The fourth annual “Who Owns Central Birmingham” report, from property consultants GVA, reveals that around £670 million worth of investment was pumped into the city’s office and retail markets during 2014. The analysis, which focuses on over 1.5... Read More
Commercial real estate sales in the Canadian city of Calgary reached $3.2 billion in 2014, an increase of 2 per cent over the previous year, according to a new report from RealNet Canada Inc. The report states that 483 transactions worth in excess of... Read More
Barwood Capital — one of the UK’s leading real estate asset and investment managers — has launched a new £50m fund aimed at regional commercial property. With leverage and reinvested capital, the five-year fund will have an investment ceiling of... Read More
The Duchy of Lancaster – a private estate owned by Her Majesty The Queen - has paid more than £10.5m for two units on a Merseyside business estate and is seeking further acquisitions to add to its portfolio. Both warehouses on the Estuary Commerce... Read More
A family-owned property company has added to its portfolio with the acquisition of a former Wincanton distribution site in West Yorkshire, and is anticipating that 2015 will be the best year in its history. In-site Property Solutions — which... Read More
Birmingham based property group, Real Estate Investors Plc (REI) has unconditionally exchanged contracts to complete the acquisition of 35-37 Great Charles Street in a £1.85 million deal. The 24,500 sq ft office building is close to the new Paradise... Read More
The upcoming regeneration of London’s Royal Albert Dock by Chinese developer Advanced Business Park (ABP) is one of the most eagerly anticipated projects in the capital at present, with the aim of creating the city’s third financial district. This week,... Read More
The drop in the value of the Canadian dollar has not curbed the appetite of Canadian commercial investors for property south of the border. According to a survey cited by the Financial Post, early results indicate that US$ 2.75 billion has already been... Read More
Investors in government sponsored Business Premises Renovation Allowances (BPRA) schemes face unexpected demands to repay large sums of tax relief, the Financial Times reports. BPRA was introduced by the government to attract tax-deductible investment... Read More
Irish real estate investment trust, Hibernia, has confirmed it is sitting on a €286m (£214m) acquisitions war chest partly funded from the disposal of around a third of the Dorville portfolio it bought from Ulster Bank a year ago. In an interim... Read More
