Monthly Archives: September 2015



Law Firm signs Biggest Letting Agreement at Urban Escape Stockholm

Posted on 24 September, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

Nordic law firm Roschier has signed a leasing deal to occupy 43,000 sq ft of a Stockholm regeneration project — making it the largest letting secured by AMF Fastigheter for its flagship mixed-use scheme. The signing will allow Roschier to move from... Read More

RBS sells Leeds Retail Development Site to Lidl

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

After receiving planning permission for a nine unit retail scheme in Town Street Stanningley, Leeds, RBS has sold the site to expanding supermarket brand Lidl. The 4.8 acre brownfield site will see the construction of a 21,300 sq ft discount food store,... Read More

Hansteen makes £41m dual Industrial acquisition

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Hansteen has acquired two industrial assets in Derbyshire and the North East for a combined total of £41.1 million. The UK and continental European industrial property investor has firstly exchanged contracts with DV4 Properties West Hallam Ltd to... Read More

Chinese investment unlocks Northern Powerhouse Schemes

Posted on 23 September, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Business News, Commercial Developments

Chancellor George Osborne has welcomed significant investment from the Chinese Haulage Industry and Trade Group into three Northern Powerhouse schemes, while visiting the country this week. The funding from the firm will unlock three substantial property... Read More

Pricoa Loan paves way for Access Self Storage expansion

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

Pricoa Mortgage Capital has closed a partial refinancing deal worth £155 million with Access Self Storage on behalf of Enddora Holdings Limited and Birchal Limited Partnership. The ten year fixed-rate loan has been secured by a significant portfolio... Read More

Naylors secures Newcastle Hub for Global IT Business

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

A leading cloud-based information technology manager has confirmed it is opening its first North East office on Tyneside. LogicNow is taking space at Newcastle’s award winning Generator Studios. Advised by commercial property consultants Naylors,... Read More

LSH Retail Team smashes Million Square Feet Milestone

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

Staff at Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) are celebrating a new record for the property consultancy — after its Birmingham office clocked up one-million square feet of leasing instructions in single year. Richard Jones (right), head of retail and leisure at... Read More

Towering achievement for Property Industry as hundreds complete Skyscraper Challenge

Posted on by Neil Bird under Industry News

Last Friday over 200 property professionals summoned strength, speed and stamina to conquer the Broadgate Tower, raising over £40,000 for LandAid and the Chartered Surveyors’ Training Trust. Churchill Retirement Living: Sophie Kowalkska The second... Read More

Rent hike warning for Dublin Retailers

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

Retail rents on Dublin’s Grafton Street — once the fifth most expensive main shopping street in the world — are likely to rise by more than 15 per cent, a global real estate services provider has warned. Fuelled by a growing trend in... Read More

Rockspring announces Next arrival at Friars Square Aylesbury

Posted on 22 September, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has completed the letting of a 21,600 sq ft retail unit at Aylesbury’s Friars Square retail destination which it recently acquired on behalf of its UK Value 2 Fund. The unit has been taken by Next on a 10 year... Read More