Tag: land



Land Sale helps to fund Wedgwood Site Upgrade

Posted on 12 June, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

North Staffordshire is known throughout the world as a centre of pottery production, with many of the most celebrated manufacturers emerging from Stoke-on-Trent. However one of the most iconic of these firms, Wedgwood, has confirmed that it has sold part of... Read More

Earl seeks “Daft Russian” as he puts Lake District Mountain up for Sale

Posted on 6 May, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Sales and Lets

Investors searching for rural land may be interested in taking advantage of a unique opportunity – a Lake District mountain is on the market for £1.75m. And if, if that is not enough to tempt potential buyers, the successful bidder will be entitled to use... Read More

Options open for Tyneside Laboratory Land

Posted on 1 May, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

A Tyneside laboratory site — opened in 1970 by technology minister Tony Benn — is being evaluated for sale by the engineering and electronics giant Siemens. The 25.3-acre plot, off Victoria Road West, Hebburn, was once occupied by a huge grey cube... Read More

Legal Firms axed from Crown Estate Property Panels

Posted on 7 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

The Crown Estate — which manages almost £9bn worth of property — has halved its Windsor Estate and its rural coastal portfolio legal panels by re-appointing just two of the law firms its uses to advise on its vast holdings. As part of a... Read More

Scottish Farmland Prices hold steady says Report

Posted on 10 March, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets

According to figures released by RICS, the price of Scottish farmland remained steady throughout the second half of 2013. The average price of land averaged £3,750 per acre. Furthermore, more than 80 per cent of surveyors anticipated a rise in prices during... Read More

Demand from Developers boosts Land Prices as Confidence Returns

Posted on 24 February, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Developments, Industry News

A new report released by international real estate adviser, Savills, indicates that land prices are being boosted by demand from developers. Price growth is continuing to be led by the South East, but overall growth is improving across the UK. The... Read More

Clyde Gateway devalues its Assets by £45m

Posted on 10 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Less than three months after it received more than £8m in extra funding, the Clyde Gateway agency — Scotland’s biggest and most ambitious regeneration programme — has written off £45m from its property assets. In November the agency, which has... Read More

Prologis signs Second UK Distribution Property Deal

Posted on 6 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Prologis — which recently posted a fourth-quarter profit of $61m — has confirmed its second UK industrial development in as many weeks. In January the San Francisco-based company announced it was adding an extra 262,500sq ft of logistics... Read More

Google makes first US acquisition of 2014

Posted on 19 January, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Google has started 2014 by adding to its Palo Alto holdings. The new property, located at 1076 East Meadow Circle, is situated on about an acre of land. The company paid approximately $6.5 million for the 19,700 square-foot building. The search engine... Read More

Demand fuels Development in Wellingborough

Posted on 13 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Industry News

As the development drought eases one town has found itself facing a different kind of shortage — a serious lack of industrial property and warehouse space. “Driven by strong levels of investment, take-up of space has risen and there is now a... Read More