As property values throughout the country begin to edge towards pre-recession levels, local authorities are keen to approve developments which could boost local economies. This has seen North Warwick Borough Council give the green light to an extension of the... Read More
Hundreds of new jobs are in the pipeline as Leeds’ landmark urban enterprise zone witnesses the start of four major industrial projects — with three more awaiting consent. Work is already underway on two separate projects for Wilton Developments,... Read More
Less than four months after the completion of a five-year £83m transformation BAE Systems is selling its Cheshire munitions factory. Commercial property consultants GVA says it has already received “considerable” interest from British and overseas... Read More
The Anglo–Dutch consumer products manufacturer Unilever is building a £24m “super factory” at Port Sunlight, its spiritual home on the Wirral. Bigger than a football pitch, the conglomerate’s Advanced Manufacturing Centre will be attached its... Read More
Buccleuch Property — one of Europe’s oldest privately-owned businesses — has sold three of its English industrial estates for almost eight-million pounds. Earlier this year the property firm, part of the Buccleuch Group, sold off Clydesmill... Read More
Regeneration plans for a former water treatment site could create as many as 1,000 new jobs, the company behind the 57-acre scheme has claimed. Keyland Developments — the property trading arm of Kelda Group and a sister-company of Yorkshire Water —... Read More
Niche real estate and distribution specialists, B8 Real Estate (B8RE), has been appointed sole agent for what it describes as the biggest speculative industrial development on Merseyside for years. Developer New Capital Knowsley will start work next... Read More
Less than three weeks after it announced the signing of two more tenants at its 70-acre Burnley Bridge Business Park, the Eshton Group says its expects to see its turnover top £10m by 2016. The Guisley-based developer — currently reporting a... Read More
Work will start next month on a £43m advanced manufacturing facility in Sheffield that aims to become the “world’s most advanced factory” on its 2015 completion. Factory 2050 — to be built on a new Advanced Manufacturing Campus at Sheffield... Read More
Industrial property in the Australian market delivered returns of 12.1 per cent over the year ended June 30 2014. This exceeds the returns from retail and office property, which generated returns of 9.8 and 9.0 per cent, respectively. The strong... Read More
