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Sutton Coldfield Municipal Charities acquires two Worcestershire properties

Sutton Coldfield Municipal Charities (SCMC) has acquired the freehold interest in two Worcestershire properties, totalling £2.4million. more...
Wednesday, 22. February 2012

Landscape giant arrives in Nottingham

Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) and DTZ, working as joint agents, have let a recently refurbished industrial unit in Nottingham to international landscaping company Continental Landscapes Ltd. The unit is on the established Queens Drive... more...
Wednesday, 22. February 2012

European Banks eye further real estate loan sale programmes in 2012

CBRE expects to see banks across Europe continue to pursue sales of commercial real estate loans in 2012 as lenders seek to further streamline the process for reducing their exposure to property. In 2011, CBRE recorded the completion of... more...
Wednesday, 22. February 2012

New HQ office for Staines

LaSalle Investment Management and development partner Bell Hammer have obtained planning consent for the construction of a new 86,500 square foot HQ office building to replace the existing Ashby House in Staines town centre. more...
Wednesday, 22. February 2012

Healthy activity for South Yorkshire industrial & logistics market

Continued interest from a high-profile retailers and Sheffield’s Enterprise Zone status are set to give South Yorkshire’s industrial and logistics market a boost in the first half of 2012, according to new research. Knight Frank’s... more...
Tuesday, 21. February 2012

GE Prem KF to benefit from £39m funding boost

GE Prem KF has agreed a £39m funding facility from the RBS Real Estate Finance team in Scotland. GE Prem KF is a joint venture real estate investment vehicle owned jointly by GE Capital Real Estate Europe (75%) and Paradigm Real Estate... more...
Tuesday, 21. February 2012

Leica moves into Lothbury House in Cambridge

The Unex Group, advised by Savills, has let the ground and first floor of its fully refurbished office development at Lothbury House on Newmarket Road, Cambridge to Leica Microsystems Ltd. Leica Microsystems Ltd has agreed a new lease on... more...
Tuesday, 21. February 2012

Bean Coffee opens outlet at Venus in Trafford Park

Bean Coffee has opened its third Coffee Shop outlet in Manchester at Peel Land and Property’s landmark office building ‘Venus’ in Trafford Park. more...
Monday, 20. February 2012

Crossrail and TMT growth drive significant early 2012 deals

LaSalle Investment Management (“LaSalle”) is celebrating two quick, early New Year deals totalling over 65,000 square feet at Farringdon Place, 20 Farringdon Road, EC1. more...
Monday, 20. February 2012
No.1 Hagley Road in Birmingham  - Photo: No.1 Hagley Road in Birmingham

Henderson submits planning application for No.1 Hagley Road in Birmingham

No. 1 Hagley Road, the 140,000 sq ft, 19 storey landmark office tower, is the latest building to benefit from regeneration plans for the Five Ways area, in Birmingham. The... more...
Monday, 20. February 2012

AXA REIM completes 175,000 m² of lettings during 2011

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers announces that it signed 96 leases representing a total of 175,000 sq m of space across its French office portfolio in 2011, a significant increase of 23% on a total of 142,000 sq m let in 2010. Of the... more...
Monday, 20. February 2012

Rockspring sells 18,000 sq ft office building in Guildford

Rockspring Property Investment Managers today announces that, on behalf of Rockspring UK Value Fund LLP, it has sold Hays House in Guildford, to clients of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers. The asset was sold for circa £4.5 million,... more...
Monday, 20. February 2012

Resolution to grant planning for Rembrandt House in Watford

Development Securities PLC announces that it has secured a Resolution to Grant planning for the residential-led, mixed-use redevelopment of Rembrandt House in Watford. The 3.4 acre site currently comprises a mixture of office and... more...
Monday, 20. February 2012

Aberdeen fares best in Scotland since the housing boom

Rochford in Essex and South Lakeland are the only two local authority districts in the UK where house prices are currently higher than they were in 2007, according to the latest research from Bank of Scotland. Aberdeenshire is the only... more...
Monday, 20. February 2012
Heathrow Premier Inn, UK, London, Hotel - Photo: Heathrow Premier Inn, UK, London, Hotel

Heathrow Premier Inn is ready for take-off

McAleer & Rushe has completed construction work on a 400-bedroom Premier Inn hotel at Heathrow Airport Terminal Five, handing the project over to developer Grove Developments three months ahead of schedule. more...
Friday, 17. February 2012

Shiraz Boghani purchases the InterContinental London Westminster Hotel

The InterContinental London Westminster Hotel was purchased for an undisclosed figure by Mr Shiraz Boghani, (one of the Partners responsible for initiating the project) who emerged as the successful bidder in a formal tender process... more...
Friday, 17. February 2012

Formal Investments leases former MFI warehouse to Harvey’s Furniture

Formal Investments, a real estate company located in Gloucestershire, has acquired a former MFI warehouse in Avonmouth (13 miles from Bristol’s city centre) with a size of 66,000 sq ft from Colliers International for an undisclosed... more...
Friday, 17. February 2012

Vodafone sign up at St Catherine’s Walk shopping centre in Carmarthen

Orchard Street Investment Management announces that Vodafone has agreed a ten year lease with an annual rental value of £67,500 at Unit 1, St Catherine’s Walk shopping centre, Carmarthen. The lease on 3,593 sq ft of retail space, over... more...
Friday, 17. February 2012