Gwyneth Heritage acted for Hollins Murray Group in their acquisition of the 12,000 sq ft Winstanley Shopping Centre in Wigan, with tenants including the Co-operative and Boots. HMG acquired the asset for an undisclosed sum using cash resources. Winstanley joins the Gerard Centre, Wigan and West Heath Shopping Centre, Congleton in HMG's portfolio.
Land Law acted for Silver Street Holdings which has completed the sale of 1 Yates Street in Oldham to the Oldham Unit of the Sea Cadets. The Sea Cadets have relocated from their former Derker Annex premises, which have been the subject of a CPO by Oldham Council as part of the Government's controversial pathfinder housing scheme. The transaction also involved a restructure of Silver Street Holdings' head lease of the building with landlord Oldham Council to pave the way for the Sea Cadet's use of the Property.
On Saturday 26 November Andrew Stone of Land Law competed in 'Dancing Strictly', a charity dance event based on Strictly Come Dancing. Andrew, an experienced dancer, competed with a novice partner against 9 other couples to raise money for various local charities, including the Christie Charitable Fund. Andrew and his partner won the event, which raised over £20,000.
Nicholas Illyr Pride has joined Land Law LLP having previously worked for DLA Piper in Sheffield and specialises in property litigation. He has extensive experience of all aspects of property litigation including landlord and tenant issues, acquisition and disposal advice, site assembly projects, development work and property management. Illyr has acted for a wide range of clients such as PLCs, property investors, housebuilders, developers, portfolio managers, landlords and tenants.
Land Law LLP has retained its position as a leading real estate firm in the 2012 Edition of the Chambers and Partners guide to the legal profession. Managing Partner Angus Whyte is a top-ranked practitioner and there is also a new entry for partner Helen Davidson.
Andrew is a transactional lawyer assisting clients with a wide range of matters relating to the acquisition, management and disposal of all types of commercial property.
Andrew has particular expertise in relation to:
- Investment properties and portfolio management having acted for clients in relation to the acquisition, leasing, management and disposal of industrial buildings, estates, offices, and retail premises;
- Complex commercial lease transactions including turnover rent and relocation provisions, having acted for landlord clients in the retail sector;
- Large scale, complex site acquisitions for both investor and end user clients;
- Wind farm options and leases, acting for both landowners and developers. Andrew has acted on single and multi-landowner sites and also has experience in dealing with the financing issues that surround wind farm options and leases, such as funder step-in rights and restrictions on the rights of forfeiture;
Recently, Andrew has acted in a number of large scale disposals of new build warehouses as well as acquisitions of investment properties for a pension fund client.
Before joining Land Law LLP in September 2008 Andrew was a solicitor at Burges Salmon LLP.
In his spare time Andrew enjoys reading, dancing and good food.
Andrew can be contacted at: astone@land-law.co.uk