Tag: offices



Empty Property provides Golden Age for the Arts

Posted on 3 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

They are moving into empty shops and supermarkets and vacant offices across the country to breathe life into run down streets and drab developments. And, while artists and designers across the UK are finding new places to work and exhibit, landlords have... Read More

Dubai Commercial Market grows along with Economy

Posted on 2 December, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Dubai's commercial property market is undergoing a period of growth in most of its key areas as the emirate's economy improves and occupier demand is on the rise. The increase is centered on submarkets in the central region, such as Business Bay,... Read More

1,000 Jobs for M1 Business Park

Posted on 1 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Sladen Estates says it will create as many as 1,000 jobs from its plan to build a high quality employment park adjacent to the M1 in Nottinghamshire. The Derbyshire-based company has just bought the former Prologis Park site at Ashfield and intends to... Read More

Ardstone Investment Spree Continues

Posted on 30 November, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Ardstone — the Irish investment firm — has completed a run of multi-million pound investments by spending £40m on a Birmingham office block. Notable for being one of the few Irish investors to have avoided the property crash, in September Ardstone... Read More

Adderstone Group in Record Subsidiary Disposal

Posted on 28 November, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

A North-East based company has completed the sell-off of two of its subsidiaries in one of the region’s biggest property transactions. The Adderstone Group has sold UK Ground Rent Estates Ltd and UK Ground Rent Estates (2) Ltd  for £17m in a deal... Read More

Crash Landing or New Take Off for Teesside Airport?

Posted on 18 November, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Four hundred news homes, scores of industrial and office units and a more exclusive passenger image are at the heart of a package to save cash-starved Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA). The rescue plan comes just days after news that DTVA had lost... Read More

HM the Queen Officially Opens One Angel Square

Posted on 14 November, 2013 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Ceremony marks completion of first phase of NOMA development Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Manchester today to officially open One Angel Square, the new home of the Co-operative Group. They will tour the property and meet some of... Read More

High Demand and Low Returns persuade Investors to look beyond London

Posted on 1 November, 2013 by Neil Bird under Industry News

There are signs of growing activity in the regional commercial property market as the economy improves and investors look beyond the capital in search of higher yields. Demand for prime London property has pushed prices for office space so high that... Read More

UK Workers Cannot Leave the Office Behind says Study

Posted on 23 October, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

For the majority of workers, taking a holiday from the office is always a major highlight of the year. Whether the break is used to go on a foreign holiday or simply relax at home, they can return to work feeling refreshed and better able to cope with the... Read More

Rising Office Take-Up Underlines South Bank Transformation

Posted on 14 October, 2013 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

The position of London’s South Bank as a prime business location is underlined by data showing that office take-up in the area is at its highest level since 2007. Approximately 872,000 sq ft was let between July and September bringing the total for the year... Read More