LandAid, our charity partner, are taking part in this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge, a week-long match funding campaign starting today, to help provide vital emergency accommodation for young people who have nowhere else to go. LandAid need your help to raise £25,000 to fund emergency accommodation for young people experiencing homelessness over the winter period. We appreciate it’s MORE

Significant progress is being made at 5 Bedford Row, Frogmore’s office refurbishment project in Fund IV. The required demolition works are being completed to accommodate the extensions and to level the floors of the three interconnecting buildings. The offices do not look too pretty at the moment; but this will all change as we approach anticipated completion in Autumn 2024. MORE

Frogmore has been a longstanding supporter of Pathways to Property, who aim to widen access to the real estate profession by raising awareness of, and aspirations about, the vast range of careers available within the property sector. Last week our asset management team hosted students at Stratford Shopping Centre for a work experience visit. The students toured the site and completed an exercise t MORE

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Planning Committee has resolved to grant Frogmore and their partners, C1 Capital, planning consent to renovate and extend the existing 404-bed Hilton London Olympia hotel to create a new 905-bedroom hotel. Located at 380 Kensington High Street, situated at a gateway entrance to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the new development will be t MORE

All of us at Frogmore are immensely proud of our Chief Executive Jo Allen for taking home the crown for 'Leader of the Year - Financial and Professional Services' – in Property Week’s Inspiring Women in Property Awards! Her keen support of diversity in the workplace has meant that 50% of roles in the Frogmore team are occupied by women with at least one experienced female professional in ev MORE

Acquisition Director Patrick (Paddy) Smith joins a distinguished group of 5 colleagues who have worked at Frogmore for more than 25 years. Paddy joined the firm on 13th October 1998. MORE

Our LandAid Run – A 12 person Frogmore team battled torrential rain last Wednesday afternoon to complete the LandAid 10k run around Regent’s Park. The conditions meant that finishing without injury was the main priority for our team, but special shoutouts to Shekenah Diaz and Harry Crabtree who signed up with little running experience, trained hard and did exceptionally well! All the team did MORE

A Frogmore team of 12 is running the LandAid 10k on 20th September. The bookies favourite is of course the professional fun runner / asset manager Phil Egan looking to retain his crown. However, we have several first-time runners this year, and little is known about these dark horses in terms of their athletic ability. Watch this space for results and possibly a new Frogmore king or queen of the r MORE

Frogmore is very proud to announce that our partner Loveday has achieved an ‘OUTSTANDING’ CQC rating for our Kensington care home! They are especially proud of this achievement, as receiving an outstanding on first inspection is almost unheard of and has been achieved by less than 1% of all homes in the Country. Following their recent award at the Care Home Awards for ‘best nursing ca MORE

Frogmore has been a long-standing supporter of Pathways to Property, a not-for-profit programme aiming to widen access to the real estate profession by raising awareness of and aspirations around the vast range of careers available within the property industry. Last week Phil Egan and Jo Allen were our representatives for a summer school event, held at the Henley Business School at the University MORE

The Frogmore team enjoyed a summer party at Epsom Races last Thursday where Chairman Paul White’s theory to always back grey horses was put to the test. Unfortunately, the jury is still out on that one! Some winners for the team though with Harry Crabtree and Danny Matimba leading the charge. MORE

Three of Frogmore’s finest athletes - Ellen Macintyre, Phil Egan, and John Matthews - took part in the JLL property Duathlon on the morning of Friday the 30th of June at Dorney Lake, Windsor. After an early start, and a lot of effort, the team celebrated successfully completing the event with a cold beer (non-alcoholic of course!). ‘We had a great time taking part in the Duathlon event sai MORE

Frogmore’s Chief Executive, Jo Allen, spoke at a future leaders event organised by the International Property Forum last week. The event was attended by younger professionals in the property industry. Jo shared insights on her personal journey, leadership, and career development and where she sees the challenges and opportunities for the Private Equity Real Estate industry in the current environ MORE

We’re pleased to announce that at Notting Hill Gate, Ruby Hotels, the German hotel operator, has completed their 30-year lease of the recently completed 173-bedroom ‘Ruby Zoe’ hotel in West Block. Rooms are available from 19th June onwards. This will be Ruby’s second hotel in London, a sister to ‘Ruby Lucy’ at Waterloo. We are excited to welcome Ruby Zoe to Notting Hill Gate; Ru MORE

