Savills has announced the expansion of its Belfast office with the addition of the team from Myles Danker to create a full suite of commercial property services including agency, professional services and property management. The move sees Savills Belfast expand from six to 12 people.

The larger team will have the capacity to deal with further emerging opportunities in the market, focusing on quality of service and value, the broker said in a statement onThursday.

'The joining of the former Myles Danker team with the Savills Belfast team means that Savills is now strategically well positioned to cater for the broad needs of our client base across the island of Ireland; boosting the existing team and reflecting the structure of services that our Dublin headquarters provides,' said Angus Potterton, managing director of Savills Ireland.

Myles Danker founding director, Stuart Danker, will play a consultancy role and is joined by the team, including director Neal Morrison and associate Andrey McStraw.

The business unit will see director Anne-Marie Lonergan continue to lead the team with particular focus on the agency side, Neal Morrison will be responsible for driving the professional services side and associate Louise Fuller will continue in her role of managing some of Northern Ireland's most high profile retail schemes, providing property management services.