Tag: office space



Business Rates Debacle Hits Offices Collier Reports

Business Rates Debacle Hits Offices Collier Reports
Posted on 22 February, 2016 by Editor in Chief under Business News

According to Colliers International, there are estimated to be 20,000 business rates payers that will be required to remove their appeals, after having seen a leaked VOA internal document. Previously business rates for those that occupied more than one... Read More

London Office Demand will create ‘tension’ for Occupiers says Report

Posted on 27 May, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

A new report from CBRE, estimates that an additional 5.1 million sq ft of office space will be required for professional services firms in London by 2019. This, the report says, will create a tension between rising property costs, competition to attract... Read More

British Land’s Broadgate fully let following WeWork deal

Posted on 26 January, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The office element of British Land’s Broadgate estate is fully let following a lease agreement with global collaborative workspace providers WeWork. WeWork is taking a 15 year lease on the bottom four floors and the ninth floor at 199 Bishopsgate,... Read More

Croydon prepares Business Rates Autonomy bid and Permitted Development Crackdown

Posted on 15 October, 2014 by Neil Bird under Industry News

Croydon has called for greater business rates autonomy to support its plans to transform the London borough into a premier office location. The council hopes to create close to 3 million sq ft of Grade A office space in a bid to attract tech and... Read More

BNP Paribas Hired to Manage Historic Offices

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Posted on 12 July, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

BNP Paribas Real Estate - the property service and management division of the French bank - has won a contract to refurbish and let office space in the heart of Newcastle’s historic Grainger Town. The Grey Street property, which has a listed... Read More

Demand for U.S. Office Space Bounces Back in Q2

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

U.S. commercial real estate services provider, Cassidy Turley, reports that demand for office space in that country rose sharply in the second quarter of this year. It also stated that development of new office buildings is "accelerating." U.S. office... Read More

Warrington Office Market Deals Increase by Nearly a Third

Posted on 11 February, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Industry News

Take-up in the Warrington office market has increased by 29 per cent with a total of over 395,000 sq ft let during 2013. Birchwood Park, Warrington The two most noteworthy transactions for the year were the letting of The Point in Birchwood, and the... Read More

Hermes unveils The Pearl after £3m Refurbishment

Posted on 10 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

One of Newcastle’s 1960s white elephant office blocks has been refurbishment and rebranded as a prestige business hub. Originally built as Pearl Assurance House, and used as the insurance company’s Tyneside headquarters, the concrete-clad building stood... Read More

Rental Growth forecast in Booming London Office Market

Posted on 6 February, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

Office space in Central London continues to be in high demand. As a result property agent Carter Jonas predicts widespread rental growth as the supply begins to dwindle. Carter Jonas has forecast an average rental increase of between 5 per cent and 9... Read More

Refurbished India Buildings offers Blend of Old and New

Posted on 16 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Ireland’s Green Property has unveiled what it claims is the biggest single office floor space in the city of Liverpool. The Dublin-based company hopes its 35,000sq ft refurbishment of the iconic India Buildings in Water Street will help attract... Read More