Monthly Archives: July 2015



Ediston Share Issue raises £35.92 million

Posted on 12 July, 2015 by Neil Bird under Business News

Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC) has announced that it has raised gross proceeds of £35.92 million pursuant to its Initial Placing for Subscription of Ordinary Shares at a price of 108 pence per share. A total of 33,263,931 shares will be... Read More

JLL reports Strong Demand for Glasgow Office Space

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Industry News

New research from JLL has revealed that office take-up in Glasgow city centre increased by nearly half in Q2 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. The findings show that  city centre office take-up was 97,140 sq ft, while in Greater Glasgow and... Read More

Hammerson announces Sale of French Shopping Centre

Posted on 11 July, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets

Hammerson has announced that it has exchanged contracts to sell its interest in Grand Maine shopping centre located south west of Angers. The buyer is a leading French institutional investor, who has paid €63.2 million (£45.3 million) for the... Read More

Joint Initiative launches Brooklyn Navy Yard scheme

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

A joint initiative involving Boston Properties, Rudin Development and WeWork is developing a new 675,000 sq ft scheme in Brooklyn Navy Yard, designed to meet the demand from the emerging creative and tech sectors. The $380 million project is being carried out... Read More

Further Rental Growth forecast as London Office Demand continues to outstrip Supply

Posted on 10 July, 2015 by Neil Bird under Industry News

Businesses have taken 6.5 million sq ft of office space in London during the first half of 2015, with the majority of the take-up recorded in the City, according to DTZ. There was increased occupier activity across other sub markets, notably King’s... Read More

Restaurants booking early for Metrocentre’s new look Qube

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Intu Properties says only a single restaurant remains vacant in its £17m “through the night” extension to Gateshead’s Metrocentre. More than eight months ahead of completion 11 food and leisure units within the Qube have now been let. Contractor... Read More

“Spirits” back on the Menu at Historic Irish Pub

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

After a four-month break in its 400-year-old history of serving alcohol to smugglers, pirates, sailors and an assortment of famous drinkers, one of Ireland’s oldest public houses re-opens today. Grace Neill's Bar, at Donaghadee in the County Down,... Read More

Global Property Transaction Volumes unchanged despite Greek Crisis

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Preliminary data from Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) shows that global real estate transaction volumes in Q2 remained unchanged year-on-year, despite Greece’s debt crisis and difficulties in the Chinese equity markets. Transaction volumes increased by 30... Read More

Selfridges swoops on Wigmore Street Property

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Selfridges has reportedly snapped up a £90 million property just a stone’s throw from its Oxford Street flagship store. According to the Evening Standard, businessman Galen Weston and his family, who are highly active within the Selfridges Group,... Read More

IVG Immobilien outlines Core Portfolio hive-off

Posted on 9 July, 2015 by Neil Bird under Business News

The CEO of German real estate company IVG Immobilien AG – the former joint owner of London’s Gherkin – has outlined plans to restore the firm’s capital market viability. A key element in the management’s strategy involves hiving-off of a... Read More