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Knight Frank wins major property award

The Yorkshire office of international property consultancy Knight Frank was named the Agency Team of the Year at this year’s Yorkshire Business Insider Property Awards.

The awards, held at Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate, were attended by 750 of the region’s leading property professionals and raised money for The Variety Club children’s charity.

Knight Frank’s Yorkshire division has offices in Sheffield and Leeds covering the whole of the Yorkshire Region and is responsible for 159 commercial lettings totalling more than 1.7 million sq ft and 37 commercial property sales of almost two million sq ft from March 2012.

Peter Whiteley, partner at Knight Frank in Sheffield – which is this year celebrating 25 years in the city, said: “It has been a challenging year for the property industry in Yorkshire, as elsewhere, but we have been involved in 45% of all office transactions across Sheffield and Leeds over the past 12 months and managed to put together some important deals in a difficult market.

“We were delighted to win this prestigious award, especially as it was voted for by a committee of property professionals.”

The agency’s industrial highlights included combined lettings of 130,000 sq ft at Sheffield’s Provincial Park to Firth Rixon and Universal Components and a 15 year lease on the 205,000 sq ft Nexus 36 adjacent to junction 36 of the M1.

The judges commented: “Knight Frank tackled deals totalling 3.7 million sq ft of space across the county, including the largest single freehold transaction in Leeds with the purchase of the £36 million Princes Exchange. Other highlights include securing the pre-let for KPMG’s new building in Sovereign Street, Leeds and the sale of Riverside Exchange and Evolution in Sheffield.

Knight Frank’s Yorkshire division offers agency, development , and investment advice through a well-established team of property professionals.

The Agency Team of the Year award was sponsored by Land Securities.

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