Retail property
With an ever-changing retail landscape, expert advice keeps high street trading sustainable.
MRICS Chartered Surveyor · Tenant side only
Retail lease renewal & rent review surveyors for occupiers.
Expert help on commercial lease renewals, rent reviews, dilapidations and 1954 Act claims — saving tenants money and protecting their terms across the UK and Ireland.
Lease renewalsRent reviewsDilapidationsExpert witness
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Years in property since qualifying in 1989
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Rent saved in 5 years
UK & Eire
England, Scotland, NI, Ireland
MRICS
Chartered & academic
Services
Focused entirely on tenant representation.
An academic in real estate and a Chartered Surveyor dealing with retail property for over forty years since qualifying in 1989. If you need initial free advice on any of the following, get in touch.
Guides
Detailed guidance on the issues occupiers face
24 plain-English guides on rent reviews, 1954 Act lease renewals, dilapidations and expert witness work — written from forty years of tenant-side retail practice. Initial advice on any of them is free.
- Rent review
Commercial Rent Review Surveyor
Chartered surveyor acting for tenants at commercial rent review — evidence, negotiation, arbitration and expert determination across the UK and Ireland.
Read guide - Lease renewal & 1954 Act
Lease Renewal Surveyor
Tenant-side lease renewal surveyor: 1954 Act renewals, notices, terms and rent negotiated and, where needed, contested through the courts.
Read guide - Lease renewal & 1954 Act
Commercial Lease Renewal
How commercial lease renewal works for business tenants: protected and contracted-out tenancies, notices, new rent, new terms and interim rent.
Read guide - Rent review
Rent Review Surveyor for Tenants
A rent review surveyor acting for tenants only — no landlord instructions, no conflicts. Evidence-led negotiation across retail, leisure and F&B.
Read guide - Lease renewal & 1954 Act
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Lease Renewal
Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 explained for business tenants: security of tenure, Sections 25, 26 and 30, interim rent and compensation.
Read guide - Lease renewal & 1954 Act
Section 25 Notice
Received a Section 25 notice? What it means, the difference between friendly and hostile notices, the deadlines that bind you and how to respond.
Read guide
Sectors
Where we work
Leisure & F&B
Experienced across food, beverage and leisure — reviews, renewals and general property advice.
Landlord & Tenant
Book a 30-minute online consultation on a specific property issue, by Teams.
About
Chris McGarrigle
BSc (Hons), PG Cert, PG Dip, MA, MSc, MRICS, IRRV (Hons), MCIArb, MIPM, FHEA, FRSA
An urbanist, a surveyor and an academic — Chris is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, where he is course leader on the MSc Real Estate. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1989 and has since built over forty years of practice in retail property. He holds an MSc in Place Management and an MA in Planning & the Built Environment, alongside postgraduate diplomas in planning and urban regeneration and in built environment research.
Previously a senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University and Birmingham City University, he has taught the Law of Lease Renewals and Rent Reviews under the 1954 Act, Dilapidations, Compulsory Purchase and related professional practice.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, IRRV and the Institute of Place Management. Property is in his blood: from retail leasing to rent reviews, arbitration and expert witness work, saving over £6 million in retail rents in the last five years across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
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News & Insight
Writing on the high street
When the Retail Floor Becomes a Warehouse
Click and collect is a convenience for customers, but it's fundamentally reshaping the shop's role and operations.
Footfall's Slow Retreat from High Street Cores
I've been observing a quiet shift, a slow drift of footfall away from the traditional high street core to its edges. It’s a subtle but persistent change.
The quiet reality of dividing a departed chain shop
A look at how landlords are carving up large, empty retail units after national chains exit, and what the replacement tells us about modern rent.
Contact
Small business focused. Initial advice is free.
For a 30-minute online consultation via Teams on a particular property issue, drop an email to schedule a time.
Send an enquiry
Tell me a little about the property and I’ll come back to you, usually the same day.