South West independent property consultancy Alder King has promoted three of its Bristol office staff to associates.
Emma Smith and Tom Dugay from the firm’s award-winning agency team, and Catherine Norris from the planning team, took up their new roles this week.
Tom joined Alder King as a graduate in 2005, focusing on office agency. He has since been responsible for numerous transactions in Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset, including more than 50 at Bristol’s Paintworks creative hub since the first phase was developed in 2005.
Tom has also secured high-profile lettings at the mixed office/industrial Filton 20 business park in Bristol on behalf of BAE Systems and at the SouthGate retail centre in Bath on behalf of Aviva Investors. His prolific deal tally was recognised in 2012 by industry publication Estates Gazette when he was named Bristol’s top dealmaker.
Emma Smith originally joined Alder King’s Gloucester office in 2006 and, after a short spell elsewhere, returned to the firm’s Bristol office six years later to focus on industrial and logistics agency.
She has since successfully supported a wide variety of development projects in Greater Bristol, including Caxton Business Park in Warmley, Armstrong Way in Yate and Belvedere Court in Weston-super-Mare.
Cat Norris joined Alder King’s planning team in 2014 and has risen swiftly to become an associate in recognition of outstanding work, particularly in securing planning permission for a new base for the Great Western Air Ambulance charity at Almondsbury, as well as student accommodation schemes at Capital Quarter in Cardiff and the Comet Hotel in Hatfield.
Alder King senior partner Martyn Jones said: “Tom, Emma and Cat have all made a great contribution to the firm in recent years, demonstrating exemplary client service and commitment.
“Through their prolific deal-making, Tom and Emma have helped us retain our position as the South West’s most active property agency, and Cat has worked on some of our most high-profile planning projects, delivering successful outcomes for her clients. We’re delighted to recognise their contribution with these well-deserved promotions.”
Pictured, from left: Catherine Norris, Tom Dugay and Emma Smith
