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North East’s most active commercial property deal maker scoops award

John Taylor from Teesside Commercial Property Consultants Parker Barras, has been awarded the North East’s Most Active Deal Maker in the region 2014, compiled by Estates Gazette Magazine.

The award recognises the individual surveyor who has been involved in the most commercial property transactions within the North East throughout the last 12 months.

Parker Barras’ Commercial Director John successfully managed to close 49 transactions, more than any other agent in the region according to the magazine.

John said ‘’ It’s been an amazing year, we have invested a lot of time and effort into ensuring we are at the forefront of the commercial agency work in the North East, through our extensive internet marketing of commercial properties.

I believe the properties receive more internet exposure from Parker Barras than any other agent in the region resulting in a record number of deals completed, contributing towards our continued growth. We are ideally located with our Teesside and Newcastle offices to service properties throughout the region, we are certainly making a name for ourselves within the industry.

With demand rising for commercial properties in the region and our ‘No Upfront Fee Policy for landlords’ along with our continued innovative approach we are looking at increasing the total number of deals completed in the forth coming year by 40%’’

I am very proud to win such a prestigious award and it would not have been possible without the assistance and dedication of the team at Parker Barras, we have already gained new instructions from the increased exposure the award has brought.

With the continued rise in confidence in the commercial property markets the next 18 months will certainly be exciting times for Parker Barras and the region as a whole.

The industrial sector remains the strongest of the regional markets, with take up over the last 12 months at its highest levels following the recession in 2007, several industrial estates are now fully occupied with stock in short supply, due to the lack of building over the last 7 years.

The retail sector is also seeing strong performance with out of town developments performing well whilst the re development work in Towns such as Stockton On Tees Town Centre which is undergoing £38million regeneration provides attractive opportunities for investors.

For further information please visit www.parkerbarras.co.uk

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Colin Hartness .