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’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
Cushman & Wakefield Welcomes Valuation & Advisory Partners To Its UK Living Business
Senior hires Paul Winstanley and Beth Hill join as Partners from JLL
Vikki McCrindle • 15/09/2025
Cushman & Wakefield Advises On Long-Term Lease Of Leeds Office Building Set To Become Cutting-Edge Cancer Centre
A multidisciplinary team at Cushman & Wakefield has acted for GenesisCare -the UK’s leading independent cancer care provider which specialises in complex cancers - in securing 1200 Century Way at Thorpe Park in Leeds on a leasehold basis.
Vikki McCrindle • 11/09/2025
Cushman & Wakefield UK Partners with Young Enterprise
Cushman & Wakefield has announced a three-year partnership in the UK with national charity Young Enterprise.
Vikki McCrindle • 27/08/2025
Cushman & Wakefield Hires Logistics & Industrial Partner In The Midlands
Nick Spencer joins national team as a Partner
Vikki McCrindle • 21/08/2025
Flight to Quality Drives Grade A Office Space to Record 80% of Take-up in Central London
Total take-up reaches 2.55 million sq ft in Q2 2025.
Lauren Joselyn • 07/08/2025
From Caution to Strategic Conviction: European Real Estate Finds Its Footing
European real estate is still a strong play, offering real income-producing assets backed by solid long-term trends and fundamentals says Cushman & Wakefield.
Lauren Joselyn • 11/06/2025
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
European Commercial Real Estate Sector To Weather Impact Of Tariff Uncertainty And Continue Expansion
Cushman & Wakefield report publishes report analysing economic and property impacts of the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidential term.
Richard Coleman • 01/05/2025
Cushman & Wakefield Appoints New Head Of UK Student Accommodation
James Woolley takes the helm of the UK Student Accommodation team.
Richard Coleman • 28/04/2025
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
Whether you’re an occupier or investor in real estate, working on a single asset or across an international portfolio, we’re ideally placed to support you with a comprehensive range of 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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