Real Estate & Property Awards 2019

BUILD 2019 Real Estate & Property Awards 2019 Real Estate & Property Awards BUILD 50 51 Best Luxury Real Estate Agency 2019 - France BARNES a privately held 4,9 billion euro company with 90 global offices who offer personalized luxury real estate services to its 160 000 active buyers. We researched the firm to learn how they have become the best luxury real estate agency in France in 2019: or the past 20 years Barnes has offered a broad range of advisory services to its sovereign, institutional, and private sector clients worldwide. In July 2018 Barnes opened an office in Hossegor, France, focused on high- end residential real estate sales and assisting foreign buyers to purchase local properties. Barnes Hossegor recently concluded the sale of a prestigious lake front property for a record-setting price just shy of 4M euros, a result their team is particularly pleased with their first year in business amidst a field of well established local competitors who have been operating for more than 50 years. At Barnes, teamwork and personal service is paramount to the overall success of the company. Barnes consultants go beyond a simple property hunt to include legal and tax advice, renovation and decoration advice, rental and concierge services tailored to their client’s needs. In short, they offer an elegant French touch, ‘sûr measure’ . BARNES is an extremely reactive company who respond to their clients within minutes. Their international marketing reach, acute attention to detail, and posh marketing materials are undisputed. They take great care in curating their property portfolio to ensure it speaks to the high expectations of their international clients. F Unlike their closest competitors - who are either owned by larger conglomerates or limited to local and regional markets, BARNES is a privately held international company that functions more like a family office than a typical real estate agency. From its inception two decades ago, all BARNES agencies have share a common database, enabling a 360 degree view of its clients as they buy, sell, and migrate to different luxury markets across the globe; empowering its consultants with the intelligence to react to their clients ever changing needs in real-time. Looking forward, BARNES continues to strengthen and expand its luxury service to yachts, art, wine, automobiles, estate planning and beyond, employing the best in the business to advise its clients. BARNES has an open door policy to any financial advisors with active clients who wish to work on referral fees. Contact: Patrick John Colton Company: BARNES Hossegor Address: 278 Avenue du Touring Club Telephone: +33 068 935 2585 Web Address: www.barnes-hossegor.com Photo Courtesy of BARNES HOSSEGOR, best luxury real estate agency in France 2019 Best Real Estate Podcast 2019 Bringing the expertise of the building industry to the general public, Building Our Future is a podcast that aims to explore emerging themes and ideas that are affecting the built environment through interviews with sector pioneers. Meeting and talking with people who are influencing the way industry workers design, construct and interact with built environments, discover the success of the podcast. ince its first episode on 22nd March 2018, Building Our Future has since gone on to interview some of the leading figures across the construction and building industry, from CEOs and founders, to authors and property directors. A non-commercial venture, the podcast is free from both adverts and commercial bias, meaning listeners can get an impartial view on what is happening across the building sector today, and what may happen tomorrow. With all episodes now available on most major podcast sites, there has never been a better time to start brushing up on knowledge of the built environment industry. Released every two to three weeks on a Friday morning, episodes cover a myriad of topics within the building industry. Content is wide-ranging, covering anything from urban design and offsite manufacturing, to the regenerative powers of street art in 30-40 minutes. Aiming to bring a wider audience to people doing pioneering work in the built environment, the overall mission of Building Our Future is to deliver key information to people who are affected by this industry; everyone. Founded by Bert Broadhead, Building Our Future draws on his fifteen years of experience working as an investor in both real estate assets and companies across a number of different projects. With experience ranging from shopping centres to modular house building, Bert’s expertise across the UK and Europe is in identifying sectors and areas of high growth and radical transformation. Change is moving at an increasingly rapid pace recently, and so the podcast’s goal is to try and shine a spotlight on great emerging ideas, as well as trying to provide context for why the change is occurring and what the wider implications may be. As part of the podcast, Bert spends time interviewing and gathering the thoughts of industry-leading individuals who are instrumental in shaping the future of built environments. Beyond their great ideas and insightful commentary, Building Our Future identifies the wider trends, themes and concepts that bind them together, offering its own thematic analysis. S One of the major trends that is sweeping the built environment and building industry is technology, acting as an enabling for B2C real estate development and operations. Whilst this is excellent news for end users, it does require an enormous step- up in technological development and adoption for investors and developers to ensure that their management platforms keep pace with their customers. Building Our Future seeks to tackle the major questions around these kinds of issues, with industry expertise and knowledgeable comments. Having already established strong links and partnerships with industry organisations including ULI, Unissu, and Women Talk Real Estate, the podcast is set to grow the network of expertise in the near future. Following the success of several live events also, there will undoubtedly be more as Building Our Future looks for partners with ideas of content to help boost awareness of new initiatives in the built environment. Bert himself is always open for collaborative ideas or shared ideas for content, should listeners want to explore particular themes or ideas. Keeping on top of industry developments within real estate, property and building industries is paramount to ensure that every decision made is the right one. From materials to monetary valuation, Building Our Future is the go-to podcast for industry professionals seeking to improve their knowledge. All episodes of the podcast are available for free now on major podcast apps such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and others. Company: Building Our Future Contact: Bert Broadhead Website: www.buildingourfuture.net Building Our Future: