Exemplar

Exemplar is delighted to have been selected as a finalist in the 2012 Property Awards as “Developer of the Year”. We are proud to have been winners of Property Awards in past years, including for “Best Development” and “Deal of the Year” and are extremely excited about our nomination in one of the most prestigious categories. The winner will be announced on 19 April 2012 at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

Heart and Soul - Live Musical Showcase 2011, hosted at the RichMix Centre by Julie Payne and sponsored by Exemplar.

This is the main event in the annual celebration of Black History Month and Exemplar were proud to be lead sponsor for 2011. Held at the renowned RichMix Centre in Shoreditch, over 200 people enjoyed a night of live music and merriment. The event bought every culture possible under one roof to enjoy performances from a number of singers from the cast of Thriller currently appearing in the west end, local performers Fil Straughan,Patrick Alan,Angie Brown backed by the Mighty Dukes band. Tributes were paid to Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and many more.

Baroness Oona King of Bow, Trevor Philips OBE and our very own Daniel Van Gelder addressed the evening giving speeches to celebrate the rich Black History of London and in particular the East End.

As investors in the local community, Exemplar was delighted to be asked to sponsor the annual concert celebrating Black History Month held at the Old Spitafields Market in London in October. Black History Month is an observance of the history of the African diaspora in a number of countries outside of Africa and celebrates community.

The event was opened by Spitalfields Councillor Helal Abbas together with the leader of the LBTH Labour group, Councillor Joshua Peck.  The event was hosted by Phil Gannon and backed by the Mighty Dukes Band.  House diva Angie Brown, Manuela Pannizio, Noreen Stewart and Ricci P Washington all paid tribute to great singers of our past and present including Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley. Other highlights included the music maestro Rick James on his guitar, poetry from Anna Mae, the break dancing phenomenon of Two and a Half Men (Britians Got Talent) and the awesome Spitalfields Bangra dancers.

A hugely fun afternoon with great spirit and entertainment all round. Our thanks to the organisers from Crystal Enterprises.

Exemplar Properties and its partners would like to thank all the people who took the time to come to our public exhibition, which displayed our initial concept designs for the redevelopment of the The Middlesex site.

The response was fantastic, with over 485 people coming to visit over the six days of the exhibition and with many providing us with useful feedback and comments.

We are now in the process of furthering our designs with the aim of submitting a planning application later in the summer with the intention of commencing development as soon as planning consent is granted.

For those who were unable to make the public exhibition, click here to take you through to the dedicated website to download the materials that were on display at the public exhibition.

Exemplar and its partners are pleased to report that significant progress has been made in preparing inital designs for the redevelopment of The Middlesex site.

Signature architects, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Sheppard Robson, have been working together to prepare a masterplan and design concepts that will be on display at a public exhibition to be held on the site from 27th June to 2nd July.

Over 80 interested parties came to the site on the first day of the exhibition – we hope that as many people as possible can come and have a look at the plans – and most importantly let us know what they think – and hopefully we can include your feedback in the final plans for the site.

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Exemplar were delighted to be able to provide Callum Stidston-Nott, a first year Real Estate Management Student from Oxford Brookes University, with a week of work experience recently.

As developers we get involved in a wide range of property activities, such as building design, market research, letting, construction, planning and working with joint venture partners.  Our aim was to expose Callum to as many of these workstreams as possible in the  short term he was with us.

This included a construction site meeting with Construction Partner Campbell MacDougall, Design Team Meetings, Stakeholder Construction Meeting, Verified Views Meeting and a Planning Strategy Meeting.  Michael Bucknell also took Callum through the contents of a development process and development appraisal lecture he gives annually at Cambridge and introduced him to many of the systems used in property development.  Callum was also assigned a project to research retail targets for one of Exemplar’s projects and managed to squeeze in a tour of some competing office buildings in the City and attended a residential research breakfast held by one of the leading residential agencies.

Exemplar is delighted to be a finalist in two categories at this year’s Property Week Awards – “Best Developer” and “Deal of the Year”. As far as we know, we are the youngest property company to have ever been a finalist for “Best Developer” so this is particularly exciting! The winner of these prestigious awards will be announced at a dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 5th April 2111.
 
