GVA — the Birmingham based property consultancy — has named the global engineering and services group Bilfinger as a potential merger partner. Shareholders of both firms will have to approve the deal before the amalgamation can go ahead. No... Read More
The property services provider TCL Holdings has negotiated a £10m investment from the Government-backed Business Growth Fund. As part of the finance package, the Northampton-headquartered TCL has agreed a minority shareholding for BGF and accepted two... Read More
American-based UTC Aerospace Systems has signed a ten year lease on offices at Solihull’s prestigious FORE business park. The 25,652sq ft letting for the entire FORE One building is thought to be the largest transaction for office space in the West... Read More
A former Royal protection officer has launched a new low-cost scheme to deter squatters from taking over shops, offices and other commercial premises. The Brighton-based retired police officer and Royal family bodyguard claims her Intuitive Guardians... Read More
Shangri-La at the Shard is one of London’s most hotly anticipated hotel developments, with its location at the top of Western Europe’s tallest building providing guests with panoramic views of the London skyline. However, it appears that guests are... Read More
The dire shortage of industrial and warehousing premises within the M27 corridor could soon be over, according to commercial property consultants Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). There have been no significant speculative developments within Hampshire’s... Read More
Commercial mortgage bond investors, tired of waiting for the European market to recover after the financial crisis, have started lending directly Bloomberg reports. The 2007 European real estate crash triggered a number of defaults that had a severe... Read More
With reports of demand beginning to outstrip supply in some key markets, the absence of commercial development during the recession may hinder the recovery. However, a new report from asset design and consultancy firm Arcadis has highlighted the very real... Read More
IM Properties has sold a number of its German logistics properties to the multi-let investment management company Valad Europe for more than £21m. The sale follows the company’s recent unloading of a near-100,000sq metre Munich logistics facility to... Read More
While the London commercial property market may be in robust health, until the beginning of this year the regional markets had struggled to recover. However, a new survey conducted by RICS indicates that the West Midlands is in the midst of a resurgence which... Read More
