Rigby & Co is a dynamic commercial property consultancy heavily involved in regeneration and development consultancy, which has been active in public and private sector joint efforts to market Derby since the early 1990s.
The business has driven forward some of the most high-profile property transactions in the East Midlands, with its latest work in regeneration, office agency and strategic acquisitions solidifying the firm’s reputation as market leaders.
A standout achievement in the past 12 months saw the firm facilitate the high-profile sale of the former Friar Gate Goods Yard and Station, a complex heritage site on the edge of Derby city centre, on behalf of Clowes Developments. Selling the 12-acre site to Wavensmere Homes, who are known for delivering award-winning residential-led schemes including Derby’s Nightingale Quarter, 200 homes are now planned.
The firm has additionally successfully disposed of the former Bennetts department store, another heritage asset, led on complex leisure and mixed-use acquisitions, including the 195-acre Horsley Lodge golf club and the historic Allestree Hall, and continues to support Cubo’s national expansion as a flex office provider, having helped acquire over 300,000 sq ft of Grade A office space across the UK.
Meanwhile, further impact has been made through completing the final commercial lettings at the £300m Becketwell scheme for Grainger Plc, bringing Coffee#1 and Phenix Salons to the city’s most ambitious regeneration project in over three decades.
An award-winning commercial property consultancy, Rigby & Co’s work was last year recognised with Most Active Agent at the East Midlands Bricks Awards and Most Active Single Branch Agency – Acquisitions & Disposals 2024 by CoStar.
These achievements reflect Russell Rigby and his team’s strategic influence and long-term commitment to transforming key locations.