‘Recalibrate 2023’ – Jo Allen, our Chief Executive, visited the Netherlands as part of the UK Green Building Council’s ‘Recalibrate’ programme. The visit, with other senior property leaders, was to explore best practices in sustainability in the built environment. Included in the trip was a visit to ABN AMRO’s ‘Circl’ which is designed and built along the principles of circula MORE

A team from Frogmore  (John Matthews, Phil Egan, Simon Casey, Jack Mellinger, Harry Crabtree and Danny Matimba) took part in Land Aid’s Sleep out on Thursday 2nd March at Printworks, London. Some 1,300 people across seven venues, including 432 at Printworks in London; over £550k raised already, with the £600k target set to be breached; and a new benchmark set for engagement between the indus MORE

Frogmore’s Abbey Road Care Home, operated by Loveday, has attained their Care Quality Commission (CQC) accreditation in preparation for opening. This is the final of our homes to do so, joining Notting Hill, Kensington Square and Chelsea Court Place, rated Outstanding by the CQC. MORE

Frogmore has always been committed to improving the built environment and quality of life for everyone. As such, we are long-standing supporters of charities such as Land Aid, whose mission is to end youth homelessness in the UK; Willow Foundation, which funds ‘Special Days’ for seriously ill young adults at the most difficult times and XLP who create positive futures for young people growing MORE

It is with profound sadness that the Frogmore team mourns the death of Her Majesty The Queen. She was a shining example of steadfast leadership, determination, and dedication to the people of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. Queen Elizabeth II assumed her title in 1952 after her father's death and reigned for more than 70 years until her death on Sept. 8, 2022, making her the longest-reigni MORE

Frogmore is pleased to have achieved Practical Completion at 41 Abbey Road, St Johns Wood, London NW8. This 26-bedroom care facility is the fourth and final home of The Loveday Portfolio. We entered into a strategic partnership with this proven operator, to build a portfolio of four luxury dementia care homes in prime London locations over a four-year business plan in August 2018. MORE

Ruby Hotel represents the latest redevelopment in Frogmore’s Notting Hill Gate acquisition. Wednesday 11th May 2022 Frogmore hosted a Topping Out Ceremony today at its 173-bedroom ‘Ruby Zoe’ hotel development on Notting Hill Gate. Located within one of London’s most affluent and desirable boroughs, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, this is the latest redevelopment MORE

Frogmore capitalises on post pandemic trends towards quality, sustainability and flexibility Frogmore announce the purchase of 3-5, Bedford Row, Bloomsbury, London, for £15m. The freehold property comprises three interlinked Georgian style townhouses with 24,617 sq ft of office accommodation arranged over five floors. It’s located in Midtown, in the heart of one of London’s main MORE

Frogmore and C1 Capital announce the purchase of the Hilton London Olympia for £130m, the Park Inn by Radisson Northampton for £15m and Stifford Hall near Thurrock for £7.2m as part of a newly formed joint venture to pursue a hotel recovery portfolio strategy. These acquisitions form the second tranche of acquisitions for its fourth value add fund, FREP IV. Previously Frogmore acquired interest MORE

Frogmore are proud to have played their part in helping to meet the essential needs of Ukrainian refugees fleeing by the million across the Ukrainian-Polish border. As the landlords of Lingfield Point, Darlington’s leading business park, we were pleased to grant the free use of Buildings 24 & 25 as a collection point and storage depot for relief supplies for onward delivery. Answering MORE

Frogmore today announced the opening of its second central London dementia care home in Kensington, London. Identifying a stark lack of premium care facilities in central London, Frogmore acquired a portfolio of four central London sites during 2018 and 2019. The properties underpin its strategic partnership with Loveday & Co, experts in providing tailored, compassionate care. MORE

Frogmore’s woman Chief Executive, Jo (Josephine) Allen (Brand) and her colleagues acknowledge International Women’s Day 2022. Marking International Women’s Day at Frogmore is a group of women who have made their mark in the competitive corporate world of Real Estate. MORE

18th January 2022 - Frogmore announces the sale of West One Retail Park to M7 for £27.5m. The retail park, in Eccles, Greater Manchester, comprises 13 ‘big box’ retail units anchored by Lidl, The Range, McDonald’s, Subway, Home Bargains, The Food Warehouse, Jollyes Petfood Superstores, Pure Gym and Smyths Toys. MORE

A Tees Valley business park is to play a significant role in bringing a piece of local history back to life. Lingfield Point is the new home of a 1970s bus that’s being restored ahead of its 50th anniversary next year, providing the vital winter protection it needs to allow bodywork repairs to take place. Darlington Fleetline No. 50 was taken out of service in 1994 after transporting the p MORE

This year two teams from Frogmore took part in LandAid’s Steptober challenge. Steptober is a walking event where property professionals compete to take as many steps as possible during the first two weeks of October raising funds for LandAid, a charity aiming to end youth homelessness. Frogmore’s teams comprised ‘Michael’s Movers’ MORE

Frogmore extends many congratulations to the team at their partners, Loveday & Co, for thoroughly deserved recognition at The Care Home Awards 2021 final. Chelsea Court Place won the Overall Gold trophy for ‘Best Individual Care Home’ and the award for‘Best Care Home for Nursing Care’. MORE

Fareham Council has opened a new Country Park, immediately adjacent to Friary Meadow, the 86-unit retirement village developed by Frogmore in partnership with Oak Retirement. The country park, called Abbey Meadows, is set in 15 hectares of land gifted to the Council as part of the planning permission for the retirement village and provides the community with a new play and picnic area together MORE

Frogmore beefs up team as it pulls in more capital for new fund Frogmore has strengthened its team with three new hires as the UK-focused fund manager makes further progress raising capital for its latest value-add fund, React News can reveal. Fraser D' Arey, who was investment director at Picton Capital, has joined to work on investment transactions and George Edwards has been hired from MORE

Frogmore has joined 100 organisations working across the built environment sector to support delivery of a Built Environment Virtual Pavilion, ahead of the UN’s COP26 Climate Summit scheduled to take place in Glasgow in November 2021. With the aim of ensuring maximum participation, regardless of the status of the physical Summit, the Virtual Pavilion will enable the real estate industry to MORE

Hundreds of jobs could be created within County Durham over the next 12 months following the launch of a £2.5m office scheme at Lingfield Point. Baldwin is the latest phase to open at the 86-acre business park in Darlington and offers more than 26,000 sq. ft. of redeveloped office accommodation within a single floor, on the site of a former industrial warehouse. Peter Gibson, MP for Darling MORE

Smyths Toys have snapped up a new East Midlands distribution centre at Arrow Capital Partner’s Arrow248 warehouse on Midlands Logistics Park in Corby. The private family-owned toy retailer has taken a long lease and will use the facility to support its continued expansion in the UK both on line and in store. Smyths has started fit out and looks to occupy in July. The new facility is close to MORE

UK's largest hotel business opens new 274-bedroom Premier Inn off The Cut in Southwark with further London openings scheduled. Whitbread has reaffirmed its expansion plans for London and is projecting strong long-term demand for its Premier Inn and hub by Premier Inn hotel brands. The UK's largest hotel business has opened its new London flagship hotel - a 274-bedroom Premier Inn and Bar+ Bl MORE

Work on a new job-creating office building within a Darlington business park has been completed. The Baldwin office at Lingfield Point business park has been converted from a former industrial unit by London real estate funds manager Frogmore. The new 26,000 sq ft office has the potential to bring 300 jobs to the town. MORE

Ruby Continues To Expand Internationally - Third London Hotel Announced - 16/06/2020     MORE

A brand new retirement village has opened for sale in Hampshire with a special open house over the weekend marking the occasion. Friary Meadow in Titchfield opened its doors to visitors on Saturday 14 March, welcoming key stakeholders and those who had signed up to view the properties to look around the finished project. In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, plans for a more encompas MORE

Salford City Council’s planning committee approved the scheme on Star Island, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester on the 19th of March. Situated adjacent to Media City within Salford Quays, Star Island is just 2 miles to the south west of Manchester City Centre.  Overall the development will include up to 1,490 homes, commercial, retail and leisure spaces, two hotels, a lido into the MORE

Huge congratulations go to Natasha Norris in our Acquisition Team for passing her Assessment of Professional Competence and becoming qualified as a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.   MORE

Also celebrating a birthday milestone this week is long serving member of staff, Vi Downey. Vi has been at Frogmore since May 1996 and is a much loved colleague. Happy Birthday Vi!

