Alex Charlesworth
International Partner • United Kingdom
Alex Charlesworth
International Partner • United Kingdom
About
Alex is Head of UK National Building Consultancy and is responsible for all commercial building surveying services. He is recognised by peers and the industry as a specialist dilapidations practitioner, with a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues and has extensive experience representing both landlords and tenants.
He provides construction and building related advice across a wide range of property, to owners, occupiers and investors. He deals with due diligence and acquisition surveys, reinstatement cost assessments, maintenance and refurbishment, and advises on exit strategy. Alex also has wide experience in Purchaser's and Investor's surveys, both individual properties and large scale portfolios across EMEA. He also undertakes building pathology analysis on many types of commercial and historic buildings.
Alex is also responsible for consultancy services across Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA), in particular relating to cross border due diligence and dilapidations.
What's new
Cushman & Wakefield Hires Partner To Lead North West Logistics & Industrial Team
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed James Lewis as a Partner within its national Logistics & Industrial team.
Vikki McCrindle • 09/12/2025
Cushman & Wakefield’s UK Retail Team Adds Mike Bumford As Partner
Bumford joins from Knight Frank’s national retail agency team where he advised landlord clients on retail schemes across the UK, as well as acquiring space on behalf of national occupiers.
Vikki McCrindle • 01/12/2025
London’s New Bond Street Named World’s Most Expensive Retail Destination For First Time
London’s New Bond Street, where rents have risen by 22% in the past year to $2,231 per square foot per year (psf/yr), has been crowned the world’s most expensive retail destination for the first time.
Lauren Joselyn • 19/11/2025
Cushman & Wakefield Appoints New Head of EMEA Offices Research
Appointment of Kiran Patel strengthens Cushman & Wakefield’s regional insight and client engagement across the office sector.
Lauren Joselyn • 14/10/2025
Cushman & Wakefield’s Valuation & Advisory Team Strengthens Further With Partner Hire
Sally Allsop joins from Cluttons and will be based in Manchester.
Lauren Joselyn • 08/10/2025
Publica Announces 50,000 sq ft Pre-let to General Atlantic at Elephant Marylebone
Publica is transforming the former House of Fraser department store in London’s West End into a best-in-class mixed use destination.
Richard Coleman • 02/10/2025
Defence Sector is Opening Up Strategic, Long Term Real Estate Opportunities Says Cushman & Wakefield Report
‘Strategic Sector Signals’ report outlines the growing demand across Europe’s Defence, Clean Energy, Critical Materials and Life Sciences sectors.
Lauren Joselyn • 01/10/2025
Cushman & Wakefield Reveals Retail Sectors Driving Growth In Europe
Fashion industry maintains position as the largest retail occupier across Europe.
Richard Coleman • 25/09/2025
Senior Appointments Signal the Next Phase of Growth for Cushman & Wakefield’s V&A Team
Clare Clarke and Rob Pritchard join as Partners.
Lauren Joselyn • 24/09/2025
Grade A London Office Space Facing Considerable Squeeze Beyond 2025
New quarterly London office data from Cushman & Wakefield highlights the constrained conditions faced by occupiers seeking Grade A space in London and points to further challenges to come, with just 5.91 million sq ft of total office space currently under construction and available beyond 2025.
Lauren Joselyn • 06/05/2025
Occupiers Focus On The Core As The City Breaks Record For Central London Office Leasing Deals
The City of London set a new record for office leasing deals in a calendar year with 339 transactions over 5,000 sq ft in 2024.
Lauren Joselyn • 24/04/2025
Iconic European Streets See 83 New Luxury Store Openings Despite Ongoing Luxury Market Transition
The European luxury retail real estate market continues to show resilience with further store openings in 2024 despite another year of transition in the luxury retail market, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s European Luxury Retail 2025 report.
Richard Coleman • 03/03/2025
Services
Project & Development Services
Building Consultancy
With extensive commercial expertise and a deep understanding of the property life-cycle requirements of investors, occupiers, lenders and developers, our building consultancy team provides specialist advice across the full spectrum of building surveying services.
Building Engineering Services
Our Building Engineering Services team can provide all design and management services relating to the mechanical, electrical and public health elements within all building types, across all sectors during initial construction, fit-out and occupancy stages.
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