Monthly Archives: April 2015



West End Retailers face Record Business Rates Bills warns BNP Paribas

Posted on 2 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

West End retailers could be facing record business rates demands by 2017, one of Britain’s leading property service providers has warned. According to new research by BNP Paribas Real Estate, businesses based in England will forced to pay rates bills... Read More

Offices to Homes plan for Newcastle’s Regent Centre

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Uncategorised

An landmark North-East business complex — once the biggest office site in Europe — could be converted to residential accommodation after changing hands for the second time in five months. In September last year Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate... Read More

Spacious, Modern, Cutting Edge: New Study reveals the Ideal Office Building

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Top Properties

For the majority of workers in the UK, small luxuries in the workplace include a microwave, kettle and – for the very lucky – a dining area where lunch breaks can be spent socialising with colleagues. However, it seems that those chained to their desks... Read More

Easter Eggs at centre of Supermarket Price War

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

The supermarket price war has dominated the grocery industry for the past few years, with retailers increasingly attempting to gain an advantage over their cut price rivals including foreign import brands such as Aldi and Lidl. The latest manifestation of... Read More

Fresh Start for Sheffield’s recession-hit West Bar Scheme

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Plans to revive a stalled multi-million pound regeneration scheme for the centre of Sheffield have been unveiled by a three-way partnership that includes the administrators of the former developer. PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is handling the affairs... Read More

Shoreditch Ace Hotel sale sets New Pricing Benchmark

Posted on 1 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

American private investment firm, Starwood Capital Group, has sold an award winning East London hotel for the asking price of £150m — equivalent to around £580,000 per room. The Connecticut-based developer acquired the Shoreditch High Street hotel... Read More

Property Industry Charity LandAid awards Record amount to Disadvantaged Youngsters

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Industry News

Property industry charity LandAid has awarded a record £1,260,924 in grants to 23 projects, making 2014/2015 the best-ever year for the charity. LandAid’s latest grants have been awarded to the Belfast Buildings Trust, which received £100,000,... Read More

Kingfisher announces closure of 60 B&Q Stores

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

Kingfisher has been one of the major UK groups to benefit from the housing boom triggered by the government’s Help to Buy scheme, with thousands of customers choosing to engage in a little DIY amidst a renewed buoyancy in the residential... Read More

Cheesegrater over 75 per cent Let or Under Offer following IT Group Deal

Posted on by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The Leadenhall Building is now 77 per cent let or under offer following the arrival of leading virtual IT systems group IPsoft, British Land and Oxford Properties have announced today. The New York based company has agreed terms on a ten year lease,... Read More

Hammerson takes full control of Martineau Galleries scheme

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

A mothballed Birmingham city centre retail scheme — now at the heart of the massive HS2 Curzon Master Plan — has been sold to a major British property development and investment company. Bullring owner and investment company, Hammerson, has taken... Read More