Press Release, March 2020: B8 Real Estate claim top position in seven categories in the 2020 CoStar Awards including Most Active Acquisition and Regional Investment Agency.

This follows recent success in winning the award Industrial Agents North West in the prestigious EG Most Active Agents 2019 competition. B8 Real Estate was the only regional player to claim a pole position and remain top in industrial.

About CoStar Awards:

CoStar Awards recognises and celebrates the performance of the UK’s top commercial property professionals. Founded in 1987, CoStar conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information.

About EG:

Estate Gazette is acknowledged as the trusted source of real estate intelligence. Part of the commercial property industry for more than 150 years, they provide comprehensive breaking news and data services for properties across the UK.

B8 Real Estate, established in 2011 are market leaders specialising in property, providing professional real estate advice to the industrial and distribution sector in the North West. Active across all sizes from 1,000 sq ft up to big sheds of over 500,000 sq ft, B8RE has been involved in 42% of all industrial letting deals and 34% of industrial investment transactions in the region.

B8RE Real Estate Director of Investment Simon Wood said:

“We are delighted to be recognised by two award boards. It’s really fantastic to see the hard work of the B8RE team being acknowledged for dominating industrial and distribution in the North West.

“Despite headwinds in 2019, activity across the sector remained very buoyant, with continued strong activity expected. In January we had a strong start to 2020 and completed the purchase of Pioneer 210 in Ellesmere Port on behalf of CCLA for circa £17.5m.”

Jon Thorne, Director of the occupational agency team commented:

“We are delighted to be recognised again by CoStar and EG as the top industrial agent in the North West. This is a testament to the teams’ dedication and hard work towards securing disposals of all sizes across the region.”