kenneymoore, Chester’s leading independent commercial property consultants, celebrates
its 30th anniversary this year.

Formed by Tim Kenney and Howard Moore in 1995, kenneymoore have prided themselves on being more than just a commercial estate agent and have established a reputation for solving property challenges and finding solutions for its clients. They focus on finding property solutions for their clients and are a local Chester business with a national reach. For instance, being retained by Beaverbrooks the Jewellers – a client throughout those 30 years and acting as their retained advisors across the entire UK portfolio on all retail property matters

“It’s a privilege to work with such companies, particularly Beaverbrooks who continue to open new stores, whilst extending others,” says Howard.

During the last 30 years, kenneymoore has brought some amazing projects to life in Chester. Walk through the city centre and there aren’t many properties that haven’t benefitted from the kenneymoore touch! From the development of Roomz opposite Chester Racecourse, the new Rooftop Social Club on top of Pepper Street Car Park, the Premier Inn on City Road and currently working alongside Grosvenor Estates to bring a new 5* Wildes Hotel, to Chester city centre. Work restarts in a few weeks time to deliver this in 2026.

One of the business’s most notable deals came in 2001, when kenneymoore, acted on behalf of DIY giant B&Q, by identifying and then acquiring the former Manweb Headquarters building on Sealand Road for B&Q’s flagship Chester store.

Tim and Howard have seen huge changes in the property business, with digitisation, email and drone photography coming to the fore. When they started, it was fax and physically sticking thousands of photographs on printed property details and posting them out. “What hasn’t changed though is our focus on getting the deal done!” says Tim.

The kenneymoore ethos has always been to turn problems into opportunities for the benefit of their clients. By understanding their clients’ needs and the retail property landscape,
kenneymoore specialises in bringing companies and opportunities together. This has also been the case with both Tim and Howard’s involvement in the Chester community they both believe in giving back, not only financially but with their experience, time and creativity too.

Tim’s roles have varied from being a board member of Chester Renaissance, a founder director of Chester BID, working to remove the unpopular bus lanes into Chester and being the founder chairman of Chester Great and Small CIC. He has even been Chester Santa Dash’s lead safety Marshall for 13 years, and started and now chairing the Farndon Soapbox Derby (helping to raise over £125k so far for the Hospice of the Good Shepherd).

Commenting on the importance of working together in and outside of
business, Tim says: “We can’t do our job on our own. To do any transaction
in the world of property requires teamwork, and a myriad of other professionals pulling their weight. So it’s a pretty straightforward evolution to take that ‘solution-oriented’ skillset and apply it to other fields of activity. This is especially relevant when trying to make things happen in events and strategic thinking spaces – particularly when bridging the gap between private and public sector worlds.”