines: Graduate opportunities [email protected] will be advertised on our website 0207 198 2037
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) had to enrol on a part-time various instructions. At the moment provide a full range of commercial Masters conversion course in my workload is mostly related to property services and advice, from Property Appraisal and rating appeals where I liaise with property management and investment Management at Sheffield Hallam clients, colleagues, agents, the to building consultancy and valuation. University. Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and LSH’s mission is to be a ‘great place the Local Authority. I have also had to work’ and graduates get involved in Lambert Smith Hampton was very good experience and client challenging work for high-profile generous in making a financial exposure though my rotations in clients in a sociable, team orientated contribution towards payment of valuation and retail and industrial work environment. my University fees and allowed agency. me to undertake my Masters We prepare our graduates thoroughly whilst working towards my APC at I would say traditionally surveying for the APC through our the same time. To date I have 3 was a male dominated sector comprehensive nationwide training weeks until I hand in my however this is no longer the case. programme which is tailored to each dissertation after which time I will Many of my colleagues are also graduate’s career needs and be able to sit my APC! female and we are treated equally preferences. and given the same opportunities. My job role varies according to the There are often networking High quality training and support department which I am in. At opportunities for female surveyors ensures that each graduate is present, I work in the Local and property professionals which equipped with the knowledge and Taxation and Rating department are helpful to go along to broaden skills to perform effectively and qualify where I am responsible for your contacts, which is hugely as quickly as possible. inspecting and measuring important in this field. properties to establish whether Lots of responsibility at an early stage there is the possibility of reducing I love the fact that the work is varied and direct contact with a range of the rateable value of a property and no two days and two projects clients helps our graduates develop and thereby helping our clients to are ever the same. There is always and we offer real opportunities to make savings. I am currently the opportunity to learn something contribute to the business and achieve working on a project where I am new. At LSH there is supportive rapid career progression. responsible for dealing with the environment where you receive rating appeals for schools, excellent training and exposure to libraries and car parks in clients and projects. This has Siobhan Warrington, on behalf of our client allowed me to quickly develop my Guilfoyle Warrington Borough Council. This skills which will allow me to progress Graduate has been an interesting instruction in my career in surveying. Surveyor to work on because I have to Manchester undertake valuations in In the next 9 months I aim to accordance with the relevant graduate with a good MSc degree Practice Notes and then negotiate and then sit my APC. I consider the When I left University in 2006, having reductions with the valuation RICS qualification to be quite graduated with a BA (Hons) in office. I have had a good degree prestigious and after nearly two Geography I started to research areas of success in securing reductions years of training feel that it is of property which interested me and in the rateable values for our client important to have those letters and felt that general practice seemed the which gives me a sense of the recognition of being a chartered most interesting and so I arranged achievement in what I do. surveyor. I feel like this will make all some work experience with a private the hard work and training worth it! firm of Manchester based surveyors. For me there isn’t really a typical This confirmed to me that this was the day! Some days I am office based Beyond this I would like to move into right career for me and so I began to and other days I am on site or in an area of surveying which I enjoy apply for graduate positions. As I had client meetings, however most with LSH and further develop my completed a non-cognate degree I days I work independently on expertise over time.
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NB REAL ESTATE C
Cathy Heneghan Human Resources Manager Direct Line: + 44 (0)20 7544 2111 E-mail: [email protected]
How to apply: Online application via the website Deadlines: Applications open on 1 October 2009 to 31 December 2009
NB Real Estate is a company with programme is second to none. mock interviews. space on the brain. As one of the CPD – you attend a minimum of country’s leading property NB Genius embodies everything consultancies, we constantly seek you need for a successful career ten Continuing Professional new and different ways of using at NB. Based soundly on the Development lectures per year. space in order to add to its value. To mission and values of the IT training – use of cutting- do this requires people who are company, it’s a career innovative, who have a lateral development programme with edge technology at your approach to problem-solving and who clear goals, milestones and fingertips! think in original ways. rewards. It provides the guidance you need to achieve Tempted? Last year we handled transactions your personal and professional Why not give your career a kick worth £1.5 billion. Our clients value ambitions. start and join NB Real Estate. the skill and enthusiasm of our people Benefits for graduates: above all else. We are delighted, therefore to be placed in the Sunday NB will provide the training, Times 100 Best Companies to Work support and personal guidance For 2009 list. required to attain the APC. Outside the UK, NB Real Estate has global reach as partner of ONCOR Placements – includes two International. ONCOR is owned by placements within a two-year Realogy Corporation, the world's period, rotated within different largest real estate franchisor. This disciplines as appropriate. partnership provides access to all major international markets, expertise Counsellors – each graduate is and connections. assigned an APC supervisor, You may have heard of some of our counsellor and assistant clients. They include Abercrombie & counsellor. Fitch, Boots, AXA REIM, Royal Graduate forum – a monthly London, Henderson, Computer Associates, Co-operative Insurance forum comprises talks and Society, Royal Mail, Sainsbury’s and discussions from directors and The Royal Bank of Scotland. As you experts in the field. can imagine, clients of this calibre want a service that’s anything but Study groups – groups pedestrian. established to assist with APC training, supported by graduate Which is where you come in! trainees and APC counsellors.
