AWARDS Success Is Cut And Dried For Bowman Rebecchi Over Salon & Groom Deal
INVERCLYDE firm Bowman Rebecchi has been honoured by prestigious property awards for a lease it negotiated in Greenock.
The new Salon & Groom venture at Cathcart Square has been recognised as the largest retail deal in Scotland in the second quarter of 2020 by The CoStar awards
The operation by owners Heather Atkinson and Leigh Atkinson opened on 15 July in 3,500 sq ft of space at the B-listed former bank headquarters following lockdown restrictions being lifted. The premises had until recently traded as Cathcart & Co.
Salon & Groom aims to deliver a mixture of hairdressing, barbering and salon services across the two floors of the premises.
The building is owned by Dalglen Property Investments, Inverclyde businessmen Sandy and James Easdale’s investment arm.
The award is the second for the Gourock-based commercial property specialists following its first-quarter success when Ferguson Marine let its new Greenock warehouse site at Cartsdyke Avenue.
Bowman Rebecchi directors, Andrew Bowman and Marco Rebecchi issued a statement saying: “This is fantastic further recognition for Bowman Rebecchi, with a second award win in our first six months of trading.
“We’d like to thank CoStar for its support. This is an excellent example of the opportunities and sites available in Inverclyde for businesses.
“Given the challenges Covid-19 has presented all businesses, we were delighted to complete this deal during the middle of the pandemic and the difficulties that lockdown presented.
“To walk away with a second award in our first year of trading provides our growing business further impetus to support the commercial property market across the west coast of Scotland.”
Dalglen Investment directors Sandy and James Easdale also issued a statement saying: “This is great recognition for the local economy and further repays the faith shown in acquiring the site and the additional investment since committed.
“It is a big positive that the site can now operate while adapting to the Scottish Government’s guidance for salons and we wish Heather and Leigh every success.
“We’d like to thank Bowman Rebecchi for their support in securing another new tenant for our portfolio.”
