Investor optimism is improving, says Savills: the risk aversion that had started to creep in has now disappeared and pointing to renewed confidence in the sustainability of current pricing levels. The lack of prime property available at attractive ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton and Jones Lang LaSalle are jointly marketing the UK's largest speculative shed development – 400,000 sq ft of space at Lancashire Business Park, Leyland. The scheme will replace a 450,000 sq ft building that was destroyed by ... Read more
Jones Lang LaSalle’s review of the South West market has highlighted the strong growth rate forecast for Bath – at 13% for 2013, one of the highest outside London and the South East. The firm says there are a number of emerging sectors and trends ... Read more
Barratt Developments has bought the former headquarters of the Department for Transport, reports the Times, and plans to turn the office space in Victoria into residential property. The £100m scheme has secured planning permission to turn the Great ... Read more
Savills expects to see an increase in the level of Chinese money into the London property market and elsewhere around the world, following the recent relaxation of regulations by the Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission. The firm thinks this could ... Read more
CBRE is confident that there is potential for rental growth in the Thames Valley and M25 offices market this year, driven by the rent and terms achieved on new speculative developments. While the firm does not expect any change in the general drivers ... Read more
Three major office deals in Birmingham totalling more than £107m accounted for more than 10% of total regional office transactions outside London last year, says Lambert Smith Hampton’s Adam Ramshaw. The total value of office transactions outside ... Read more
“London is one of the most mature, dynamic office markets in the world, and as such it is in a constant state of flux.” So says Jones Lang LaSalle in a look back at the changing nature of the market for offices in Central London. The stock of ... Read more
Total returns for UK property came in at 0.3% in January, unchanged from December, while annual total returns slowed slightly to 1.7% according to CBRE’s latest Monthly Index. There was a continued slide in capital values, which fell 0.2% in January, ... Read more
sbh Page & Read has let a 8,345 sq ft industrial unit in Enfield, on the Trafalgar Trading Estate, to CJB Motor Services on a ten-year lease at an annual rent of £69,500. It has also agreed the lease on a 6,670 sq ft industrial unit in Tottenham, ... Read more
