Commercial Sales and Lets



International Investors line up for Glasgow Atlantic Quay Sale

Posted on 5 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Real estate services provider, Savills, admits it is expecting “worldwide interest” in a trio of premier office buildings it is selling on Glasgow waterfront. The agency — which is looking for offers in excess of £62.5m for the Atlantic Quay... Read More

Stanhope and Mitsui complete BBC Media Village acquisition

Posted on by Neil Bird under Commercial Sales and Lets

Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan have completed the purchase of the BBC’s Media Village in west London, which will now be known as White City Place. Under the terms of the agreement, the BBC will receive £87 million for the sale of four acres of freehold... Read More

M&G adds North-East Retail Park to Portfolio

Posted on 3 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

International investment group, Aberdeen Asset Management, has sold a Tyneside retail park for £46.25m in an off-market deal. Newcastle Shopping Park, three miles from the city centre, has been acquired by M&G Real Estate. The London-based M&G... Read More

Simon Group sets its sights on €1bn Jewel in NAMA’s Crown

Posted on 2 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The biggest real estate investment trust in America is believed to be the front runner among four potential buyers in the €1bn (£718m) sell-off of Ireland’s largest shopping centre. Simon Property Group — which owns more retail centres and malls... Read More

Tritax snaps up second Big Box in a Month

Posted on 1 June, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Sales and Lets

Following the recent acquisition of New Look’s Newcastle-under-Lyme distribution centre, Tritax Big Box has added another major asset to its growing portfolio. Today, the real estate investment trust (REIT) has announced that it has exchanged... Read More

Rockspring adds Ninth Asset to UK Portfolio

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

A little over a month after it paid £47.5m for an Ipswich retail park, Rockspring has spent another £36m to buy Abingdon Business Park from Standard Life Investments. The Oxfordshire park— which includes 393,000 sq ft of office and industrial space... Read More

Glenrothes Shopping Centre placed on the Market

Posted on 28 May, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

LaSalle Investment Management has embarked on the marketing of a seven centre portfolio of secondary retail destinations on behalf of Mars Pension Funds. The portfolio includes the Kingdom Centre in Glenrothes, which has already begun to spark significant... Read More

Madame Tussauds Building sold to Taiwanese Investor

Posted on 26 May, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Secure Income REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of the London property occupied by Madame Tussauds to Taiwanese investor Fubon Life, in a deal worth £332.5 million. Madame Tussauds has occupied the property for the past... Read More

Pembrokeshire Watersports Centre brought to the Market

Posted on 25 May, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

A Welsh council is selling off a watersports adventure centre as a potential development site because it claims the former Prince’s Trust complex is too expensive to run. Pembrokeshire County Council has now hired commercial property adviser,... Read More

Schroder snaps up Bedford Retail Park

Posted on 24 May, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has this week announced the acquisition of a top Bedford retail park. The REIT snapped up the freehold interest for St John’s Retail Park 1.5 miles south of Bedford town centre in a deal worth £31.8... Read More