 
 
 

Daniel Van Gelder was invited by the Architects Journal to speak at their AJ100 Breakfast on 4th March. The AJ100 comprises the leading 100 architectural practices in the UK, and Daniel used the opportunity to focus on education in the property sector, and the effects of the current unrest in the Middle East on UK real estate.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exemplar is proud to announce they have been appointed as Developer by The Crown Estate for Block W4 on Regent Street. This exciting project forms an important part of the on-going regeneration of Regent Street. The scheme which has received planning consent will create 50,000 sq ft of new flagship retail space along with 140,000 sq ft of grade A office space. Completion is scheduled for end 2013.
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At the invitation of Como and Mace Construction, Exemplar visited the Shard during construction. At the time of the visit the main core was at level 35 and was already the tallest structure in the UK. The project is due to complete in 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exemplar visited Broadcasting house with their preferred consultants Aecom and Sheppard Robson who acted as services engineers and architect respectively, on the new building which has cost approximately £400m to redevelop. Read the PDF
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exemplar was delighted to support the Museum of London on the creation of a giant artwork based on drawings of the archaeological finds and history of Spitalfields that were created by students from Swanlea School in Whitechapel. The 45-foot-long canvas shows five scenes from Roman, medieval, Huguenot, Jewish and present-day Spitalfields. The artwork was brought to life at the Lord Mayors Show by members of the original Spitalfields team and Exemplar, as well members of the local community and traders from Spitalfields Market, walking alongside the canvas in period costume. A great day out and we were delighted to be able to support the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Bear, on his inauguration day.

The finished artwork is now on display at Swanlea School.
 
 

We were pleased to recently welcome the Land Economy course of Cambridge University who inspected our development at 101 Cambridge.

Firstly we arranged for two members of our development team, architects Scott Brownrigg and Quantity Surveyors from EC Harris, to present at a course lecture and run a workshop to assist students on design and cost matters relating to development options. This was followed up with a site visit to 101 Cambridge to show the students a development in the middle of the construction period complimented with a session on development appraisals and financial models with Michael Bucknell, Senior Development Manager at Exemplar Properties.

Dr Helen Bao from Cambridge University commented: “Our students found the seminar and site visit very interesting and informative. In particular, they found Gerard’s in-house cost figures, Ed’s answers to questions regarding design and planning issues, and Michael’s demonstration of the financial analysis of the site very helpful. Thanks very much for sharing this information with us. We run this real estate development course every year. It would be great if our students can share your experience and expertise again.”

Exemplar were proud to be lead sponsor of the Design for London, London Open City exhibition at Somerset House that looked at the ways in which the city is transforming and aimed to offer Londoners the opportunity to contribute to the projects development.

The Exemplar walks and talks series opened up different perspectives on the development of successful city spaces, provoking interesting questions and fresh points of view.

Drawing on the theme of Open City, we hosted three talks which set out to raise questions on how we can approach the revitalisation of the city. Four inspirational speakers drew on their own experience to raise questions about how London can be transformed, by responding to major events, initiating creative thinking and truly integrating the desires of the resident population.

The walks explored the city spaces themselves, drawing out hidden gems, uncovering alternative narratives, and discovering different ways of viewing and occupying the urban realm.

Exemplar Properties have entered into a development agreement with Kaupthing Bank and Aviva Investors to develop the The Middlesex site site on Mortimer Street in Fitzrovia, London. The three-acre site will be transformed into an integrated sustainable mixed-use community, centred on a new landscaped public realm that embraces the listed hospital chapel. The high-quality scheme is expected to be complete by late 2014.
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Exemplar sponsored this exciting exhibition held at Somerset House. The exhibition, focused on the forces that have shaped London’s public realm and asks how we can make our city easier – and more enjoyable – to use.

As part of the exhibition, General Public Agency for Exemplar made a film of the Aldgate Public Realm Strategy to show how the removal of gyratories can contribute to the regeneration of this important part of London.

Most of us are mad sailors, and for the fourth year in a row Exemplar entered a yacht into the Little Britain Challenge Cup, the major property sailing regatta held in Cowes. This year we achieved 2nd place within our class of 40, and in 6th place out of 350 overall – a great result!
 
 
 
 
 

Exemplar are delighted to have adopted “Sebastian” and “Amélie”, two black-footed penguins resident at London Zoo. The adoption scheme is focussed on promoting the protection of endangered species. The black-footed penguin population has fallen by 95% over the last century and work is underway to promote breeding pairs in their natural habitat of South Africa and Namibia.

We are delighted to announce the sale of Drapers Gardens to Evans Randall for £242.5m. We developed the 290,000sqft office building in joint venture with Morgan Stanley and Canary Wharf which was subsequently let to Blackrock.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exemplar is proud to announce the signing of a Development Agreement with the City of London Corporation to see the comprehensive regeneration of the 300,000 sq ft London Fruit & Wool Exchange building in Spitafields. A major consultation exercise has commenced and more information will be posted shortly. For further information  click here…

Our competitive streak extends to the slopes as well, and for the past six years we have organised an annual ski trip attended by senior property professionals and clients. We have so far skied Courcheval, Val d’Isere, St Anton and Isola, with attendances ranging from 20 to 90! The trips always cumulate in a downhill race organised for us by ESF.