Jo Orrell

Joanna Orrell

Partner Yorkshire Office











  • Qualifications:

  • MA (Cantab) MRICS

  • Career:1988 – Present day – Knight Frank

  • Major Clients:

  • Yorkshire Forward, Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber, English Partnerships, Bradford MDC, Defence Estates, Kirklees Council, Doncaster MBC, North Yorkshire County Council, Millennium Commission

Joanna graduated with an MA in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge in 1988 and is a member of the RICS. She has 16 years experience at Knight Frank and is responsible for strategic property consultancy and regeneration within the Leeds office for an extensive range clients. Joanna provides professional advice to a range of public bodies including English Partnerships, Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber ,Yorkshire Forward, Ministry of Defence, English Heritage, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, National Criminal Intelligence Service and the Millennium Commission. Local authority clients include North Yorkshire County Council, Ryedale District Council, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Leeds City Council, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council and Kirklees Metropolitan Council. Clients from the Private Sector include financial institutions, corporate and individual clients, developers and funds. Joanna has built up a good range of contacts with other consultants such as EC Harris, Scott Wilson and WS Atkins and regularly works in partnership in consultant consortia.

  • Recent transaction

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  • Objective 2 Area for Government Office for Yorkshire & the Humber

  • Sole retained property advisor on the Priority 4 Objective 2 area for Yorkshire and Humberside

  • North Yorkshire County Council

  • Strategic Property Advisors on the Property Grants Scheme

  • Yes Television

  • Acquired 25,500 sq ft for Yes Television at Grosvenor Waterside’s No 1 Caspian Point in Cardiff Bay comprising 1m sq ft of developed land and development potential.

  • Dinnington Colliery for Renaissance South Yorkshire

  • Advising the master planning process for this former colliery site close to Junction 31 of the M1 in the South Yorkshire Objective 1 area

  • Selby Task Force/English Partnerships

  • Assessment of the impact of and provide property market solutions to the closure of the Selby Coalfields

  • Doncaster Waterdale

  • Part of the consultancy team advising on the regeneration of this key area in the town centre
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