Richard Watson

Commercial Group Manager at City Property (Glasgow) LLP

Richard Watson is an experienced professional with a diverse background in commercial management and operational leadership across multiple industries. Currently serving as the Commercial Group Manager at City Property (Glasgow) LLP since February 2013, Richard leads a team focusing on investments, concessions, projects, and markets. Previously, Richard held key roles at Mitie, overseeing a £15m annual turnover and leading a 25-member account management team. Richard also has extensive experience in airport operations from a tenure at BAA, where important achievements included managing a terminal processing 8 million passengers annually and devising innovative strategies that significantly increased revenue and capacity without substantial capital investment. Richard's educational background includes attendance at Marr College from 1975 to 1981.

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Dundee, United Kingdom

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City Property (Glasgow) LLP

City Property (Glasgow) LLP provide the management, development and disposal of Glasgow City Council’s non-operational surplus land and property assets as well as providing management services for the Council’s longer term commercial ground leases. The diverse property services provided to the Council Arm’s Length External Organisations (ALEOs) include: Valuation, Asbestos and Demolition services. City Property Glasgow (Investments) LLP owns one of the most significant commercial portfolios in the City, extending to around 1,800 commercial properties across a range of sectors including: industrial estates, retail units, office space and ground leases. All of the commercial properties are managed by the Investment team and external agents are used to support letting and other management functions. City Property Markets is a trading division of City Property (Glasgow) LLP and operates Scotland’s major fresh produce wholesale market, one of Scotland's biggest car boot sales and a number of established retail and farmers markets across the city.