NB Real Estate is looking for recruits Study leave – this is allocated in who can think about space. the weeks leading up to Individuals with imagination, who assessments, to allow for aren’t afraid of being unconventional. essential study time. If you are thinking about your career trajectory, the NB Real Estate APC preparation – preparation personal and career development training is provided, including
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SAVILLS C
Contact: Claire Dodd, Graduate How to apply: Via the website Recruitment Officer www.savills.com/graduate [email protected]
0207 877 4567 st Deadlines: Applications open on 1 st October and close on 1 December
At Savills we passionately believe that This year saw the beginning of a a highly sustainable 6 terrace our graduates will be the directors of new project- “Grad Swap”, where residential scheme in Kensington, the future, so their work is highly Savills graduates from London an application for an extensive valued by the teams they work in. swapped places with graduates luxury swimming pool for a From day one, graduates are from Dublin and Amsterdam for up Russian mansion owner in surrounded by expert professionals to four months. We plan to roll this Hampstead and a horse riding and experienced team members from out across the rest of our school and equestrian centre in whom they can learn and seek advice. European business. On Brighton. Individuals are rewarded for their qualification there are achievements and we are looking for opportunities to work across the “What do you enjoy most about your bold graduates with entrepreneurial UK and abroad, especially for career at Savills?” flair. those with language skills. Don’t worry too much though, as we can I find my job challenging on a daily The diversity of Savills’ services offer language tuition to those basis. I enjoy client contact and means there is the flexibility to carve who don’t but are keen to travel. thinking outside the box wherever out an individual and tailored career possible. Now more than ever, in path. Graduates gain experience in up Graduate Case Study the current climate, it is important to to six departments- even between the maintain strong working different APC Pathways, giving relationships and provide quality of maximum flexibility of exposure and service, even if this means going choice of department upon that extra yard to make the qualification, coupled with great difference. We are rewarded within networking across the business. the company for our hard work and enthusiasm, just recently I won The case studies on our website Holly Stock Entrepreneur of the Month in April demonstrate that our graduates are Planning and Development 2009 which is a way of recognising given responsibility from the start, London office hard work and commitment. having an impact on some of the world’s most high-profile property "What does your job involve? “What has been the most interesting deals and developments. project you’ve worked on?” I rotate within different During the APC, Savills Graduates are departments within the company My career highlight to date was well supported with regular progress getting involved in a number of submitting a planning application for reviews, training and by a support disciplines including Valuation, 6 private residential terraces which network of buddies, mentors and the Development, Land Agency, are to be the first exemplar mandatory APC Supervisor and Consultancy and Town Planning. I sustainable scheme in the Royal Counsellor. Training is provided by a am currently doing a rotation in Borough of Kensington. The Mayors range of property and soft skills the Planning and Regeneration Office has challenged each London experts, some from Savills and some Department, where I am involved borough to complete a zero carbon from other organisations. in the submission of planning development by 2010 as part of its applications, appeals, S106 Energy Strategy of the London Plan. Savills is a global business with more negotiations and a range of other We aim to seize this opportunity by than 180 offices throughout Europe, planning matters, acting on behalf achieving a code level 5 (Code for America, Asia Pacific, Africa and the of a range clients and sites. Sustainable Homes) scheme with Middle East. We have over 3,000 staff the potential of being code level 6. in the UK, and over 15,000 worldwide, “What are you working on at the Given the current state of the providing our graduates with excellent moment?” market and the developers looking scope for career development and the to trim costs wherever possible, opportunity to work internationally post Current projects that I am achieving this is no mean feat! • qualification. personally responsible for include
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CAREERS IN PROPERTY 2010 This publication has been produced through the collaboration of recruitment and training experts from real estate firms across the industry
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