Jo joined Ilkka Tomperi, Investment Director, Varma Mutual Insurance Company as moderators of INREV’s Autumn Conference in Rome on 21st November 2019. The conference theme was ‘Building tomorrow’s industry today’ and included contributions on weathering climate change and a panel of young professionals discussing how they see the future of the real estate industry. Source: NREV Quarterl MORE

Investment in a new office development at Darlington business park Lingfield Point looks set to create up to 300 new jobs. The new owner of the site plans to convert a former industrial unit into grade A offices. London-based real estate funds manager Frogmore is now on site speculatively developing the 25,795 sq ft project. Completion is expected in May 2020 on the open plan office space, w MORE

Frogmore has raised £80m in a first closing for its latest UK-only, value-add fund, Frogmore Real Estate Partners IV. The private equity firm, which has a £400m fundraising target for the fund, is understood to have raised the equity from two North American investors. The fund is expected to follow a similar strategy to that of previous vehicles, which invested in properties needing asset MORE

Frogmore’s Director of Asset Management, Tim Allibone, joined Phil Jones from JV partner Mulberry Developments to collect an IAS Award ‘Best Overall Scheme- Logistics Park’ for Midlands Logistics Park in Corby. In 2018, the development won ‘Deal of the Year over 250,000 sq ft’ for the preletting of 844,000 sq ft to Eddie Stobart. Additional forward funded lettings have subsequently been MORE

Frogmore has secured planning approval for a mixed-use site in Stratford. The proposal for the new site, known as The Yards, is a redevelopment of Morgan House and includes 423 residential PRS units, of which 35% will be affordable, a 95,000 sq ft office building, a 299-bedroom lifestyle hotel and nearly 33,000 sq ft of independent retail space. Frogmore submitted plans to the London Borough MORE

The structure of Frogmore’s 274 bedroom New Marlborough Yard Hotel has been completed. To mark the occasion, representatives from Frogmore; Whitbread and La Salle Investment Management joined the design team and contractor Gilbert-Ash on site at a Topping Out Ceremony. The hotel, pre-let to Whitbread and forward funded by clients of La Salle, will be completed in April 2020. It will be ope MORE

The IAC Group team at Chelsea Court Place has won ‘Best for Nursing Care’ at The Care Home Awards 2019 and received a High Commendation for ‘Best Individual Care Home’. The Care Home Awards, in association with Care Home Management, are an annual celebration of excellence and innovation across the care home sector in the UK. The Care Home Awards lunch and ceremony took place on Thursday MORE

Five members of the Frogmore team clocked up the ‘kilometres’ and took on the APAM challenge to help them raise both funds and awareness for the Save the Children’s Yemen Crisis Appeal cycling a virtual 95km in just 2.25 hours. The ‘race’ took place on static spin bikes in St Christopher’s Place outside APAM’s office and Frogmore assisted APAM in clocking up a magnificent 128,142k MORE

Congratulations to the Frogmore Team - Michael Kovacic; Simon Casey; Andy Rogers; John Matthews; Chris White; Amanda Stuart; Ben Fitzherbert; Natasha Norris & Lydia Merry; who completed the LandAid 10k run in Regents Park on Tuesday 4th June 2019 in support of ending youth homelessness. MORE

The charity XLP, who help young people growing up on inner-city estates, is coming to the busy Stratford Shopping Centre, thanks to Frogmore’s donation of much needed space. The XLP base in the Centre is opposite Sports Direct and will be offering support and guidance to young people in the local area, through mentoring, theatre, art and other workshops. Their aim is to address issues faced MORE

