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Tony is co-founder and executive chairman of the firm. He has a wealth of experience in the capital markets, specializing in all aspects of property investment including advice on acquisitions, sales, development, funding, and asset management.

Tony has also focused on providing a ‘bridge to capital’ for developers & investors having strong links with private and institutional equity.

Prior to founding HWBC, Tony was an equity Partner at Palmer McCormack for over 12 years having merged NCB Property (which he previously formed and headed the Property division of after leaving Jones Lang in 1988) with them in 1992. Having originally qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1978, Tony has over 40 years’ experience across all areas of the commercial property industry.

• Acquisition & underwriting advice across a range of asset types and lot sizes for clients.
• Establishing & implementing business plans.
• Transaction management for Colony/Fortress on large office investment asset sales
• Bishops Square €183m office investment acquisition for Macquarie
• Advisory on Henderson Parks €1.3bn takeover of Green REIT
• Disposal of St Stephens Green Shopping Centre, top of Grafton Street for Madison & others
• Equity raising mandates across office and BTR sectors.
• Clients include Irish Life, Fortress, Macquarie, Hines, BVK, Madison etc.

Iain has 20 years’ real estate experience. Prior to joining HWBC, Iain held senior Fund Management and Property Company positions in Ireland and the UK. He is a Chartered Surveyor.

Iain specialises in complex assets and development and has had a senior involvement in many major assets and developments including The Square SC, Tallaght; Blackpool SC, Cork and Burlington Plaza, Dublin along with schemes in London, Manchester and Liverpool in the UK.

Iain leads HWBC’s 32 property professionals across Agency, Property Management, Investment, Asset Management and Professional Services.

Iain has a wide industry contact base across investors, occupiers and other service providers reflecting his particular expertise in strategic Asset Management and Investment.

Iain has a significant track record of success. Significant transactions that he has led include:

• Forward purchase of Butter Yard, a significant South Dublin residential scheme for M&G Real Estate, their first residential investment in Ireland.
• Off market acquisition of portfolio of four multi-let Industrial parks for international investor.
• Asset Management of portfolio of three Dublin office assets including oversight of letting, planning and restructure negotiations followed by execution of sale strategy
• Acquisition Management of Liffey Valley Shopping Centre for €647m, including leadership of due diligence process and structuring on behalf of BVK/Universal Investments.

MSCSI, MRICS
BSc(Hons) Real Estate Management, Oxford Brookes University