Monthly Archives: March 2015



Great Portland Estates secures New Look for Oxford Street scheme

Posted on 5 March, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

Great Portland Estates (GPE) has confirmed that high street favourite New Look has pre-let the flagship unit in the firm’s ongoing 73/89 Oxford Street development. New Look will occupy a 31,800 sq ft unit split across the basement, ground, first and second... Read More

“Dynamic” Year Ahead for Industrial & Logistics Markets

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

Last year was a record-breaking year for the UK industrial and logistics sector — with transactions and take-up reaching new heights, investment hitting record levels, and speculative builds finally returning to pre-2007 numbers. The good news comes... Read More

First Minister welcomes launch of RBS Business Incubator

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

The First Minister has welcomed the launch of a state-of-the-art “hatchery” at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Edinburgh headquarters. The state-backed lender has announced it is converting the executive wing of its Gogarburn building, west of the... Read More

Trans-Atlantic Joint Venture promises ‘Places for People’

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

A British developer and an American real estate investment firm have teamed up to build “lasting and liveable” commercial and mixed-use schemes in London and across the UK. Argent Related — formed from a partnership between Argent, one of the... Read More

Business Leaders back £15 million Midtown Vision

Posted on 4 March, 2015 by Neil Bird under Business News

Midtown, the central London district comprising Bloomsbury, Holborn and St Giles, is set to receive £15 million in private investment after local business leaders voted overwhelmingly to support inmidtown Business Improvement District (BID) and its ambitious... Read More

Unibail-Rodamco adds H&M Group brands to Mall of Scandinavia line-up

Posted on by Neil Bird under Top Properties, Worldwide Property News

Europe’s leading listed commercial property company, Unibail-Rodamco, has today announced a major leasing deal with Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) Group to take space for its H&M, COS and & Other Stories brands at Scandinavia’s largest shopping... Read More

Ardstone Capital reveals Birmingham Phoenix House Renovation Plans

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

As developers begin to address the need for Grade A office space in Birmingham, property investment firm Ardstone Capital has revealed plans to renovate 1-3 Newhall Street in the city centre. The plans involve extending the rear of the 12-storey building,... Read More

Conservationists accused of slamming the door on Scotland’s Future

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Conservation and heritage wrangles could send out the wrong message to potential international investors, one of Scotland’s leading developers has claimed. Bruce Hare, whose development company Duddingston House Properties (DHP) had hoped to start... Read More

Unlocking Leicestershire’s Distribution Potential could create 40,000 new jobs

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Economy

More than 40,000 new jobs could be created in the East Midlands if land already earmarked for distribution and logistics projects is delivered, claims a new study. Commissioned by Leicester and Leicestershire Housing Planning and Infrastructure Group,... Read More

Chinese Investors fuel demand in Manhattan

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Chinese investors’ appetite for Class A US commercial property is once again evident as the country’s Anbang Insurance Group, owner of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, has agreed to buy 21 floors of an office building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The... Read More