The controversial redevelopment of London’s Smithfield Market is not warranted by a shortage of office space in the capital, a public inquiry has been told. The multi-million pound redevelopment of the Victorian market hall has divided opinion, both... Read More
A consortium of Chinese factory owners has pulled off a multi-million pound groundbreaking deal — thought to be the first outside London — by buying an historic listed building opposite Birmingham’s city council house. The Grade II-listed office... Read More
Chinamex — one of China’s largest overseas trading companies — has appointed London-based property agents Cluttons as the leasing agent for its new multi-million dollar Dragon City retail project in Bahrain. Dragon City is a mirror of the Dubai... Read More
Liverpool city centre office take-up jumped by 22 per cent last year to 316,964 sq ft according to three industry groups. Liverpool Vision, Professional Liverpool and the business improvement district (BID) have released figures showing that there were... Read More
Recently the prime minister hinted that business rates reform may be on the way as the momentum for change gathers momentum. Last week Lambert Smith Hampton responded to this by publishing a set of proposals that it would like to see included in any future... Read More
ABP chairman Xu Weiping has expressed his confidence in the Chinese company’s Royal Docks development which, he believes, will become a global business park. Despite the fact that work is yet to begin in earnest, 57 companies have already registered... Read More
Marketed as Scotland’s only “business hotel” the developers behind the Skypark campus have been given permission to add a second office block to the Glasgow complex. Although construction work will not start without a substantial pre-let, the... Read More
Clyde Gateway — the company leading the regeneration of Glasgow — has launched what it claims is the first interactive 3D iPad app to help market one of its new office buildings. Developed in partnership with the commercial real estate company... Read More
The majority of commercial property companies are failing to integrate environmental and social issues into their businesses and reach even the lowest sustainability benchmarks, according to a new survey. Although the report, commissioned by The... Read More
The Canadian real estate service provider FirstService has bought out Briant Champion Long (BCL), one of the United Kingdom's leading independent retail property specialists. The acquisition was made through one of the Toronto-based company’s... Read More
