Monthly Archives: March 2015



“Fantastic Response” to TfL Property Partnership Tender

Posted on 26 March, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

More than 50 companies have expressed an interest in partnering Transport for London (TfL) in developing the thousands of acres it owns across the capital, Deloitte reports. The search for development partners was launched last year by the Mayor of... Read More

Manchester’s Mackie Mayor set for Renovation

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Top Properties

Muse Developments has been given the go ahead to begin the renovation of Manchester's Mackie Mayor building. Redevelopment of the Grade II listed building, located in Manchester's Northern Quarter, will begin at the end of this month and will be the... Read More

NI Designer Shopping Village sold with £5.5m Price Tag

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The urban regeneration specialist, Neptune Group, has paid £5.5m for one of Northern Ireland’s “premier boutique retail outlet centres”. The Linen Green designer village near Dungannon, County Tyrone, was originally developed between the early... Read More

Land Securities pre-lets 1 New Street Square 12 months ahead of completion

Posted on 25 March, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Land Securities has today announced that it has pre-let 1 New Street Square EC4 in its entirety to Deloitte, over a year ahead of the building’s completion. Deloitte, which already occupies 256,000 sq ft of the adjacent 2 and 3 New Street Square, has... Read More

British Land confirms Broadgate Estates 2 Kingdom Street move

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Top Properties

British Land has announced that property management company Broadgate Estates is to relocate its headquarters to 2 Kingdom Street, Paddington Central, in July of this year. The firm’s headquarters will be on the second floor of the Kohn Pederson Fox... Read More

Supermarket Property investment “reboots” following Sector Turbulence

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

The troubles facing the “Big Four” supermarket chains in the UK have been well documented for some time, with the influx of discount competition and resulting falling sales causing many to rein back on new store openings. However, it appears that the... Read More

HSBC relocation underlines Birmingham’s business credentials

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

Birmingham’s growing status as an international business destination has been further underlined by HSBC’s decision to relocate its headquarters to the West Midlands city. Around 1,000 jobs are expected to be transferred from London to Birmingham... Read More

Stoford lands twin “gamechanger” Regeneration Deals

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Less than three weeks after it received the planning green light for the £120m upgrade of Worcester Technology Park, Stoford has been appointed lead developer for a £70m regeneration project near Redditch. Working in partnership with landowners, The... Read More

Bruntwood acquires former BBC Manchester site

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

Property company Bruntwood has announced that it has acquired the former BBC site on Oxford Road, Manchester from Realty Estates. The acquisition follows January’s news that the company was involved in ‘complex’ negotiations over the purchase of the... Read More

Foresight keeps Construction Firm ahead of the game as Sleeping Giant arises

Posted on 24 March, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Economy

In order to reap the benefits of the recovering economy, many businesses in the UK are choosing to engage in recruitment drives as a means of ensuring they are able to fulfil client demands as orders increase. Yet, in the construction industry, skills... Read More