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Dan Simms | Colliers | London - West End

Dan Simms

Co-Head of Retail Agency

Dan is the Co-Head of the UK Retail Agency team at Colliers.

Dan & the team provide specialist advice on leasing Shopping Centre, High Street , Outlet & Out of Town property and facilitating large scale repurposing & redevelopment projects all across the UK for leading owners including a UK wide role advising Landsec on their shopping centres, outlets and London assets, together with leasing instructions on behalf of Hermes, Canada Life, AEW, Blackrock, Axa, Aviva, Aberdeen Standard, Invesco and NewRiver.

Dan & the team also advise a large number of leading and emerging occupiers, including Currys, Oliver Bonas, Sky, Fraser Hart Jewellers,  iSmash, Superdrug, Vodafone, Santander, City Pub Group & Boux Avenue on their acquisition and disposal programmes and store portfolio strategies.

The Colliers UK Retail Agency team is one of the most active and successful agency teams in the UK retail market and advises on over 800 retail & leisure deals every year right across the UK.

These deals are well balanced between advising occupiers and owners – this ensures we have an excellent perspective on both sides of the market.

Dan has regularly commented on the retail market in national media including BBC News, Newsnight, LBC, BBC Radio 4, The FT, CNBC, The Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, TalkRadio and most property media channels. 

About Me
MRICS, B.Sc
+44 20 7344 6869
+44 7976 293317
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About Me

Dan is the Co-Head of the UK Retail Agency team at Colliers.

Dan & the team provide specialist advice on leasing Shopping Centre, High Street , Outlet & Out of Town property and facilitating large scale repurposing & redevelopment projects all across the UK for leading owners including a UK wide role advising Landsec on their shopping centres, outlets and London assets, together with leasing instructions on behalf of Hermes, Canada Life, AEW, Blackrock, Axa, Aviva, Aberdeen Standard, Invesco and NewRiver.

Dan & the team also advise a large number of leading and emerging occupiers, including Currys, Oliver Bonas, Sky, Fraser Hart Jewellers,  iSmash, Superdrug, Vodafone, Santander, City Pub Group & Boux Avenue on their acquisition and disposal programmes and store portfolio strategies.

The Colliers UK Retail Agency team is one of the most active and successful agency teams in the UK retail market and advises on over 800 retail & leisure deals every year right across the UK.

These deals are well balanced between advising occupiers and owners – this ensures we have an excellent perspective on both sides of the market.

Dan has regularly commented on the retail market in national media including BBC News, Newsnight, LBC, BBC Radio 4, The FT, CNBC, The Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, TalkRadio and most property media channels. 

The Colliers UK Retail Agency team is one of the most active and successful agency teams in the UK retail market and advises on over 800 retail & leisure deals every year right across the UK.

Property Type

Retail

Services

Occupier Services, Development Advisory

Skills

Business Brokerage, Development Advisory, Portfolios, Supermarkets, Warehouses, Project Leasing, Transaction Services, Disposal Advice, High Street Retail, Retail Park, Shopping Centres

Specializations

Retail

Landsec, Oliver Bonas, Aberdeen, Santander, New River, Currys, Invesco, Boux Avenue, Blackrock, Fraser Hart, Santander, KWAP, Vodafone

Education

The University of Reading (Land Management)
The Windsor Boys' School

Memberships & Involvements

Shop Agents Society, Accessible Retail, Revo, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

34
Years of Industry Experience

How I can help

Occupier Services

Colliers provides strategic commercial real estate services to drive value for occupier and tenant clients, from single properties to global portfolios.

Advancing build progress to create vibrant schemes

Sale, acquisition, investment and lease advisory for retail

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Featured Research

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Midsummer Retail Report 2021

The report includes detailed commentary and insight on the UK retail real estate market, the London retail real estate market, retail capital markets, regional updates, and more.
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Winter Retail Report 2020

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