MCBAINS COOPER FLORIDA FORAY BEARS FRUIT.

MCBAINS COOPER

PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANCY

PRESS RELEASE

April 15, 2011.

MCBAINS COOPER FLORIDA FORAY BEARS FRUIT.

UK-based property and construction consultancy McBains Cooper is seeing early fruit from its launch into the USA.

The interdisciplinary consultancy’s Miami team has been appointed as development monitoring surveyors and technical advisors on behalf of Friends First, a subsidiary of the Eureko Group.

The project is the refurbishment of Mizner Court, an existing period apartment building on Sunset Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida.

“We established our office in Miami as both a hub for our growing Latin American contract portfolio, and as a base for opportunities we see developing in the South East USA,” said Santiago Klein, Managing Director of McBains Cooper International.

“UK-sourced professional property and construction experience and expertise is highly rated and highly valued in Latin America where we are providing support for both private and public sector contracts, but our presence and growth in Miami is demonstrating that demand extends to the USA.”

Mizner Court is an apartment building with ground floor retail space located one block away from the beach.

Designed by its namesake, Addison Mizner, a renowned American architect, Mizner Court is distinguishable by his trademark Mediterranean Revival style.

The property is located in Palm Beach, Florida, one of the most affluent

communities in the United States. Located on a 16-mile long barrier island on the

eastern-most point of Florida, Palm Beach serves as the second home location of

choice for the social elite of the major cities in the North east of America.

“Given the building’s enviable location just one block away from the beach and

the limited supply of rental units within the area, the client is in the process of implementing an above-standard unit improvement programme to improve the building’s profile and command superior rents,” said Julian Symons, McBains Cooper director in charge of the project.

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Further information:

Iain Macauley

07788 978800

im@pressrelations.co.uk

www.mcbainscooper.com

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McBains Cooper

McBains Cooper is an inter-discipline consultancy, specialising in property, infrastructure and construction, offering a wide range of consulting and design services including architectural, aesthetic or technical design, problem solving, budget management, facilities management, health and safety, sustainability consultancy and on-the-ground civil engineering. Driving and supporting projects ranging from minor works to major contracts worth more than £100 million, McBains Cooper operates across a variety of sectors throughout the UK, Europe and Latin America. McBains Cooper is committed to environmental, social and economic sustainable development and their integrated approach means they deliver effective, award-winning solutions to their clients. The Group employs 150 people. McBains Cooper has regional headquarters in London (head office), Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Oxford, Windsor, Lima (Peru), Mexico and Miami, with associate offices in Belfast and Dublin. www.mcbainscooper.com