Director, Whitestone Retail and Leisure
nick.howard@whitestonerl.co.uk
Mobile: 07825 559 787
Nick Howard has a broad range of property expertise relating to Acquisition, Development and Strategic Asset Management. He has operated within the retail and leisure industry for over 15 years and held senior management positions at Tesco's De Vere Hotels and Greenalls Pubs and Restaurants before co-founding Whitestone.
Director Whitestone Retail and Leisure
jeff.hocking@whitestonerl.co.uk
Mobile: 07876 675 364
Jeff Hocking has over 15 years experience in the Hotel and Leisure industry having previously worked for Grenalls Pubs and Restaurants and De Vere Hotels. He was responsible for the national acquisitions and rollout of the 4* Village Hotel and Leisure Clubs and Greens Health and Fitness brand.
Whitestone have been fully retained by Travelodge for over 4 years and have been instrumental in adding over 1200 rooms to the Travelodge portfolio which includes contracting on 19 hotel sites for the company. Hotels opened include Chester (160 beds), Lancaster (115 beds), Liverpool (141 beds), Bromborough (60 beds), Blackpool (90 beds) and Colwyn Bay (54 beds).
Whitestone Retail & Leisure was established by Directors Nick Howard and Jeff Hocking in 2006, specialising in providing acquisition, development and investment advice to corporate and private clients throughout the North of England and the Midlands.
Areas of expertise include, hotels, pubs, restaurants, drive thru's, retail foodstore's and conveniance, health and fitness clubs, care homes and residential.
Whitestone are fully retained by Travelodge Hotels as an outsourced development team to cover the North West with new builds and Going Concern hotels North of Birmingham.
Whitestone are also retained to actively acquire new pub restaurants sites for Greene King Pub Company for their successful Hungry Horse, Eating Inn and Cloverleaf brands. Areas of responsibility include North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands.
The company is based in offices at the former Greenalls Brewery in Stockton Heath, Warrington.