chris fenner

director pf property services

About

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS Working for major companies including leading Sainsbury’s high profile £100m developments programme to be the first UK food retailer to open modern supermarkets in Northern Ireland. Leading the acquisition and development of 10 new DIY stores per year for Homebase and working for an internationally owned company Hartwell plc to manage a £10m office development programme as well as a £100m disposal programme. Working with the University of West London in the turnaround of its business including a £50m redevelopment of its main campus in Ealing and acquisition of their second £52m campus in Brentford

Country

united kingdom

City

london

Industry

higher education

Skill

contract negotiation, feasibility studies, commercial real estate, project planning, real estate, real estate development, management, negotiation, property management, contract management, corporate real estate, change management, lease administration, construction, retail, project management, investment properties

Experience

regional property director

sainsbury's

1994-1 - 1999-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Providing new sales space in western half of the UK from the development of new supermarkets with a capital expenditure of £100m per annum

partner

the cjf partnership

2006-6 - Present · 20 yrs 4 mos

group property director

hartwell plc

2004-4 - 2006-6 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Saudi Arabian family owned Hartwell plc has global investments in motor sales, leisure activity and property. Hartwell plc was based in Oxford and comprised a UK motor dealership business with 38 outlets and a £250m property investment estate grown from the redevelopment of former dealership sites. I was responsible to the UK Board and shareholders in the Middle East for: Investing £10M in new speculative office development sites in Oxford and Bristol, a major refurbishment of an existing office building in Oxford and a pre-let multi use scheme in East Bristol. Initiating and completing a £100m disposal programme including a retail warehouse in Oxford, a West End trophy office, a fast food restaurant in Liverpool and a motor-related investment in Bristol. Identifying and driving a town planning programme across the UK to create the next generation of long term income producing investments

director of property delivery

sainsbury's property company

1999-5 - 2004-1 · 4 yrs 9 mos

As Director of Property Delivery I led on all aspects of property development, disposal of surplus properties and capital fund raising for Sainsbury’s as well as the following: Delivery of new operational floor space requirements amounting to a capital expenditure of £800m pa and a reinvigoration programme to extend and refurbish 120 stores in 2001/02, within 3 years Disposal of surplus properties and capital fund raising through the property estate. In 2000/2001 this sum exceeded £300m and generated a significant property profit. Management of the estate with a market value of £5.5bn and facilities management of the Head Office complex, stores and depots Membership of the Sainsbury’s Supermarket Development Board Sub Committee, other strategic committees and attendance at Board Meetings as required. Management and development of 65 staff