Tag: Commercial Property Investment



Oxenwood Catalina JV makes second Regional Investment

Posted on 8 February, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has confirmed an £18m refinancing deal with Oxenwood Catalina, a Carribean-based investment joint venture formed by Oxenwood Real Estate and Catalina Holdings. The extra cash has allowed the Bermuda registered... Read More

Overseas Investors tipped to seal Waxworks Building Acquisition

Posted on 5 February, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets, Top Properties

The building housing one of London's longest standing attractions is being offered for sale. Property entrepreneur, Nick Leslau, is asking at least £300m for the Marylebone Road premises occupied by Madame Tussauds wax museum since 1884. The... Read More

Property will be “Overvalued” Within Months warns DTZ

Posted on 3 February, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets, Industry News

A 12-month forecast from one of Britain's biggest property players has warned that the UK markets "are about to tip from being undervalued to overvalued". The prediction comes in DTZ's 2015 Outlook, which says the single most important issue impacting on... Read More

Morrisons sells non-food interest in Killingworth Centre

Posted on 2 February, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Development Securities has used the profit from an investment portfolio to acquire the non-food element of a North-East shopping centre. The London-based company paid more than £19m to acquire a 185,000 sq ft share of The Killingworth Centre from supermarket... Read More

Ignis buys into the Future of Southbank Regeneration

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The Standard Life subsidiary, Ignis Property, has paid £30m for two prestige office and residential buildings at the heart of London's Southbank regeneration scheme. Sold by the trustees of the SE10NE Co-ownership — a special purpose vehicle holding... Read More

Bouwinvest acquires Dutch Assets

Posted on 1 February, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Institutional real estate manager Bouwinvest Real Estate Investment Management has purchased the Rotterdam World Trade Center and the Citroën buildings in Amsterdam. The Rotterdam World Trade Center is a 398,000 sq ft of office and events building... Read More

China and US will be London’s Biggest Commercial Investors in 2015 says Savills

Posted on 30 January, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Sales and Lets, Industry News

According to Savills, the international real estate advisers, US and Chinese investors will play a big part in the London commercial property market in 2015. This is in line with reports that last year, China invested more than all European buyers... Read More

New Partnership makes First Investment with Soho acquisition

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The joint venture between Legal & General Capital (L&G) and Dutch eco-pension fund manager PGGM has made its first partnership investment with the purchase of a central London property for £67m. With a launch war chest of £375m, the London... Read More

Shopping Centre investment hits pre-recession Volumes

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Shopping centre transactions during 2014 reached volumes not seen since prior to the recession, DTZ reports. Last year, investment transactions in the UK reached £5.83 billion, with 101 shopping centres bought or sold in 70 separate transactions.... Read More

New Opportunities for Investors as TfL unlocks Property Estate

Posted on 29 January, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

A new initiative launching next week by Transport for London (TfL) will offer investors and developers the opportunity to battle it out for prime commercial space. TfL has announced that it will be placing 50 tube stops, bus stations and other... Read More