Commercial Sales and Lets



Chinese Investors find unbeatable deals in Bankrupt Detroit

Posted on 29 November, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Bankrupt Detroit has thousands of empty buildings that are being offered for sale at record low prices, and they are proving hard to resist for Chinese investors, who are buying up these unbeatable deals. With office buildings and factories sitting... Read More

Historic BAE Site snapped up by New Partnership

Posted on 27 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The Humberside site on which British Aerospace developed its Hawk jet trainer — used by the RAF's Red Arrows display team since 1979 — has been sold in a £10m deal. East Yorkshire’s Humber Enterprise Park, on which BAE Systems still has a... Read More

Village Urban Resorts portfolio acquired by KSL Capital Partners

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Investment firm KSL Capital Partners has agreed a deal with hotel group De Vere for its Village Urban Resorts hotel brand. The deal includes a total of 28 branded Village hotels, with locations including Coventry, Dudley, Walsall and Solihull. However,... Read More

Facebook likely to be among the bidders as its Dublin Headquarters is placed on the Market

Posted on 20 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Less than a year after it moved into its new Dublin base, Facebook's headquarters is up for sale with an asking price of €163.8m (£131m)  — making it the republic's most expensive single office building since the Celtic Tiger years. The... Read More

Caddick beats Rivals to Leeds City One Site

Posted on 18 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The City One development site in Leeds — subject to a lengthy legal wrangle over the building of Leeds Arena — has been acquired by Caddick Developments. London and Wetherby-based Caddick reportedly paid £10m to retrieve the 9.5-acre site... Read More

Rotherham Urged To Seize Development Opportunities

Posted on 16 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

A specialist developer — which earlier this year snapped up Birmingham's historic Assay Office — has now completed South Yorkshire's largest property investment deal in decades. TCN UK, dedicated to creating unique and innovative workspaces for small... Read More

Tesco moves into Shopping Centre Market with Lincoln Acquisition

Posted on 14 November, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

With Tesco’s financial issues growing more prominent by each passing quarter, executives have made the decision to cut back on non-essential spending as a means of patching the large black hole discovered in the group’s finances last month. However, it... Read More

Solihull Shopping Centre to undergo Major Expansion

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

As shopping centre owners nationwide attempt to capitalise upon the gradually improving consumer mood, a wave of expansions for developments around the country are being announced. One of the most significant expansion deals agreed of late is the Touchwood... Read More

Japan Leader in Expectations for Commercial Property Growth: New Survey

Posted on 13 November, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

The results of Quarter 3, 2014 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) Global Commercial Property Monitor have been released, and Japan is on top when it comes to expectations of growth in commercial property values and rents. The survey also found... Read More

Commercial Property Prices in Washington DC Rising Despite High Vacancy Rates

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Business News, Commercial Sales and Lets

The office market in Washington, DC has lagged behind that of other major cities. The federal government has made budget cuts and corporations have slashed costs, which have meant vacancy rates for office space has increased and rents have stalled in The... Read More