Commercial Sales and Lets



Beatles and Shankly themed Hotels in the Spotlight

Posted on 27 March, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets, Top Properties

The only Beatles inspired hotel in the world — the Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool — is being offered for sale with an £11m guide price. Opened in 2008 during the city’s Capital of Culture year, the luxury hotel continues to attract... Read More

NI Designer Shopping Village sold with £5.5m Price Tag

Posted on 26 March, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The urban regeneration specialist, Neptune Group, has paid £5.5m for one of Northern Ireland’s “premier boutique retail outlet centres”. The Linen Green designer village near Dungannon, County Tyrone, was originally developed between the early... Read More

Supermarket Property investment “reboots” following Sector Turbulence

Posted on 25 March, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

The troubles facing the “Big Four” supermarket chains in the UK have been well documented for some time, with the influx of discount competition and resulting falling sales causing many to rein back on new store openings. However, it appears that the... Read More

Bruntwood acquires former BBC Manchester site

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

Property company Bruntwood has announced that it has acquired the former BBC site on Oxford Road, Manchester from Realty Estates. The acquisition follows January’s news that the company was involved in ‘complex’ negotiations over the purchase of the... Read More

Land Securities sells Times Square London for £268.4m

Posted on 24 March, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Sales and Lets

The UK's largest listed commercial property company, Land Securities, has exchanged contracts to sell its 95 per cent stake in Times Square, London to real estate funds managed by Blackstone for £268.4 million. Located at 160-162 Queen Victoria Street,... Read More

Health Insurer in Sheffield’s biggest Office Deal of the Year

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Sales and Lets

Knight Frank, acting on behalf of GE, has brokered the sale of Milton House to Westfield Health, in Sheffield's biggest office deal of the year, the Business Desk reports. The eight-storey property, located on Charter Row was once the home of the... Read More

Charity Fund adds Rivington House to its Portfolio

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The Charities Property Fund — the first organisation to invest directly in UK commercial property for English and Welsh charities — has paid more than £15m for an east London office block. Rivington House, on Great Eastern Street, was sold by the... Read More

Cambridge Gives Straight A’s For Office Investment

Posted on 23 March, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Cambridge looks set to dominate the regional office market — closely followed by Oxford and Bath — a report by property consultancy Carter Jonas is claiming. In the agency’s latest Commercial Edge survey, which spotlights key UK commercial... Read More

Valad Europe pays £24m for Trio of UK assets

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Independent property investment manager, Valed Europe, has paid almost £24m for a trio of acquisitions across mainland Britain and the Channel Isles. The purchases — made on behalf of its £800m Valad European Diversified Fund (VEDF) — take the... Read More

Great Yarmouth Retail Park is Partnership’s first acquisition

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

An acquisitions partnership set up four years ago by Ediston Real Estate and Europa Capital has made its first purchase by taking control of a Norfolk shopping centre. Edinburgh property investor Ediston Real Estate and London-based real estate fund... Read More