Pictured: James Madill, real estate associate in the
Birmingham office of Gateley
The retail team in the Birmingham office of national law firm,
Gateley has advised on the opening of Acorns Children's Hospice's
50th retail store. The high street store in Moseley opens its doors
to the public on Saturday 19th November.
The completion of the charity's landmark store further expands
its retail property portfolio, which is already the largest
children's hospice retail chain. Acorns Children's Hospices provide
a network of care for life limited and life threatened children and
young people, and their families, across the Heart of
England.
Janice McPherson, head of retail for Acorns commented: "We are
delighted to be opening our 50th store in Moseley, as our retail
chain makes a huge contribution towards funding our vital care and
support services across the Heart of England..
"The real estate team at Gateley has provided us with invaluable
property advice and support as we have developed our retail
offering. Opening a store involves a lot of hard work by all those
involved and the smooth running of each retail project is extremely
important. We value Gateley's commercial and pragmatic approach to
getting the job done particularly when there are tight timescales
to be met."
The property deal was led by real estate associate, James
Madill, who is part of the firm's 30-strong cross departmental
retail team. James said: "We have advised on property work for the
charity's retail stores for more than 15 years and have also
provided legal advice for Acorns in a number of different areas
during this time. We're hugely impressed with the work they carry
out across the region and were delighted to be involved in advising
on this great achievement of a 50th store opening. We wish them
continued success with their fundraising efforts in the
future."
To mark the 50th store opening, Gateley has committed to a
fundraising fire walk early next year. The real estate team is
hoping to attract at least 50 people to take part in the
spectacular event with all proceeds from the fire walk going to the
charity.
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