Saul Western

Partner, Head of Commercial

07899 061889 saul.western@bidwells.co.uk

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Providing thorough and professional investment advice across the golden triangle and beyond.

Renowned for his professionalism over 30 years with Bidwells, Saul provides clear and objective investment and development funding advice to our biggest clients.

Going into a deal, Saul always has the most up-to-date market knowledge at his fingertips. He leads our in-house commercial research team and specialises in advising investors and developers on the science and technology sector.

He was responsible for securing £600m of development funding at Brookgate’s CB1 in Cambridge, now the new home of Apple, Microsoft and Samsung’s UK research teams, and has advised investors and developers on many of the Oxford to Cambridge Arc’s research clusters. He knows what makes the UK’s knowledge economy tick.

Saul’s long career at Bidwells is also peppered with creative deals for offices, retail and leisure units, shopping centres, industrial estates, supermarket portfolios and large-scale distribution centres, across Bidwells’ territory and further afield.

His reputation for tenaciousness means that when you reach the toughest part of a negotiation, he will provide only the most robust advice and representation.

Saul has won awards with CoStar and EG Radius.

Saul always provides first-class advice and knows his market exceptionally well.

Saul gave a talk at the Bisnow Life Sciences conference alongside Sue Foxley, speaking on the evolving life sciences market.

If you’d like to hear more, browse our Arc Market Databook papers > https://www.bidwells.co.uk/what-we-do/arc-market-databook/

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Report 2024

The United Kingdom, once celebrated for its industrial prowess and ingenuity, now confronts a dire economic reality marked by a persistent productivity crisis.

Real estate can drive productivity by supporting regional centres of excellence

Report 2024

In Bidwells’ latest groundbreaking report, The Productivity Engine, we uncover the fundamental role that space plays in understanding - and solving - the UK’s productivity problems.

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Events 12.09.23

Bidwells bitesize online presentation provided an update on the Offices and Labs Market across Oxford & Cambridge.

Offices & Labs Databook Presentation

Insights 30.05.23

Many of the locational factors driving value in Life Sciences assets will be familiar to more traditional real estate investors. Location is as critical as ever.

Investing in Life Sciences Real Estate: Clusters

Insights 30.05.23

Designing and fitting out a property for laboratory use is incredibly complex and specific to the company operating in that space. A ‘one size fits all’ approach does not work.

Investing in Life Sciences Real Estate: Design

Insights 30.05.23

Life sciences is a relatively new and still niche real estate investment sector. These assets offer large, profitable returns, while diversifying portfolios. The sector ticks many boxes on an investor’s shortlist, but understanding the factors that most influence value is crucial.

Investing in Life Sciences Real Estate: Value