MarkPerriam

Mark Perriam is the director of Devon Property which recently completed the successful retail development in Constellation Drive. Mr Perriam transformed an old warehouse into a number of retail shops. These include The Coffee Club, Mexicali Fresh, Tank Juices, Bruce Lee Sushi, and Snap Fitness. The centre has become very popular with the surrounding businesses and large number of commuters that travel through to the Bays.

Mark Perriam purchased a Snap Fitness franchise a couple of years ago on the back of a major change in the worldwide gym industry. The USA and the rest of the world have changed to a 24hr 7day formatt with smaller neighbourhood gyms and no fixed contracts. These are now replacing the old large big box standalone gyms that have made their money locking clients into long contracts. Mr Perriam was attracted to the Snap brand as they have had the most aggressive in growth in New Zealand and are one of the biggest worldwide. Snap started in the USA in 2002 and has grown to over 1500 in the USA alone and nearly 50 in New Zealand. Snap in NZ has grown to 50 gyms nationwide in only a few short years and contiues to outperform its opposition.

Soon after opening Snap Fitness in Constellation Drive Mark Perriam negoiated a deal

During 2016 Mark Perriam’s Devon Property was appointed the Development Manager for the latest and largest new development in Timaru for some years. Mr Perriam engaged Gravitas Architects in Christchurch to design the building to meet the demands of the local retail and office sector. The team of Mark Perriam and James McCondich (Gravitas) combined to end up with a highly popular design that saw national retailers clammering to lease space. The new development was 70% leased even before all Council consents had been achieved let alone the construction starting. Gibson O’Conner were appointed as the head contractor and Mr Perriam has nothing but praise for their workmanship, cooperativeness and ability to stick to program and budget. Tenants in the development include Hunting & Fishing, Timpany Walton Solicitors, Burger Fuel, Columbus Coffee, Hell Pizza and Pitapit. Perriam says that with that impressive line up and only three spots left any potential tenants should get in touch quickly, there is already solid interest on the remaining vacant space.