Realest is formed by Stuart Cook, former Senior Director and Head of Office at BNP Paribas Real Estate, Southampton
The business is expanded and fully established with the joining of Robert Haynes, Steven Williams and David Ferriman, all previously Senior Directors at BNP Paribas Real Estate, Southampton
Realest moves to new offices at Vanbrugh House, Hedge End, Southampton
Winner of Industrial Agents Society “Deal of the Year 250,000 sq ft+ for Prospero Ansty, Coventry - Meggitt PLC - 480,000 sq ft HQ Acquisition
Adrian Whitfield joins Realest from Lambert Smith Hampton as Head of Industrial & Logistics Agency
Guy Jones joins the business from Hellier Langston as an expansion to the Lease Advisory department
Simon Nicholls is recruited as a Consultant to the Building Surveying department, joining from JLL where he was Head of Building Consultancy
Further expansion of the Building Surveying team when Ben Johnson joins as a Consultant to the Building Surveying department, joining from CBRE
Stuart Cook retires and is retained by Realest as a Consultant
Simon Nicholls becomes a permanent Director of the business
Winner of CoStar Office Award for Most Active Single Branch Agency (sq ft and number) – South Coast Market
Winner of CoStar Office Award for Most Active Single Branch Agency (sq ft and number) – South Coast Market
Runner Up (3rd) of CoStar Industrial Award for Most Active Single Branch Agency (sq ft) – South East Market
Realest moves to a new office at 1632 Parkway, Solent Business Park
Winner of CoStar Office Award for Most Active Single Branch Agency (sq ft and number) – South Coast Market
Winner of CoStar Industrial Award for Most Active Single Branch Agency (sq ft) – South East Market
Winner of CoStar Impact Award – ‘Lease of the Year’ South East 2024 for our acquisition of 75,000 sq ft offices for a retained client
Winner of ‘Property Deal of the Year’ at South Coast Property Awards 2024 for the agency double disposals of Units 1 & 2 Strategic Park, Southampton (a combined total of 127,049 sq ft). Our building consultancy team also project managed the refurbishment of both units
Winner of the CoStar 2025 Annual Award for the 4th year in a row for the South Coast Office Market “Most Active Single Branch Agency” for sq ft transacted.
Lauren Udall joins Realest’s Agency team from Keygrove Chartered Surveyors as Director of Business Space
“The lease for my property ended at the beginning of April 2020. Despite trying to find new tenants for several months beforehand, we had no success as at the end of May. It was of course a difficult time with the onslaught of the pandemic and lockdown and all of the associated restrictions. Following advice from my solicitors I appointed another party, Realest and Adrian Whitfield, as joint agents at the end of May. Their proactivity, a website which included internal and external aerial drone footage and a 3D virtual tour which I understand was relatively unknown outside London, resulted in not only finding a tenant at our desired rental, but also with no rent free period and a completion executed by the end of July. This was quite a result. I would recommend Realest on the strength of my experience.”