Vail Williams commits to Portsmouth base at Lakeside North Harbour

By Stephen Emerson

27 October 2023

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Staff at Vail Williams’ office at Lakeside North Harbour business campus in Portsmouth, which is owned by Portsmouth City Council. The property consultancy has signed a new five-year lease on 2,200 sq ft of workspace. Russell Miller, the consultancy’s Regional Managing Director for the South Coast Region, is picture front left with colleagues along with Emma Parkin from Avison Young, second from front left, and Simon Bateman, asset manager from Portsmouth City Council, third from front left.

Property consultancy Vail Williams has signed a lease extension on one of its South Coast offices.

In a new five-year lease, the 2,200 sq ft workspace at Lakeside North Harbour business campus in Portsmouth is also being refurbished.

As well as Portsmouth, Vail Williams has leased new regional offices at Woking in Surrey, Thames Valley and London, along with one in Bournemouth last year.

Russell Miller, the consultancy’s Regional Managing Director for the South Coast Region, said: “The investment in our office at Lakeside reaffirms our long-term commitment to the Portsmouth and wider Solent region – we are incredibly proud to work for many businesses here, from landlords and occupiers to developers and planners.

“The 16-desk office is being refurbished and the layout changed for enhanced IT connectivity and to incorporate soundproof workspaces for video conference calls and meetings.

“Like many companies in the UK, we have embraced hybrid working, with staff knowing they have a welcoming and flexible workplace and access to all the amenities which come with being based at this thriving business campus.”

Portsmouth City Council represented itself in the transaction.

Vail Williams has its other South Coast offices at Ocean Village in Southampton and Wessex Fields in Bournemouth.

By Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset.

Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users.

He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.