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.


Southbank Centre Redevelopment in Jeopardy as Planning Application is put on hold

Posted on 5 February, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Board face ‘massive challenge’ without commercial element concedes chairman The long-running Southbank Centre redevelopment saga took another – possibly final – twist today, when the arts venue announced it was putting its planning application on... Read More

Skyscraper Restaurants provide Londoners with the Height of Dining

Posted on 27 January, 2014 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

London’s crop of skyscraper restaurants are proving hugely popular with the capital’s diners a respected guide will reveal tomorrow. The 2014 Guide to London’s Best Restaurants and Bars, published by Square Meal, shows that high rise dining was... Read More

£2m Price Tag for Daphne Du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn

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

Jamaica Inn hotel — Cornwall’s legendary coaching house immortalised in Daphne du Maurier's novel of the same name — is being sold for £2m. Included in the price is the desk on which the novelist wrote Rebecca and several of her other... Read More

Renovation Works begin on Halifax Piece Hall

Posted on 23 January, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

The Piece Hall, a Georgian building at the heart of Halifax, is to undergo a major renovation. As a result Calderdale Council has now closed the building to public access in order to allow work to create a new visitors’ centre and overall refurbishment to... Read More

Boris Johnson declares his Support for South Bank Skaters

Posted on 16 January, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

London mayor’s intervention threatens redevelopment plans Boris Johnson has thrown the South Bank Centre redevelopment scheme into disarray by declaring his support for the preservation of the skate park situated in the building’s undercroft. The... Read More

Pinnacle Development could restart following Review

Posted on 2 January, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Construction of the Pinnacle office tower in the City appears set to resume, even though the project has been described as "impossible” by some observers. Work on the Pinnacle came to a halt in 2012 and a review process was launched due to increasing... Read More

Birmingham Mailbox to get a Cinema in 2014

Posted on 22 December, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Top Properties

Birmingham office, retail and leisure development The Mailbox has recently signed a contract with Everyman Cinemas. Under the new agreement, the cinema operator will open a three-screen, 12,000 square foot cinema late next year. The Mailbox's owners,... Read More

Shopping and Vending Machine Champagne at Selfridges

Posted on 20 December, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Top Properties

Trust a luxury department store to refuse to be satisfied with offering ordinary wares like fizzy soda in its vending machines. That is something that any retailer can offer but today's distinguished buyer will appreciate the convenience of being able... Read More

Refurbished India Buildings offers Blend of Old and New

Posted on 16 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Ireland’s Green Property has unveiled what it claims is the biggest single office floor space in the city of Liverpool. The Dublin-based company hopes its 35,000sq ft refurbishment of the iconic India Buildings in Water Street will help attract... Read More

Victorian Seaside Pier on the Market

Posted on 6 December, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets, Top Properties

With sunny weather bringing record numbers of tourists to the UK in the summer, retailers and leisure businesses in seaside towns especially will be looking forward to 2014 and hoping to build on these positive foundations and encourage growth in regional... 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.