The demolition of an eyesore multi-storey car park later this month will mark the start of Coventry’s biggest business quarter regeneration scheme for almost half-a-century. When complete the 37-acre Friargate development, adjacent to the city’s... Read More
A South Yorkshire city has been promised at least 400 news jobs and stronger links with Asia if planners give the go-ahead for a £65m Chinese-backed business incubator scheme. The New Era Square project has already attracted backing from a consortium... Read More
All UK commercial property sectors recorded a weaker performance during August, according to the latest CBRE Monthly Index. Total returns were 1.4 per cent, largely driven by a 0.9 per cent growth in capital values, which have increased by 8.1 per cent... Read More
Government plans to scrap the right of local authorities to seek exemption from the office to residential conversion scheme threatens to take millions of square feet out of the London market. The scheme, which allows landlords to convert office space... Read More
Second home owners exploiting an anomaly in the business rates system have been accused of taking part in a tax avoidance scheme by a rating expert. The claim comes in an Independent exclusive which has unearthed evidence of householders... Read More
Following Land Securities’ promise to place street food on the menu of its mixed-use scheme in Victoria, comes the news that the developers of Battersea Power Station are planning to go one better – by constructing a ‘street food market in the... Read More
The UK’s leading property company, Land Securities, has promised that its flagship Victoria development will be ‘a real mixed use scheme’ catering to the ‘growing needs of office workers' - and food is at the heart of it. Nova will provide... Read More
CBRE has published a research report entitled, U.S. Tech-Twenty: Measuring Office Market Impact, which shows that high-tech employment growth has played a pivotal role in the recovery of the office market. It has also helped to generate rent increases... Read More
The European Regional Development Fund is providing almost half the money to transform a former Liverpool factory site into 40,000 sq ft of commercial space. Manchester developer Capital and Centric is using the £1.4 grant toward the construction of... Read More
Rumours that two of Britain’s biggest law and accountancy firms are considering relocating to Leeds have prompted one property expert to suggest its time the city moved its speculative office construction into high gear. Almost 141,000 sq ft of... Read More
