JO LOVE

Property Director

Although our portfolio is separate from the operational estate, it is strategically adjacent and managed to generate ethical, sustainable income, capital receipts, and maximize value through commercial partnerships and collaborations.

The team’s primary focus is on prudent asset stewardship to ensure the long-term protection of the University’s interests.

EDMUND SMITH

Corporate Property & Asset Management Surveyor

Our work encompasses land development, asset management, and the daily management of a diverse portfolio of circa 250 properties that includes retail, residential, office, and science sector properties. We oversee commercial real estate lettings and transactions with academic partners, businesses, and external organizations, while also fostering and expanding collaborative partnerships between the University and external companies.

STEPHEN JENKINS

Building & Investment Projects Surveyor

We serve as an in-house, RICS-accredited real estate knowledge bank. We provide expertise on property and land-related matters to both academic schools and University leadership, ensuring optimal value and safeguarding the University’s interests. This includes property valuation expertise for investment and development viability, asset valuations for financial accounting, disposals and acquisitions, business rates, and buildings insurance.

MARIANNA SPANOYANNIS

Commercial Operations & Resource Manager

The Property Team also acts as the University’s point of contact for managing property consultants, including planning advisors, real estate agents, and legal professionals on matter relating to the tenanted portfolio.

• In addition to modern teaching and research campuses, the university also boasts a significant strategic estate that includes several organisations of national and international importance. These partnerships offer valuable opportunities for collaboration across the university:
• Shinfield Studios, the UK’s newest and one of its largest film studios, was completed in 2024 and is located within the Thames Valley Science Park.
• TVSP will also house new facilities for the British Museum and the Natural History Museum.
• At the Whiteknights campus:
  ⚊ The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is currently under construction.
  ⚊ The RSSL/Mondelez International laboratory research facility.
  ⚊ Berkshire Health Care Foundation Trust as their regional hub for Speech and Language Services.
  ⚊ Cambridge Educations Group Ltd at Blandford Lodge.