The Bristol office of commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has promoted Nick Thurston from associate to partner in the firm’s capital markets team.
Nick, pictured, joined Knight Frank in 2010 having worked in commercial property agencies in Bristol and a development company in London. He moved to the capital markets team in 2012. 
Head of the Knight Frank Bristol office, Steve Oades, said: “I am pleased to welcome Nick into the partnership. He has proven to be one of the most active investment agents in the market and has represented our clients in some of the region’s highest-profile deals.”
Nick Thurston added: “I’m delighted to have been promoted to partner and I would like to thank Knight Frank for this recognition. With so much going on in the region, it’s a very exciting time to be working in the investment market and I look forward to working with our clients on many more transactions in the near future.”
The Knight Frank investment team in Bristol transacted deals of more than £150m over the past year.
Recent deals include the £33m purchase of Skanska’s 66 Queen Square showpiece office scheme by Aviva Investors and the £5.8m sale of Abbey Wood Business Park, Filton, for LaSalle Investment Management to Schroders’ Multi-Let Industrial Property Unit Trusts, which at 5.09% set a new prime multi-let industrial yield for the South West.
Knight Frank employs more than 550 advisors across 59 countries offering expertise in investment acquisitions and disposals, capital sourcing and equity placement, joint ventures, land sales and post-purchase asset and property management.
