Monthly Archives: August 2015



Aberdeen Commercial Property Sales Surge to Three-Year High

Posted on 14 August, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Sales and Lets

According to the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) Aberdeen was close to the forefront of a surge in commercial property transactions in Scotland during Q2, with activity in the Granite City hitting a three-year high of £201 million. The research shows... Read More

AXA Real Estate launches Hammersmith Campus Development

Posted on by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers will shortly begin construction of the first phase of a major mixed-use urban campus in Hammersmith. Assembly London, located on the site of the former Harper Collins office on Fulham Palace Road, will eventually... Read More

Manchester Retail tops List of underpriced Regional Markets

Posted on 13 August, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Top Properties

According to research conducted by DTZ, the regional retail and industrial markets offer the best opportunities for commercial property investors - with Manchester topping the rankings. The firm's European Fair Value Index Q2 2015 report reveals that... Read More

Derwent reports Strong First Half Rental Growth and Letting Activity

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

Derwent London has increased its net rental income by 5 per cent to £66.9 million as the capital’s strong occupier demand continued to drive rental growth and letting activity in the first half of the year. In the firm’s interim first half... Read More

H20 secures first Wharfdale Park pre-let

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

A Birmingham joint-venture industrial and warehouse development has secured its first tenant before construction work on the £20m scheme has even begun. A design image of Birmingham’s Wharfdale Park development Wharfdale Park — next to the Grand... Read More

Telford Mega-Shed Plans Unveiled

Posted on by MOVEHUT under Commercial Developments

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is pressing ahead with its attempts to solve the Shropshire “big hut” shortage with a plan to build a 640,000 sq ft warehouse in Telford. Matthew Tilt of Lambert Smith Hampton The scheme, being considered by... Read More

Harworth Estates completes Three Industrial Lettings in the Midlands

Posted on 12 August, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

Increased business confidence in the Midlands has been cited by Harworth Estates as the driving factor behind three separate letting deals at Asfordby Business Park, close to Melton Mowbray. The first lease was agreed with Leicestershire based haulage... Read More

Abandoned Middlesbrough Sainsbury’s Store to be offered to Competitors

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Politicians, commercial agents and shoppers have united to brand a decision by Sainsbury’s to scrap a flagship North-East store — just days away from opening — as a “disgrace”. The supermarket giant’s latest store at Middlesbrough, built as... Read More

Capital & Regional reports Strong First Half Growth

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

Capital & Regional has revealed an increase of 76 per cent in operating profit to £11.8 million in the first half of the year, significantly outperforming the £6.7 million taken during the same period last year. Capital & Regional currently... Read More

L&G and Scarborough to deliver Thorpe Park scheme

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

A tie-in between two Legal & General companies has secured a half-share in a 200-acre Yorkshire business development. The joint venture with Scarborough Group International will add more than a million square feet of mixed-use development to Thorpe Park... Read More