Toby Sykes
Head of Retail National, UK • United Kingdom
Local Office:
43-45 Portman Square
London, W1A 3BG
United Kingdom
Office: +44 (20) 71525240
Mobile: +44 7764398240
Toby Sykes
Head of Retail National, UK • United Kingdom
About
Toby has been a specialist in the UK shopping centre market for the last 30 years.
His experience has included pre-leasing some of the biggest and best new regional developments including The Trafford Centre in Manchester, Bullring in Birmingham, Trinity Leeds and most recently Westgate Oxford.
He is currently working on some of the most dominant and successful centres in the UK including Westfield Stratford.
Services
Retail Consultancy
Cushman & Wakefield has a track record of delivering strategic advice on projects, developments, investments and occupier portfolios through highly-skilled retail consultancy capabilities.
Leisure & Restaurants
Leisure and restaurants are our passion; our team brings together cutting-edge and commercially-established schemes.
Insights
MarketBeat
UK London Office Marketbeat Reports
Access the latest quarterly commercial real estate results for the London office market. MarketBeat reports analyse quarterly market activity including, supply, demand and pricing trends.
Kiran Patel • 25/07/2025
MarketBeat
UK Regional Offices MarketBeat
Access the latest quarterly commercial real estate results for the UK office sector nationally. MarketBeat reports analyse quarterly market activity including, supply, demand and pricing trends.
Kiran Patel • 25/07/2025
MarketBeat
UK Life Science Marketbeat Report
Access the latest quarterly commercial real estate results for the UK life science sector nationally. MarketBeat reports analyse quarterly market activity including, supply, demand and pricing trends.
Kiran Patel • 23/07/2025
Research
Access the latest in-depth insights, key trends, and performance of the London hotel real estate market.
Bořivoj Vokřínek • 22/07/2025
Research
Edinburgh Hotel Market Spotlight
Access the latest in-depth insights, key trends, and performance of the Edinburgh Hotel Market Spotlight.
Bořivoj Vokřínek • 22/07/2025
MarketBeat
UK Economy & Housing Marketbeat Reports
Access the latest quarterly commercial real estate results for the investment market nationally. MarketBeat reports analyse quarterly market activity including, supply, demand and pricing trends.
Daryl Perry • 17/07/2025
MarketBeat
UK Investment Marketbeat Reports
Access the latest quarterly commercial real estate results for the investment market nationally. MarketBeat reports analyse quarterly market activity including, supply, demand and pricing trends.
Daryl Perry • 17/07/2025
Article
The UK’s Industrial Strategy - A structural shift of industrial proportions
The UK Government’s recent launch of “Modern Industrial Strategy 2025” marks an important event for the logistics and industrial sector despite being set against a backdrop of persistent global inflation, complex geopolitical risk, and an almost two-decade old productivity problem.
Edward Bavister • 15/07/2025
MarketBeat
UK Elderly Care MarketBeat Reports
Access the latest quarterly commercial real estate results for the UK elderly care sector nationally. MarketBeat reports analyse quarterly market activity including, supply, demand, and pricing trends.
Jack Kelleher • 11/07/2025
Research
Track prime rents and yields in up to 43 cities across Europe, covering the key office, high street and logistics sectors. It provides an overview of quarterly performance for prime rents and yields.
Nigel Almond • 07/07/2025
Research • Workplace
Inflationary pressures that dominated the economic environment in 2022 and 2023 are showing signs of easing across the UK economy. The consequential increases in the Bank of England’s base rate up to 5.25% – the highest level since 2008 – are now expected to gradually ease over the medium-term.
Thomas Moore • 08/05/2024
Insights
Commercial Stamp Duty Calculator
Calculate commercial stamp duty (SDLT) for UK property purchases with Cushman & Wakefield's free calculator. Covers England, Scotland, Wales & NI
UK INSIGHTS
Research
Access the latest in-depth insights, key trends, and performance of the London hotel real estate market.
Bořivoj Vokřínek • 22/07/2025
Research
Edinburgh Hotel Market Spotlight
Access the latest in-depth insights, key trends, and performance of the Edinburgh Hotel Market Spotlight.
Bořivoj Vokřínek • 22/07/2025
Research
H1 2025 EMEA Data Centre Market Update
A total of 24GW of data centre capacity across EMEA was operational, under construction, or in planning stages at the start of 2025 with operators increasingly looking beyond traditional powerhouse markets to meet demand.
Laura Shepherd • 17/07/2025
Article
The UK’s Industrial Strategy - A structural shift of industrial proportions
The UK Government’s recent launch of “Modern Industrial Strategy 2025” marks an important event for the logistics and industrial sector despite being set against a backdrop of persistent global inflation, complex geopolitical risk, and an almost two-decade old productivity problem.
Edward Bavister • 15/07/2025
Research
Track prime rents and yields in up to 43 cities across Europe, covering the key office, high street and logistics sectors. It provides an overview of quarterly performance for prime rents and yields.
Nigel Almond • 07/07/2025
Research
Cushman & Wakefield’s study explores rooftop solar potential in UK logistics, key adoption drivers, barriers, financial returns, and policy solutions.
03/07/2025
MarketBeat
Our Marketbeat reports provide quarterly commercial real estate market activity data covering supply, demand, and pricing trends. Explore our UK Marketbeat reports which cover office, life sciences, retail, industrial, investment, and specialist market sectors.
Edward Bavister • 11/04/2025
Research • Workplace
Inflationary pressures that dominated the economic environment in 2022 and 2023 are showing signs of easing across the UK economy. The consequential increases in the Bank of England’s base rate up to 5.25% – the highest level since 2008 – are now expected to gradually ease over the medium-term.
Thomas Moore • 08/05/2024
Insights
A regular update on the commercial real estate investment scene in Europe.
James Young • 27/10/2022
Insights • Economy
A regular update on the commercial real estate market in the UK.
31/05/2022
Insights
Commercial Stamp Duty Calculator
Calculate commercial stamp duty (SDLT) for UK property purchases with Cushman & Wakefield's free calculator. Covers England, Scotland, Wales & NI
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