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Drivers Jonas was a longstanding private partnership ofchartered surveyors in the United Kingdom. It was acquired byDeloitte in 2010.
Drivers Jonas was founded in London in 1725 by brothers, Samuel and Charles Driver. Formerly bakers, nurserymen and landowners. The Driver family became surveyors in the first half of the 18th century - who turned from tilling the land to measuring it.
Samuel (II) Driver (1720–1779) was, among other occupations, a land valuer. His great-grandson Robert Collier Driver (1816–1897) was a major figure in the professionalisation of the surveying profession. His daughter Maria married Henry Jonas (d. 1928), a surveyor from a prominent Essex farming family, and the partnership was set up in 1878.[1]
The business prospered and branched out into auctioneering and estate management and “improvement”. Properties on the firm’s books included entire villages and towns such as Wetherby and Hemel Hempstead; landed estates such as Cliveden; and London properties such as the Vaudeville Theatre and a shop in New Bond Street (let to a Mr Asprey).[2]
In January 2010, Drivers Jonas LLP merged withDeloitte LLP, combining the firm with Deloitte's property staff, creating a business group called Drivers Jonas Deloitte.[3][4]In January 2013 the business was rebranded as Deloitte Real Estate.[5]
The firm was known for itspublic sector work, with contracts in defence, county councils, government offices and educational facilities. It advised on projects including nationalsports stadia, Buildings of Culture and Heritage, and the2012 London Olympic games. Some of the more important developments that Drivers Jonas worked on are:
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