 At First City we have a single clear goal: to “add wisdom and value to your interests in property”. Fundamental to any successful organisation is its people. At First City we pride ourselves on having a group of professional, highly motivated and experienced staff. It’s a team that’s flexible in its approach and focused on finding innovative ways to deliver added value for our clients. Our staff are all highly qualified professionals and members of appropriate organisations such as The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, The Chartered Institute of Marketing and The Royal Town Planning Institute. We work in dedicated project teams to a quality control system accredited under ISO9001:2000 and draw on a network of specialist support consultants as needed. We bring a unique mix of experience and professional skills to the task. Plus the imagination and foresight to see opportunities and potential where others see only problems. It’s an approach that has helped us generate significant added value across projects ranging from the Providence Wharf development in London to the re-development of farm land in rural Shropshire. We deal with greenfield sites, brownfield sites, commercial and industrial property valuations, rent negotiations and much, much more. Our Managed Properties division can trace its roots back to 1881. Our clients range from major organisations such as Carillion, P & O Estates, National Grid, Tarmac, NatWest, Hanson and Cannock Chase DC to private landowners, landlords and tenants, financial institutions and professional advisers. What differentiates us from the herd is our commitment to measuring our performance against a clear yardstick. Have we unlocked added value for our client? As an example, we are often able to identify opportunities to increase significantly the value of urban or rural land throughout the UK. Our role in these cases may involve achieving a more valuable land use through gaining planning permission for building or conversely, preventing development in unsuitable locations. |
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are frequently asked to provide appraisals and generate creative
solutions for brownfield sites. Our ability to recycle sites complicated
by contamination and other ground conditions is a fundamental
aspect of our work and one from which we derive particular satisfaction
in producing significant results through imaginative solutions.
First City has for many years played a significant role in the provision of housing mainly in the West Midlands Region but also throughout the UK. Each year bringing forward land for hundreds of dwellings with the benefit of planning permission and with the myriad of problems relating to the environment and infrastructure resolved. It can be described as a Development Facilitator. Our expertise makes us well equipped to work with corporate clients, who often have complex property portfolios that are not fully understood. We have helped many of them to achieve surprising and highly successful results. |