TRITAX BIG BOX DEVELOPMENTS ANNOUNCES NEW HIRES
18/08/2026
Tritax Big Box Developments (TBBD) has announced the appointment of three property professionals to its team: Bernadette Owens, Will Riley and David Messenger.
Bernadette and Will have joined the company’s planning team as associate planning directors. Headed up by Jonathan Dawes, these new hires have increased its in-house capability to six planning specialists across two locations, Northampton and Manchester.
Bernadette brings a wealth of planning experience from both the public and private sectors including Tingdene Group, Cherwell District Council, Helix Management Solutions and South Northamptonshire Council.
Will has moved from David Lock Associates where he has worked for the last 12 years and has also spent time at Philips Planning Services Ltd, South Bedfordshire District Council and The Planning Inspectorate.
David has taken on the role of Associate Development Director and will be based in the Manchester office. David joins TBBD from CBRE where he spent almost four years. David worked on the development advisory team mainly working with private clients and local authorities.
Speaking about the appointments, Jonathan Wallis, managing director at TBBD said: “We are thrilled to welcome Bernadette, Will and David to the team. They bring significant expertise from working across the public and private sectors. Their appointments strengthen our team and enhance our capacity to progress a growing number of sites through the planning and development process.”
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About Tritax Big Box Developments
Tritax Big Box Developments (TBBD) is a Tritax Big Box REIT associated company dedicated to logistics development. TBBD specialises in identifying and securing strategic land, developing large-scale, best-in-class logistics facilities that meet the evolving needs of modern businesses.
Tritax Big Box REIT plc
Tritax Big Box REIT plc (ticker: BBOX) is the largest listed investor in high-quality logistics warehouse assets and controls the largest logistics-focused land platform in the UK. Tritax Big Box targets attractive and sustainable returns for shareholders by investing in and actively managing existing built investments and land suitable for logistics development. The Company focuses on well-located, modern logistics assets, typically let to institutional-grade clients on long-term leases with upward-only rent reviews and geographic and client diversification throughout the UK. Additionally, having adopted a “power first” approach, the Company has recently secured its first data centre development opportunities (amounting to over 250MW), and has a pipeline of c.1-gigawatt of further opportunities, offering the potential to deliver exceptional returns on an accelerated basis.
The Company is a real estate investment trust to which Part 12 of the UK Corporation Tax Act 2010 applies, is listed on the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is a constituent of the FTSE 100, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT and MSCI indices.
Further information on Tritax Big Box REIT is available at tritaxbigbox.co.uk