Frogmore has teamed up with Innovative Aged Care to assemble a portfolio of four sites in central London for high-end dementia care schemes. The sites are all in prime locations: King’s Road, Chelsea; Abbey Road, St John’s Wood; Kensington Square, Kensington; and Princes Square, Bayswater. Frogmore is investing about £50m of equity from its Frogmore Real Estate Partners III to acquire MORE

Led by Frogmore Senior Asset Manager John Matthews and Centre Manager, Tony Peters, a team of enthusiastic would be painters and decorators helped charity XLP decorate a retail unit at The Stratford Shopping Centre. XLP stands for ‘The eXceL Project’, a registered charity at the cutting edge of urban youth work in the UK, working to create positive futures MORE

Colleagues raised a toast to the popular and highly regarded Paddy who celebrated his 20 years working at Frogmore on 13th October 2018. MORE

Premier Inn is to occupy Frogmore’s approved 274-bed New Marlborough Yard development at The Cut in Southwark (SE1 8LE). The new hotel is due to be built between Ufford Street and the Lewisham Southwark College Building on The Cut (the former LeSoCo campus) following the grant of planning permission in March this year. MORE

Frogmore, the UK real estate fund manager, has signed Ovo Energy for a 21,000 sq ft office prelet at 69 Notting Hill Gate in London. It is the fund’s second prelet within three months at its Notting Hill Estate, following a deal with The Office Group for 41,000 sq ft. Both projects are due to be completed mid-2019 and have been designed by Squire & Partners. MORE

On the 27 September 2018 Frogmore together with our joint venture partner, Mulberry Developments received the award for Best Deal over 250,000 sq ft at the Industrial Agents Society Awards for the letting to Eddie Stobart on Unit 1, Midlands Logistics Park, Corby. MORE

Congratulations to the Frogmore Team – Ben Fitzherbert; Lucy Fisk; Amanda Stuart; Lydia Merry; Algy Kent; Natasha Norris; Andy Rogers and Michael Kovacic who completed the LandAid 10k run on Clapham Common raising much needed funds to help end youth homelessness. MORE

Frogmore, the UK real estate fund manager, has prelet 41,000 sq ft of offices at the Notting Hill Gate Estate to Blackstone owned serviced office group The Office Group (TOG) on a 20-year lease receiving a rent in the mid-£60s per sq ft, which it said was a record high for the area.   The redevelopment scheme at 92-94 Notting Hill Gate, designed by Squires Architects, is due to complete in Q MORE

Frogmore is preparing to launch a new UK-only value-add fund with a target to raise about £400m of equity. The private equity firm is understood to have hired HFF as placement agent to help with the fundraising for its fourth fund, Frogmore Real Estate Partners IV. It is expected to follow a similar strategy to that which it has employed with previous funds, which have invested in propertie MORE

Close to 200 people braved the "beast from the east" and Storm Emma last night to support property industry charity LandAid’s SleepOut for LandAid House, sponsored by Hammerson and Knight Frank. CoStar News was there exclusively to catch up with the participants and all the action. LandAid’s first ever SleepOut for LandAid House has now raised over a fantastic £150,000, every penny of whic MORE

Frogmore has recruited Cushman & Wakefield retail capital markets partner Chris White. White joined Cushman from Strutt & Parker in 2015. He has over 12 years' experience and has worked on a number of high profile transactions including the sale of Eastgate Centre in Basildon for British Land, the sale of The Lanes in Carlisle for Aviva and the purchases of Green Lanes in Barnstaple MORE

She’s one of the property industry’s few female chief executives, and a self-confessed “miss clipboard” who spends her days negotiating with investors, raising capital and flying the flag for the company she has dedicated the past 23 years to. Frogmore’s Chief Executive – Jo Allen speaks to Estate Gazette for its latest Tomorrow’s Leaders podcast. The podcast is available on https MORE

Frogmore attended MIPIM UK, one of UK’s largest property summit on 18‐19 October 2017 in Olympia, London.  Frogmore’s Director of Acquisitions - Patrick Smith participated in a Panel Session on ‘Is UK Real Estate Still a Good Investment?’. The aim of the discussion was to examine the current state of investment into the UK. Where is the money coming from and in what volume? What are MORE

