Ridge Asset Management Limited is an independent firm of Chartered Surveyors, providing specialist commercial property advice and general property asset management services for investors, occupiers and land owners. All activities of the Practice are regulated by the RICS.
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Chris Ridge
As founder of the Practice, Chris Ridge MSc FRICS has over 30 years experience in commercial property, acting for a wide variety of operational businesses, property companies, developers, private investors and land owners. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Key areas of Experience:
Lisa Mortimer (formerly Tippen) MRICS – Consultant to Ridge Asset Management and Partner of Portquay Consulting LLP
Drawing on experience working at Associated British Ports (Port of Southampton) and Knight Frank working on The Crown Estate coastal property portfolio, Lisa is well placed to provide not only mainstream commercial landlord and tenant advice, but also strategic and development consultancy and commercial port estate management to port and marina or harbour operators.
Lisa has advised several large commercial port operators on a range of property matters including landlord and tenant and development projects. She is also an external examiner for The University of Portsmouth in their RICS Accredited MSc Coastal and Marine Resource Management course.
Nicholas Orbell MRICS – Consultant to Ridge Asset Management and Partner of Portquay Consulting LLP
Nick has extensive experience in maritime ports and logistics sectors, covering operational management, corporate real estate, legal and contract support. Nick’s portfolio of skills and knowledge includes major infrastructure project development delivery, having worked on the UK's three largest port projects since 2000. He is also experienced in managing energy and power related projects. Nick has previously been employed as Estates Manager at DP World London Gateway for circa 7 years and General Estates Manager Hutchinson Ports (Felixstowe) for circa 12 years.
Colin Andrews – Consultant
As a consultant to the Practice Colin provides valuable support as well as a wealth of direct property investment experience with over 40 years involvement in the property industry in a wide variety of roles. Chris and Colin have worked together for over 20 years advising a wide range of private and corporate clients.
Kate Cariss - Consultant
Kate has over 20 years' experience working in the property industry including extensive experience in commercial and residential property management and agency, student and keyworker portfolio management and lettings. Kate has a particular interest in the social housing sector and experience in managing large scale stock rationalisation projects, stock disposals and acquisitions. She has successfully worked in the residential land business for the last 5 years and specialises in land finding, land agency, affordable housing negotiations and development consultancy.
Christina Gard - Client Account Manager
Christina undertakes the vital role of managing our clients money, service charge accounts, statements and financial reporting to ensure compliance with RICS regulations.
We recognise that many property issues require specialist input from other experts in areas such as building surveying, town planning, taxation, estate agency, finance, legal, building infrastructure, environmental, structural & mechanical engineering and construction cost analysis.
Ridge Asset Management has a formal association with Portquay Consulting LLP. Partners Lisa Mortimer and Nick Orbell are able to support our clients with a wide range of lease advisory and professional services. For clients with port and maritime property, Portquay Consulting are able to offer specialist advice.
Our partnership with Gregory Associates – Chartered Building Surveyors and Project Managers – provides our clients with a full range of building surveying and construction project management services.
We regularly accept appointments which require input from a multi disciplinary team. At an early stage in a project we can advise and guide our clients as to what appointments are necessary, when and at what cost. The appointment and co-ordination of advisors and contractors is a key element to the success of any multi-disciplinary project.
Ridge Asset Management maintains a network of specialists who have a proven track record in their field of expertise. As project co-ordinators we ensure our clients strategic and commercial objectives are achieved, if required, providing our clients with a single point of contact throughout a project.
We are retained on an ongoing basis by Safe & Dry Storage, part of the CHX Group, to search and provide site acquisition advice as their business expands across the BCP conurbation and also to other ...
We are retained by a commercial business organisation to provide ongoing strategic property advice. Faced with a lease event on their existing offices, part of which is sublet, we are advising ...
We currently act for a group of private individuals who collectively own a portfolio of commercial investment properties in East Dorset. The owners recognised that the portfolio was ...
Acting on behalf of a private landlord client we are providing advice in connection with a commercial lease restructure. Negotiations with the tenant’s advisors have had to balance our client’s objectives to maximise ...
