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Toby Sykes

Head of Retail National, UK • United Kingdom

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Toby Sykes

Head of Retail National, UK • United Kingdom

About

Toby has been a specialist in the UK shopping centre market for the last 30 years. 

His experience has included pre-leasing some of the biggest and best new regional developments including The Trafford Centre in Manchester, Bullring in Birmingham, Trinity Leeds and most recently Westgate Oxford.

He is currently working on some of the most dominant and successful centres in the UK including Westfield Stratford.

 

Services

Retail and Leisure

A great retail proposition is only the beginning.

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Retail Consultancy

Cushman & Wakefield has a track record of delivering strategic advice on projects, developments, investments and occupier portfolios through highly-skilled retail consultancy capabilities.

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Leisure & Restaurants

Leisure and restaurants are our passion; our team brings together cutting-edge and commercially-established schemes.

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Insights

REsidential Forecast
Article • Investment / Capital Markets

Residential Forecast 2025

Markets have navigated a complex landscape in the first half of 2025, shaped by early year bond market volatility and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, particularly around the potential implications of the second Trump administration.
Vivienne Bolla • 13/06/2025
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Article • Supply Chain

Trade Shifts: U.S. Occupier Demand and UK Logistics & Industrial

The UK Logistics & Industrial (L&I) sector is no stranger to structural change or supply chain shocks. The announcement of ‘reciprocal’ U.S. tariffs on what President Trump called ‘Liberation Day’ is likely to change the landscape of global trade, creating both challenges and opportunities for the sector. 
Edward Bavister • 28/05/2025
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Article

Trade Shifts: U.S. Investor Demand & Healthcare

The UK care market has attracted ever growing interest and investment from U.S. based investors.
Jack Kelleher • 22/05/2025
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MarketBeat

UK Hospitality Marketbeat Reports

Access the latest quarterly commercial real estate results for the UK hospitality sector nationally. MarketBeat reports analyse quarterly market activity including, supply, demand and pricing trends.
Bořivoj Vokřínek • 16/05/2025
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MarketBeat

UK MarketBeats

Our Marketbeat reports provide quarterly commercial real estate market activity data covering supply, demand, and pricing trends. Explore our UK Marketbeat reports which cover office, life sciences, retail, industrial, investment, and specialist market sectors.
Edward Bavister • 11/04/2025
Nearshoring Opportunities for Real Estate in EMEA
Research • Supply Chain

Nearshoring opportunities for businesses

Discover the advantages of nearshoring and how Cushman & Wakefield's team of experts can help businesses navigate the complexities of nearshoring. From site selection to managing real estate transactions, we can help you unlock the benefits of nearshoring. 
Sally Bruer • 31/05/2023
EMEA Data Centres
Article

Infographic: Data Centre Locations - Where the Smart Money is Going

​Given that the global tech giants are primarily headquartered outside Europe, analysing the recent trends in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can help to identify which locations are proving attractive for data centre operations.
Dimitris Vlachopoulos • 06/04/2022
Smart Buildings
Research • Workplace

What Are Smart Buildings?

Smart buildings have increased in prominence in the past decade due to a culmination of changing work behaviours and an increase of information technology available within buildings.
09/02/2022
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Insights • Workplace

Flexible Offices in the Changing Workplace

The following report examines the current state and the expected future of the flexible office sector for landlords, occupiers, and operators / providers across five themes.
Emma Swinnerton • 25/01/2022
COP26 (image)
Article • Sustainability / ESG

COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit: Implications for Real Estate

World leaders representing governments and industry came together in Glasgow, Scotland for COP26 to address how to achieve targets set as part of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015.
16/11/2021
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Insights • Investment / Capital Markets

Infographic: Choose Your Next Shared Service Centre in Line with Your Business Drivers

Shared Service Centre and Contact Centre operations, established markets in Central and Eastern Europe, such as Krakow, Budapest, Bucharest and Warsaw remain the top foreign investment destinations.
Dimitris Vlachopoulos • 14/07/2021
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Insights • Sustainability / ESG

The Role of Cities in Defining Our Environmental Future

To support that future, the urban ecosystem needs to be at the heart of urban and development planning. While some might argue that’s a constraint on development, it’s actually an opportunity.
03/06/2021

UK INSIGHTS

REsidential Forecast
Article • Investment / Capital Markets

Residential Forecast 2025

Markets have navigated a complex landscape in the first half of 2025, shaped by early year bond market volatility and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, particularly around the potential implications of the second Trump administration.
Vivienne Bolla • 13/06/2025
London Big Ben Westminster Bridge sunset
MarketBeat

UK MarketBeats

Our Marketbeat reports provide quarterly commercial real estate market activity data covering supply, demand, and pricing trends. Explore our UK Marketbeat reports which cover office, life sciences, retail, industrial, investment, and specialist market sectors.
Edward Bavister • 11/04/2025
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Research

EMEA Data Centre Market Update

Between the second quarters of 2023 and 2024, the operational capacity of EMEA’s data centre markets rose by 6.6% to reach 9.3GW, with about 256MW of new supply added in the first half of 2024.
Laura Shepherd • 05/02/2025
Nearshoring Opportunities for Real Estate in EMEA
Research • Supply Chain

Nearshoring opportunities for businesses

Discover the advantages of nearshoring and how Cushman & Wakefield's team of experts can help businesses navigate the complexities of nearshoring. From site selection to managing real estate transactions, we can help you unlock the benefits of nearshoring. 
Sally Bruer • 31/05/2023
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Insights

The EMEA Investor Update

A regular update on the commercial real estate investment scene in Europe.
James Young • 27/10/2022
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Insights • Economy

UK Real Estate Market View

A regular update on the commercial real estate market in the UK.
31/05/2022
EMEA Data Centres
Article

Infographic: Data Centre Locations - Where the Smart Money is Going

​Given that the global tech giants are primarily headquartered outside Europe, analysing the recent trends in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can help to identify which locations are proving attractive for data centre operations.
Dimitris Vlachopoulos • 06/04/2022
Smart Buildings
Research • Workplace

What Are Smart Buildings?

Smart buildings have increased in prominence in the past decade due to a culmination of changing work behaviours and an increase of information technology available within buildings.
09/02/2022
workplace
Insights • Workplace

Flexible Offices in the Changing Workplace

The following report examines the current state and the expected future of the flexible office sector for landlords, occupiers, and operators / providers across five themes.
Emma Swinnerton • 25/01/2022
COP26 (image)
Article • Sustainability / ESG

COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit: Implications for Real Estate

World leaders representing governments and industry came together in Glasgow, Scotland for COP26 to address how to achieve targets set as part of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015.
16/11/2021
Role of the City CArd (image)
Insights • Sustainability / ESG

The Role of Cities in Defining Our Environmental Future

To support that future, the urban ecosystem needs to be at the heart of urban and development planning. While some might argue that’s a constraint on development, it’s actually an opportunity.
03/06/2021
modern office meeting room
Article

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Dedicated to delivering effective services in the EMEA region. 

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