Avison Young appoints new regional investment director in Bristol

By Nicky Godding

12 April 2024

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Hollie Ruddle

Global commercial real estate firm Avison Young has appointed Hollie Ruddle as Regional Investment Director in its Bristol office. Hollie arrives at the firm with more than 20 years of commercial property experience in the South West.

Prior to taking up her new post at Avison Young, she spent time at LSH, Cushman & Wakefield and most recently Clifton Agency. Her areas of experience focus on the core commercial investment sectors and include student accommodation, hotels, and build-to-rent.

As part of Avison Young’s regional investment team, Hollie will be taking a South West focus, working alongside the firm’s investment, sector and consultancy teams to support the ambitions of both regional and national investment clients.

The appointment is the latest milestone in Avison Young’s growing its regional presence across the UK.

The growth of Avison Young’s Bristol office comes as a recent report by the firm revealed that Bristol’s economy is expected to grow by 8.9 per cent over the next five years, significantly outpacing the rest of the UK, driven primarily by the expansion of its knowledge industries, including artificial intelligence and life sciences.

Mark Frampton, Principal and Managing Director of Regional Investment at Avison Young UK, said:  “We welcome Hollie to the team at a time of significant opportunity. This is a further positive step, as we continue to grow our investment teams across the UK, with a focus now on Leeds and Edinburgh, and complements the recent appointment Chris Ward, investment director in Manchester and Scott Mitchell, director of retail investment, in London.” 

Sarah-Jane Osborne, Regional Managing Director for Bristol at Avison Young UK, added: "We’re very pleased to be bringing Hollie on board in Bristol. It’s an exciting time for our Bristol office, with so much increased investment in the South West. Regional growth is a crucial part of our wider strategy, and Hollie’s appointment will certainly help to support us to continue to deliver real value to our clients.”

Hollie Ruddle, Capital Markets Director at Avison Young UK, said: “I’m delighted to be joining Avison Young and returning to being based in the South West full-time."

By Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe.

After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts.

She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.