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.


Whiteley Shopping Centre Opens its Doors

Posted on 23 May, 2013 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The wait is over. Today Hampshire’s Whiteley Shopping Centre finally opens its doors following an on-off planning saga lasting six years. The event will be marked by five days of celebrations, beginning with an outside broadcast by Wave FM, prior to the... Read More

Daft Punk Guests Get Lucky at the Shard

Posted on 17 May, 2013 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

On Monday evening a landmark building hosted a landmark event. As the sun set over London, dozens of invited stars headed to the top of the Shard to get an exclusive first listen to the feverishly anticipated new album by chart topping French duo Daft... Read More

Meadowhall in Sheffield Continues to Shine

Posted on by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

Sheffield may be famous for its steel, but it’s Meadowhall that is doing all the shining at the moment. The shopping centre, which is the eighth largest in the country, has continued to attract record numbers of visitors and keep vacancy rates to a... Read More

English Heritage Announces Results of Commercial Property Listing Review

Posted on 14 May, 2013 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

English Heritage has published the results of a pilot project which will make it easier for landlords to make alterations to listed commercial buildings. The conservation body, which recently gave its blessing to controversial plans to redevelop London’s... Read More

Nottingham Castle Development on Hold

Posted on 13 May, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

A bid for funding to restore Nottingham Castle and make more of its connection with Robin Hood has been rejected. Nottingham City Council applied for £14.9m towards the £26m development, which it hoped would create a “world class heritage... Read More

Should Museums Charge for Admission?

Posted on 26 April, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

The tourism industry in the UK received a welcome boost last year when the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics attracted visitors from around the world. However, it was not just the sporting festivities and royal pageants which drew the crowds... Read More

Who Works in a Place Like This?

Posted on 5 April, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

Southampton IT Firm Installs Office Playground Many of us will be worrying about money, relationships and our jobs in the current economic climate, so much so that returning to the stress-free days of our childhood may seem like an attractive prospect.... Read More

Museums Battle for Art Fund Prize

Posted on by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

A small Pembrokeshire museum that reopened in 2012 after being shut for nine years is among 10 venues battling it out to be named the UK's museum of the year. Narberth Museum closed in 2003 when its building was sold. Since relocating to a converted... Read More

Louvre Tops List of Most Visited Venues of 2012

Posted on 3 April, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

According to the Art Newspaper, The Louvre in Paris topped the list of the most visited art museums of 2012. The newspaper's annual survey found 9.7 million people visited the French institute – around one million more than 2011. The Metropolitan... Read More

West Ham Get Olympic Stadium

Posted on 31 March, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

It has been announced that West Ham will be anchor tenants for the Olympic Stadium after the government agreed to put in an additional £25m towards the costs of transforming the venue. The extra money takes the Treasury's contribution to around £60m,... 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.