Savills Reading marks a decade in business with move to prestigious new office

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Peter Davison

Real estate advisor Savills is marking 10 successful years in Reading by moving its 30-strong team into a prominent new office in the heart of the town centre.

The firm’s new home is at One Forbury Square, which occupies a prime position on the west side of the Square. Savills is located on the ground floor of the building, overlooking Forbury Square, which is also home to Davidson House and the Forbury Hotel.

Phil Brown, head of Savills Reading, said: "I am thrilled to announce our move to One Forbury Square. We have grown considerably over the last decade, from a relatively small specialist team into the market-leading multi-disciplinary business we are today.

"As a result of our continued success, we set our sights on a move some time ago. Having secured the space last year, we have invested in an impressive fit out to meet our current and future needs, including, of course, ensuring it is as sustainable as possible."

The 3,704 sq. ft. (344.1 sq. m) triple aspect office is home to specialist teams operating across a range of real estate services, including residential development sales, residential lettings, planning, development, valuation and occupier services.

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.