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Head of Retail National, UK • United Kingdom

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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 and Leisure

A great retail proposition is only the beginning.

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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.

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Leisure & Restaurants

Leisure and restaurants are our passion; our team brings together cutting-edge and commercially-established schemes.

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Insights

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Research • Economy

​​10 Critical Questions for 2023​ EMEA

10 critical questions we’re asking as we look out at the horizon at 2023. 
Sukhdeep Dhillon • 31/01/2023
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Elderly care sector: what the data tells us about the pandemic’s impact on occupancy rates

Two and a half years after the devastating first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, occupancy rates in the UK’s elderly care sector are returning towards pre-pandemic levels. Leveraging data from our national dataset, we have analysed the challenges faced by elderly care homes since spring 2020
Amy King • 10/11/2022
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Insights • Economy

Futures Cut - Future of Cities

Sign up for a personal view of the evolving role of real estate in a world of technological, social and business change, by Richard Pickering, Head of Innovation, EMEA.
Richard Pickering • 03/11/2022
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Residential: Discount For Overseas Buyers In Prime Central London

Despite political uncertainty and a relatively gloomy economic outlook, the wall of capital targeting prime central London (PCL) residential opportunities continues to be robust, with overseas investors continuing to look to deploy money into London. This should be of no surprise, with the sector potentially offering good value for cash-rich investors.
Millie Harper • 26/10/2022
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Where Do European Property Values Go from Here?

Scenarios & Implications for Commercial Real Estate (CRE)
Sukhdeep Dhillon • 30/09/2022
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Latest stamp duty changes and what this means for the UK housing market

Explore how the latest stamp duty changes will affect the UK housing market.
Millie Harper • 23/09/2022
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Article • Investment / Capital Markets

The ECB finally joins the rate-hike club

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised rates by 50 basis points at its July meeting, ending eight years of negative interest rates and bringing the deposit rate to zero. Find out what the rate increase means for the commercial real estate market.
Sukhdeep Dhillon • 27/07/2022
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Insights

The importance of retrofitting a residential property and how to do it

Retrofitting is the process of making alterations to an existing property to improve its energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Retrofitting our homes will be vital if we are to meet current net-zero targets.
Millie Harper • 27/07/2022
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Research

Retail Evolution | Microfulfilment

In this report, we look at microfulfilment, as well as the increasingly competitive market for warehouse space. Microfulfilment is the utilisation of bricks and mortar stores to fulfil other functions and ‘work harder’.
Sally Bruer • 19/04/2022
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Insights • Workplace

Flexible Offices in the Changing Workplace

The following report examines the current state and the expected future of the flexible office sector for landlords, occupiers, and operators / providers across five themes.
David Smith • 25/01/2022
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Article • Sustainability / ESG

COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit: Implications for Real Estate

World leaders representing governments and industry came together in Glasgow, Scotland for COP26 to address how to achieve targets set as part of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015.
16/11/2021
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Insights • Sustainability / ESG

The Role of Cities in Defining Our Environmental Future

To support that future, the urban ecosystem needs to be at the heart of urban and development planning. While some might argue that’s a constraint on development, it’s actually an opportunity.
03/06/2021

UK INSIGHTS

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UK MarketBeats

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 • 28/07/2025
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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
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Insights

The EMEA Investor Update

A regular update on the commercial real estate investment scene in Europe.
James Young • 27/10/2022
Housing For Sale
Article

Latest stamp duty changes and what this means for the UK housing market

Explore how the latest stamp duty changes will affect the UK housing market.
Millie Harper • 23/09/2022
ECB
Article • Investment / Capital Markets

The ECB finally joins the rate-hike club

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised rates by 50 basis points at its July meeting, ending eight years of negative interest rates and bringing the deposit rate to zero. Find out what the rate increase means for the commercial real estate market.
Sukhdeep Dhillon • 27/07/2022
property retrofit
Insights

The importance of retrofitting a residential property and how to do it

Retrofitting is the process of making alterations to an existing property to improve its energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Retrofitting our homes will be vital if we are to meet current net-zero targets.
Millie Harper • 27/07/2022
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Insights • Economy

UK Real Estate Market View

A regular update on the commercial real estate market in the UK.
31/05/2022
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Research

Retail Evolution | Microfulfilment

In this report, we look at microfulfilment, as well as the increasingly competitive market for warehouse space. Microfulfilment is the utilisation of bricks and mortar stores to fulfil other functions and ‘work harder’.
Sally Bruer • 19/04/2022
workplace
Insights • Workplace

Flexible Offices in the Changing Workplace

The following report examines the current state and the expected future of the flexible office sector for landlords, occupiers, and operators / providers across five themes.
David Smith • 25/01/2022
COP26 (image)
Article • Sustainability / ESG

COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit: Implications for Real Estate

World leaders representing governments and industry came together in Glasgow, Scotland for COP26 to address how to achieve targets set as part of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015.
16/11/2021
Role of the City CArd (image)
Insights • Sustainability / ESG

The Role of Cities in Defining Our Environmental Future

To support that future, the urban ecosystem needs to be at the heart of urban and development planning. While some might argue that’s a constraint on development, it’s actually an opportunity.
03/06/2021
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Article

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