Savills has paid tribute to long-standing agent and director Mike Spens, who unexpectedly handed away earlier this month.
Spens joined the Savills retail warehouse crew in Scotland in 2003, changing into an integral a part of the Edinburgh workplace. His profession started within the out-of-town retail market in 1990, the place he performed a key function within the early growth of manufacturing facility outlet retailing in Scotland.
At Savills, Spens targeted on leisure and roadside companies, working with a variety of outlets, landlords, builders and operators. Lately, he developed vital experience in electrical car (EV) charging infrastructure, offering advisory companies as demand for EV options grew. He was additionally a former board member of Accessible Retail.
Nick Penny, head of Savills Scotland, stated Spens can be enormously missed not solely by colleagues throughout Scotland and the broader UK, but additionally by purchasers with whom he constructed long-standing relationships.
“Mike was a detailed good friend and colleague to many people; he had nice humour, humility and most significantly was extremely sort,” stated Penny. “He made time for everybody and was vastly supportive of each these inside his peer group but additionally help employees and graduates. There isn’t any doubt that he can be missed enormously. Our ideas are along with his household and family members right now.”
