Top Properties


From time to time we produce articles focusing on a specific commercial property. We may also showcase our featured properties in this category too. In addition you will find features about agents in the Top Properties category.


Foyles confirmed as latest Retail Tenant for Birmingham Grand Central

Posted on 27 January, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

Space within the upcoming Grand Central Birmingham shopping centre is quickly filling up, with the development expected to bring a significant boost to the city centre when it opens later this year. The latest retailer to bag a unit is Foyles, with the... Read More

British Land’s Broadgate fully let following WeWork deal

Posted on 26 January, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The office element of British Land’s Broadgate estate is fully let following a lease agreement with global collaborative workspace providers WeWork. WeWork is taking a 15 year lease on the bottom four floors and the ninth floor at 199 Bishopsgate,... Read More

Cadogan Estate and Jean-Louis Costes announce Sloane Square Hotel Collaboration

Posted on 23 January, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The Cadogan Estate has embarked on a joint venture with Parisian hotelier Jean-Louis Costes, to bring his celebrated Hôtel Costes concept to London. Cadogan has announced that the partnership will convert an apartment building, One Sloane Gardens,... Read More

The Shard confirms over 60,000 sq ft of New Office Lettings

Posted on by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The Shard has made a strong start to 2015 with the confirmation of a further three office lettings. The latest occupiers of Western Europe’s tallest building are io oil & gas consulting, The Office Group and Gallup who have agreed terms on a combined... Read More

Agents appointed for refurbished Leeds Landmark

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Northwood Investors has appointed two agents to market its 300,000 sq ft office and retail landmark development in Leeds city centre. The ground floor of the 1932-built Broad Gate — overlooking The Headrow, the city's civic and cultural heart — was... Read More

British Land and GIC seek planning permission for 100 Liverpool Street Makeover

Posted on 22 January, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

British Land and GIC have submitted a planning application to refurbish and extend 100 Liverpool Street in the City of London. The proposals will increase its total office and retail space to 515,000 sq ft. The plans, designed by Hopkins Architects,... Read More

West End Hotel named Best in UK

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

London’s Haymarket Hotel has been named the best in the UK. The Piccadilly hotel beat off hundreds of rivals to gain the accolade in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards.  It also scooped seventh place in the European top hotels category and 20th in... Read More

Minister hails Millennium Mills Scheme

Posted on 21 January, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Local Growth Minister Penny Mordaunt says that a former flour mill, at the heart of London’s Royal Docks, will be the centrepiece of a thriving new business district. Today the Minister visited the Millennium Mills site, which has been abandoned... Read More

Which Ten Occupiers pay the highest Business Rates in London?

Posted on 20 January, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Top Properties

The Home Office is paying more than £12.5m a year in business rates on its London headquarters, according to Valuation Office Agency (VOA) figures. The Ministry of Defence also earns a place in the capital's top ten rate payers. The remaining eight... Read More

High-Tech Refurb key to lettings rush at Monkspath Business Park

Posted on 16 January, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

A high-tech refurbishment that included the installation of fibre optic broadband has prompted a rush of lettings at a West Midlands industrial park. Of 11 vacant units on Solihull’s Monkspath Business Park, ten — totalling more than 116,520 sq ft of... Read More

Learn more about our Top Properties category

Sometimes a commercial property will grab the attention of our writers for a variety of reasons. It may be that it offers a unique selling point or it could be a high end property with an astonishing price tag.

Other reasons might include an interesting history or particular architectural merit. We cover all these types of stories here alongside articles focusing on properties featured in our enhanced listings.

You may also find occasional articles on agents in this category concentrating on one or more of the properties they are currently marketing. So if you want to stay up to date with the all the latest top property stories you will find them right here.