Colin Summers

Partner, Capital Markets

07831 747879 Colin.Summers@bidwells.co.uk

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Colin has the right expertise to help you enhance your student accommodation or Build-To-Rent property.

Offering his clients insightful investment and funding advice, Colin is driven by his client’s success. He works with institutional investors, property companies and private equity funds, with particular expertise in student accommodation and PRS/BTR, co-ordinating a specialist team within Bidwells.

Including Clarendon Shopping Centre in Oxford and Mount Pleasant Halls in Cambridge, Colin’s team has advised on over £1bn of projects, ranging from contemporary and innovative new build schemes to Grade I listed buildings.

Among his impressive portfolio of work sits Grosvenor House, a £68.8m student accommodation block let to London School of Economics (LSE) on Covent Garden’s Drury Lane. The Team are currently assisting Aberdeen Standard with its asset management business plan, enhancing the accommodation and drastically increasing the fund’s net income.

Colin’s multi-disciplinary student accommodation work was recognised nationally at the Student Accommodation Awards, where his team were named ‘Highly Commended’ for Agent of the Year.

Colin is MRICS accredited.

We were impressed with Bidwells' unique knowledge of the sector, Colin Summers’ delightful to work with and we trust him unconditionally.

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Insights 01.06.18

Build to Rent is a term used to describe private rented residential property, which is designed for rent instead of for sale.

What is Build to Rent?

Insights 19.08.18

The Private Rented Sector (PRS) is a classification of housing in the UK. The basic Private Rented Sector definition is: property owned by a landlord and leased to a tenant. The landlord, in this case, could be an individual, a property company or an institutional investor. The tenants would either deal directly with an individual landlord, or alternatively with a management company or estate agency caring for the property on behalf of the landlord.

What is the Private Rented Sector?

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PRS property, or Private Rented Sector property, is a classification of housing in the UK. PRS properties are owned by landlords, who can either be individuals or companies, and leased out to tenants. Other UK housing tenure classifications are: housing association, council housing, and the owner-occupancy (home ownership).

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