What Time Retail Partners does

Time Retail Partners (TRP) is a London-based, partnership-led retail property consultancy founded in 2015, serving institutional landlords, real estate investors, and retail and leisure occupiers across the UK and selectively internationally. The firm operates from its London headquarters at 26 Market Place with a team of 16 professionals, offering five integrated service lines: Leasing (covering shopping centres, London neighbourhoods, leisure/F&B, outlets, and retail parks), Investment advisory (acquisitions, disposals, portfolio management), International services delivered through the TIRCA partnership network, Occupier Representation, and Lease Advisory (rent reviews, lease expiries, regear programmes). Notable transactions include the £112m sale of Union Square Aberdeen to Lone Star, £40m St John's Liverpool to InfraRed, £26m St Nicholas Sutton to AEW, and £20m Silverburn Glasgow to Eurofund, alongside ongoing retained mandates for major UK landlords (Landsec, Hammerson, M&G, British Land, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield) and occupier brands (Aesop, Clintons, Knoops, Russell & Bromley).

The business model is professional services: revenue derives from transactional commissions on leasing and investment mandates plus retained advisory engagements with landlords and occupiers. Services are bespoke and quote-based with no public pricing or standardised productisation. The firm has no proprietary technology platform — its competitive position rests on the seniority and tenure of its professionals (most previously held senior roles at CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Knight Frank, DTZ, or Strutt & Parker/BNP Paribas), deep UK retail landlord relationships built over 15-30 year individual careers, and cross-border reach through the TIRCA network spanning Europe, US, and Australasia. The firm achieved B Corp Certification in March 2024, is privately held under founder/partner control with no external investment, and operates as an independent entity with no parent company, subsidiaries, or M&A activity disclosed.

Name

Time Retail Partners

Legal name

Time Retail Partners Ltd

Website

https://timeretailpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Time Retail Partners is a London-based, partnership-led retail property consultancy providing leasing, investment, occupier representation, and lease advisory services to institutional landlords, investors, and retail occupiers across the UK and internationally via the TIRCA network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Property Consulting

akta.pro primary industry

Retail Brokerage (BPAJABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Retail Tenant Representation (BPAJALAB)

Keywords

• Retail property consulting
• Leasing advisory services
• Shopping centre leasing
• Occupier representation
• Lease advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Property Advisory and Leasing Services: Revenue generated through professional advisory and leasing commissions on retail property transactions, including shopping centre leasing, occupier representation, investment brokerage, and lease advisory services. Engagements include both one-time transactional mandates (e.g., sale of Vicar Lane Shopping Centre) and retained occupier/landlord advisory relationships.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Time Retail Partners is a partnership-led boutique retail property consultancy providing bespoke leasing, investment brokerage, occupier representation, lease advisory, and international services for UK shopping centres, retail parks, outlets, London neighbourhoods, and leisure/F&B destinations. The firm advises institutional landlords, investors, developers, and retail/leisure occupiers on tenant mix strategy, asset repositioning, lease negotiations, and cross-border market entry.

Product overview

Time Retail Partners operates as a partnership-led retail property consultancy offering an integrated suite of services: Leasing (covering shopping centres, London neighbourhoods, leisure/F&B, outlets, and retail parks), Investment advisory, International services through the TIRCA network, Occupier Representation, and Lease Advisory. The core offering is a unified consultancy approach combining these five service lines to deliver comprehensive retail property advice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leasing Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Silverburn footfall up 10% YTD with record spending levels, 49 transactions completed including 18 new lettings
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers46 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TIRCA (The International Retail Consultants Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTIRCA is a unique international network of retail property consultants providing cross-border advisory services. Time Retail Partners is a member and the network provides strategic partnerships with experts in their respective markets who share the same values and business philosophies. Together they deliver the best cross-border advice for investors and retailers. Regular meetings are held in different member states with ideas and contacts shared, and collective knowledge evolving with the market. The UK team plus network partners in Europe, the US and Australasia offer a unique service for cross-border expansion.
• Lone Design ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTime Retail Partners has an ongoing partnership with Lone Design Club, a platform supporting emerging and established retail brands. As part of this partnership, TRP co-hosted a summer party in July to celebrate the launch of Lone Design Club's new platform 'Revolving Spaces' — designed to help landlords unlock more value by listing, marketing, and converting leads through to leases in one system. The event was attended by retailers, landlords, and investors from across the industry.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Lambert Smith Hampton: UK-headquartered full-service commercial real estate consultancy with established retail property practice. Broad incumbent — Ross McMonagle began his career at Lambert Smith Hampton's retail agency team, evidencing talent and market overlap, and the firm competes for retail property mandates alongside TRP.
• CBRE: Global full-service commercial real estate services firm with the largest UK retail property practice. Broad incumbent — TRP has recruited multiple senior figures from CBRE (Tony Carroll, Matt Cassell, Nick Gardner, Jon Lees, Rob Jones, David O'Shea) and competes with CBRE for major institutional landlord mandates (Landsec, Hammerson, URW).
• Savills: Global real estate services firm with a substantial UK retail property practice spanning leasing, investment, and valuations. Broad incumbent — competes with TRP for major UK shopping centre landlord mandates and is frequently co-engaged on large institutional portfolio transactions.
• Colliers: Global real estate services firm with UK retail property and capital markets capability. Broad incumbent — Ollie O'Reilly joined TRP from Colliers, evidencing direct talent and competitive overlap, and Colliers competes for major shopping centre leasing mandates in the UK.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate consultancy with significant UK retail capital markets and shopping centre leasing operations. Broad incumbent — TRP's value proposition explicitly references Knight Frank among the pedigree firms from which the team was assembled, indicating direct competitive overlap for major institutional mandates.
• JLL: Global real estate services firm with significant UK retail capital markets and leasing capability. Broad incumbent — Lucy McGowan-Scanlon joined TRP from JLL's Shopping Centre team, evidencing direct talent and client overlap, and JLL is a frequent competitor for major retail leasing and investment mandates.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm with established UK retail property practice. Broad incumbent — Jon Lees spent eight years at Cushman & Wakefield's London office, evidencing talent and client overlap, and the firm competes for major shopping centre lease consultancy mandates alongside TRP.

Direct peers

• Lunson Mitchenall: London-based boutique retail property consultancy offering shopping centre leasing, investment, and occupier representation. Direct comparable to TRP — multiple TRP team members (Ross McMonagle, Will Stone) joined from Lunson Mitchenall, and the firm operates in the same UK retail real estate niche.
• GCW: UK retail and leisure property consultancy providing leasing, investment, and tenant representation services. Direct peer to TRP — Octavia Wyatt joined TRP from GCW, evidencing close talent and market overlap in the UK shopping centre advisory market.
• Brasier Freeth: UK retail property agency specialising in shopping centre and high street leasing, investment, and development consulting. Comparable to TRP — Rob Jones began his career at Brasier Freeth in the retail agency team for 10 years, indicating direct overlap in client base and service offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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