Change at the top at Edwards & Co as AY directors buy in 

Oliver Rowe and Dan Crossley have become shareholders at the Manchester-based agency as partners Alun Jones and Nigel Hunter step back to consultancy roles. 

Following the restructure, Rowe and Crossley have become partners at Edwards & Co alongside Andrew Timms, Ed Keany, and Richard Dinsdale. 

Both Crossley and Rowe have joined the firm from Avison Young, where they were principal and director in the capital markets team respectively. 

Their decision to leave AY comes after several senior departures from the consultancy’s planning team. 

Both men previously worked at WHR – where Crossley was made an equity partner in 2010 – prior to its acquisition by Avison Young in 2017. 

Timms, who has been with Edwards & Co for nearly two decades, said the pair’s arrival marks the start of a “new chapter” in the firm’s 30-year history. 

“Since I joined nearly 19 years ago, we have always prided ourselves on providing our clients with experienced, director led advice and Dan and Ollie clearly share the same values as the rest of the team,” he said. 

“The restructure also sees Ed Keany and Richard Dinsdale becoming shareholders after both being with the business for almost 17 years. Nigel Hunter and Alun Jones remain involved as consultants to the business.” 

Hunter co-founded Edwards & Co more than 30 years ago with Patrick O’Herlihy and Barry Edwards. Jones came on board four years later. 

Founded in 1992, office agency Edwards & Co, provides investment, lease consultancy, valuation, and building surveying services. The firm employs 14 fee earners at its King Street office. 

Rowe said Edwards & Co’s reputation for being “dependable, forward-thinking and refreshingly honest” had been a major contributing factor to him taking the job. 

“By joining forces with such a well-respected firm, we were confident that this would provide us all with the right platform to grow an existing brand and create something very special going forwards,” he said. 

Rowe and Crossley have worked together for around 14 years, advising a range of clients on investment deals. 

The new structure will act as a springboard for future growth, according to Crossley. 

“Our advice has always put the client first, providing them with informed, strategic advice coupled with unrivalled occupational knowledge.  

“The new structure will enable us to lay the solid foundations for the shared vision of creating an even greater independent multi-disciplinary property consultancy with an ambition for future expansion.”