Among the initiatives launched at last week’s Expo Real trade fair in Germany was the Carbon Index from the Greenprint Foundation, which measures the carbon footprint of 176 million sq ft of property across 36 countries. Jones Lang LaSalle’s head ... Read more
New research from Cushman & Wakefield has concluded that shopping centre development is to remain subdued this year. The Times reports that C&W says the amount of new space in shopping centres is likely to slide about 40% below the annual ... Read more
The UK property market was resilient during September, says CBRE, with the firm’s Monthly Index showing capital growth of 0.3% and a total return for all property of 0.8%. By sector, offices were the strongest performing area, with capital growth ... Read more
The market for office space to let in the City of London has developed two clear tiers, says James Gillett at NB Real Estate. Occupiers are fighting over the best available space and taking advantage of the incentives available to upgrade to Grade A ... Read more
Further to yesterday's post, we checked our rating at Website Grader just before the new EGPL site went live and it seems the gap between the two sites has widened even further. In January NovaLoca was almost 53,000 points ahead of EGPL but now it ... Read more
We were genuinely surprised here at NovaLoca to see the new property website at EG PropertyLink (now propertylink on estatesgazette.com). But the surprise may have been rather nasty for those hoping to use the site to find new commercial property to ... Read more
Banks’ strict lending criteria and a lack of suitable opportunities are stopping many lenders from lending on real estate, despite their strong ambitions to do so, says Savills. In its latest list of the top 12 most active bigger-ticket lenders – ... Read more
Reuters is reporting this morning that the latest Commercial Property Confidence Monitor from Lloyds Banking Group shows that 46% of the property professionals from medium and large businesses surveyed this quarter expect no broad improvement in the ... Read more
Savills has been appointed to sell the Halton Lea shopping centre in Runcorn, almost a year since the mall went into receivership after its owners got into difficulties over the mortgage on the retail property. The guide price is £27.8m. Morgan ... Read more
Although take-up of office space in Manchester slowed during the first half of this year, demand remains healthy and steady absorption of Grade A space in the city looks set to continue, says Colliers CRE in new research. The firm points out that ... Read more
