Tag: offices



Administrators put Spinningfields Office Blocks on the Market

Posted on 14 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Two office blocks within Manchester’s prestige Spinngfields development have been put up for sale after all four of their joint-ownership companies went into administration. Both buildings are fully let to the Royal Bank of Scotland. The sale of the... Read More

Swindon Speculative Build First Since Recession

Posted on 13 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Construction has started on Swindon’s first speculative commercial property development since the economic downturn. Plans have also been unveiled for a new business park for the Wiltshire town which could create as many as 2,000 new jobs. Aimed at... Read More

Second Cash Injection for Sheffield Steelworks Regeneration Scheme

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

Dransfield Properties has secured a loan for almost a quarter of the £42m it needs to redevelop a former South Yorkshire steelworks site. The developer has already been awarded an £8m European grant for the scheme. Ground work started last month on... Read More

Leeds to get First drop-in Office outside London

Posted on 11 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

The Station Office Network has confirmed it will be opening its first drop-in workplace outside London this summer — and has chosen Leeds because of the city’s “dynamic” business culture. The 19,500sq ft flexible office will be situated at One... Read More

Work starts on Aberdeen’s new look Marischal Square

Posted on 9 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Despite a planning application yet to be submitted, the demolition of Aberdeen’s former city council headquarters has already started with its new £107m office block replacement slated for completion by the summer of 2017. Fully funded by Aviva... Read More

Agency Plans to sell off Two Merseyside Sites

Posted on 7 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has confirmed it is taking control of two Liverpool commercial schemes. Both sites are now expected to be put up for sale. The agency stepped in when a 10-year joint venture agreement on both the Exchange Station... Read More

Computer Complex will be Singapore’s Biggest Commercial Project

Posted on 29 March, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Worldwide Property News

International computer company Hewlett-Packard has commissioned a new multi-million dollar high-tech complex in Singapore. The project will be undertaken by Mapletree Industrial Trust and is thought to be the republic’s biggest single commercial... Read More

Royal Bidders enter Race for London Octopus

Posted on 26 March, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

Few commercial developments prove as divisive as the forthcoming London Octopus building in Chiswick. To the architects, it is “part building, part sculpture” – a project which sets new standards in architectural ambition. To its opponents, it’s a... Read More

Cambridge Office Scheme one of the Largest outside London

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

An £80m finance deal has secured the development of a Cambridge office block, thought to be one of the biggest speculative schemes outside London. The scheme will be known as One the Square and is being developed by Brookgate with funding coming from Orchard... Read More

Cyprus Gets Pebble Inspired Office Block

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

Work has started on an iconic Cyprus office block which the developers claim will change the face of Limassol and be the tallest building on the holiday island’s south coast. Situated in the heart of Limassol — just 100 metres from the sea and the... Read More