New data from the Local Data Company highlights the regional differences in shop vacancies across the UK, with the average vacancy rate for London and the South at 12.7% while Wales, the Midlands and the North have an average of 18.5%, and Scotland ... Read more
In its most recent research into the UK commercial property market, DTZ has been looking at values for secondary property and has noted that they are falling more sharply than for prime property in all sectors. Since Q2 2007, secondary property ... Read more
Axa is to invest nearly £320m into the development of a new office property in King's Cross, according to the Times. The paper reports that Axa Real Estate has agreed to forward-fund the construction of the 11 storeys of office space at King's ... Read more
Jones Lang LaSalle does not expect normal patterns of speculative development completions to return to the European commercial property markets for the next five years. It notes in new research that the vast majority of new equity players and ... Read more
A thousand-acre residential building development and prospects for a million square metres of commercial property development in the Kent Thameside region moved closer yesterday. Plans for the first phase of the Ebbsfleet Valley scheme, between ... Read more
Hansteen Holdings says its strategy of buying high-yielding industrial properties at less than replacement cost with opportunities to add value, and managing them intensively via locally based management teams for income and value growth, “is an ... Read more
What sort of office space do TMT companies want? Derwent London has been on a trip to San Francisco and Silicon Valley to see for itself what occupiers in this sector are seeking in terms of office space, and to meet US tenants that may be expanding ... Read more
The Property Data Report 2012 has been published, setting out some key facts about the UK’s commercial property sector. The document includes information on property debt and sustainability. It has been produced by the Association of British ... Read more
Prime Central London retail areas have continued to thrive despite the economic gloom elsewhere, says Cushman & Wakefield, with record levels of retail space changing hands on two key streets. The firm’s research shows that 13 transactions ... Read more
The supply side is reacting faster than expected to the shortage of Grade A office space in Central London, says Savills – but the firm still expects an undersupply to continue to support rising office rents during 2012-2017. While take-up of Central ... Read more