Frogmore has let 17,000 sq ft at Weston House in London’s Midtown to law firm Mishcon de Reya on a 13-year lease, taking the building to full occupancy. The deal for the space on the fourth and fifth floors boosts the law firm’s presence at the building to 56,000 sq ft. The rent was undisclosed, but values achieved at the property range from £62.50 to £74.50 per sq ft. Other tenants i MORE

As part of Frogmore’s Community Involvement initiative, we are proud to be the sponsors of the ‘aGenda’ exhibition at the OXO Tower gallery on the South Bank, London.‘aGenda’ is a photographic series produced by award-winning photographer Matthew Joseph, to highlight the effect of unconscious bias in our society and we think that that the nature versus nurture and gender-bias issues rai MORE

Frogmore Acquisition Surveyor, Nick Stiles, took part in Prudential’s Ride London 100 (described as ‘London Marathon on wheels’) yesterday raising money for Land Aid - the property industry's charity, working to help end youth homelessness in the UK. He completed the course in a staggeringly rapid 4hr 22minutes. Nick says: "It was a fantastic event and an amazing experience to ride on cl MORE

Galliard, Frogmore and O’Shea’s development at The Chilterns won the Best Apartment Award at the London Evening Standard’s 2017 New Home Awards. MORE

Jo Allen, Chief Executive of Frogmore presents the trophy to this year’s winner - Church Commissioners for England at the gala event. MORE

Chief Executive of UK real estate fund manager, Frogmore successfully completed the London Marathon on Sunday, reaching her fundraising target of £150,000 in the process. Clocking a finish time of 5 hours 36 minutes, Jo Allen ran her first ever marathon in aid of national charity, Willow. The cause is the only UK Charity to provide seriously ill young adults with uplifting and unforgettable ‘Sp MORE

Jo Allen - Chief Executive, Frogmore in conversation with Pension Real Estate Association (PREA); sharing her views on the U.K. Real Estate Market and current opportunities to drive value. Please see the PREA link. http://prea.org/videos/jo-allen/ MORE

Tim Allibone; John Matthews and Lucy Smith from Frogmore joined with colleagues from GVA’s Property Management Consultancy Team for a volunteering day at The Templeton Centre, Northwood for the Alzheimer’s Society. Throughout the day the team redecorated the residents’ lounge at the centre. MORE

Pure Gym and Jollyes Pets finally confirm West One Eccles moves Six months after SalfordOnline.com broke the news about two large brands coming to West One Retail Park in Eccles, a leisure provider and pet store have confirmed the major moves. The shopping centre off Gilda Brook Road will see 24-hour Pure Gym and Jollyes Petfood Superstore open by the end of the year. They join homeware and MORE

For years, the business was referred to as Paul White’s Frogmore. Not any longer. “Jo runs the business now,” says the company’s irrepressible chairman, flanked by his successor as CEO, former COO, Jo Allen. In their first interview together since the changeover, the two talk about Frogmore’s evolution, how they approached the handover this April and where they plan to take the busine MORE

LandAid and fund manager Frogmore have launched London’s first taxi that can be coloured in. The taxi, which was unveiled on Thursday, will raise awareness of LandAid’s work tackling youth homelessness whilst also being a unique piece of public art. The taxi livery, donated by Frogmore, is completely covered with illustrations of the projects and young people that LandAid supports. Playing MORE

Frogmore’s Chief Executive, Jo Allen participated at the PERE Europe Summit held in London on 7th & 8th June. The lively Panel Session on ‘Alternative Real Estate: Moving into the Mainstream?’ discussed the fundamental demand drivers of the sector, its evolution into the mainstream and some of the risks involved in the otherwise attractive returns investors are seeing today. The event wa MORE

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Despite some coaching tips from a Rugby World Cup Winner, Neil Back, and having a couple of retired professionals in the team, on this occasion the “experienced” Frogmore/Deka Bank team succumbed to a narrow defeat to Berwin Leighton Paisner’s youthful exuberance and superior fitness. The score was 5 tries to 3 with one of the tries coming from Frogmore’s Charlie Browne who somehow avoi MORE

Frogmore’s Paul White was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List “ for charitable services especially to the Willow Foundation”. Paul received his MBE from HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on 24th February 2016. MORE