Knight Frank, the leading global property adviser, has strategically expanded its Healthcare team with seven appointments. Kodie Brook and Rory Addison join as Surveyors, Joe Brame as Senior Analyst, Sara Horton as Senior Agent, James McKelvie as Partner, Andrew Sage as Associate and Megan Wright as Business Support Coordinator.
James McKelvie joins Knight Frank as a Partner and brings three decades of healthcare experience in surveying including agency, insolvency and valuation across the UK and mainland Europe. In James’ new role, he will work on portfolio valuations for acquisitions or refinances as well as large scale projects within the corporate healthcare sector.
Kodie Brook joins as a Surveyor from Sanderson Weatherall, where he trained as a Healthcare Surveyor for two years alongside completing his MSc in Real Estate at University College of Estate Management.
Andrew Sage, Sara Horton and Joe Brame join Knight Frank’s Healthcare team from elsewhere in the business.
Andrew has been appointed to the Corporate Healthcare Valuation Team as an Associate, utilising his background in running large fund mandates, now focusing on the valuation of healthcare portfolios, having originally joined Knight Frank’s Valuation & Advisory Department in 2018.
Sara Horton joined Knight Frank in 2014 as part of the Investment Lettings and Management team to set up this new service line in the Birmingham office and completing a Master’s degree in Real Estate. Securing over 100 deals in the FY21/22 Sara has a proven track record of achieving the best possible outcome for her clients even in challenging market conditions. In June 2022 Sara joined the award-winning Knight Frank Healthcare Team to work on disposals and acquisitions across a spectrum of Healthcare assets.
Joe Brame joins as a Senior Analyst working in Knight Frank’s Healthcare team, forming a part of the development consultancy team having transitioned from the Commercial Research team where he had worked as lead researcher in healthcare. Before joining Knight Frank, Joe held a strategic development role at one of the UK’s largest health insurance firms.
These appointments follow two previous additions to the Healthcare Team with Rory Addison joining as a Surveyor following three years at Avison Young and Megan Wright who joined from J Safra Sarasin to work as Business Support Coordinator.
This string of appointments will further enhance Knight Frank’s Healthcare advisory services. This expansion reflects the team’s strategy to continue to grow their expertise and market share.
Julian Evans, Partner and Head of Healthcare at Knight Frank, commented: “There is great growth potential for the UK healthcare property investment market, with the demand for best-in-class properties and businesses only set to increase as the population continues to age and Knight Frank are excellently positioned to advise investors and operators alike. We are excited to be starting 2023 with such a robust and dynamic Healthcare team, strengthened by these seven additions who bring with them a wealth of experience from a mixture of backgrounds in healthcare property and other asset classes.”
Sara Horton, Senior Agent at Knight Frank, said: “This was an exciting opportunity for me not only to be able to relocate and remain within this fantastic company but to move into a dynamic forward-thinking team gaining valuable experience.”
Knight Frank’s Healthcare team is now 23 people strong and annually advises on £12bn of healthcare assets.