Quadrant, the independent UK real estate asset management and development company, has appointed Johnny Armour as Associate Partner, focusing on optimising the performance of its portfolio, including major London office schemes such as OSMO in Battersea and YY London in Canary Wharf.
Johnny joins from The Estate Office Shoreditch, a private family office, where he managed a 40-asset 370,000 sq ft mixed use scheme in East London. Prior to this, he worked for FTSE 250 REIT CLS Holdings, where he managed assets in London and regional cities across the UK, delivering major lease signings and repositioning projects. He began his career at office agency HK London, where he advised major institutional clients.
At Quadrant, Johnny will asset manage a range of new and existing assets, with an initial focus on the company’s two completed development flagship office assets.
Johnny will have immediate responsibility for managing OSMO, Quadrant and AIMCo’s new 166,500 sq ft BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum scheme in London’s Battersea, designed to support ambitious, fast-growing companies in this rapidly emerging London business district. He is already overseeing relationships with communications firm O2 Daisy, and flexible workspace company Industrious, which together took a total of 45,000 sq ft at OSMO in January, and is moving forward discussions with other occupiers looking to take space at the scheme.
John Maddison, Managing Partner at Quadrant, said:
“We welcome Johnny to the team. Initially focusing on parts of our London office portfolio, he brings valuable experience at a time when an acute undersupply of quality space is leading to more competition between occupiers and renewed confidence from investors keen to deploy capital into income-led standing investments in the office sector.”
Johnny Armour added:
“Quadrant’s team and its assets are amongst the best in the market. It’s great to join the firm at what feels like a turning point for the offices sector, and I look forward to working with the existing team to optimise and grow Quadrant’s high-quality portfolio.”