The Leeds Agents’ Forum has reported improved take-up of office space in Leeds during the first quarter of this year, with 155,847 sq ft taken up in the city centre compared with just 37,000 sq ft in Q1 2011. The out-of-town market was less ... Read more
GVA’s latest quarterly review of the nine largest UK regional office occupier markets has found that prospects have brightened considerably since the end of 2011. The firm says take-up was average during Q1 2012 at 1,611,000 sq ft, 2% above the ... Read more
NovaLoca.com had an excellent time at the 2012 Property Awards! Congratulations to all the winners, including GVA’s Professional Agency Team of the Year, Cushman & Wakefield’s Retail and Leisure Agency Team of the Year, Savills’ Office Agency ... Read more
Knight Frank expects the supply of office space in the City of London and offices in the West End to have fallen by the end of 2012 thanks to an increase in demand. The firm has released its Q1 2012 data for Central London offices, showing that ... Read more
It’s that time of year again – the Property Awards are being held tonight at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. There are a total of 17 award categories to reward outstanding performance in the UK property market by individuals and companies ... Read more
New research from CBRE indicates that London is the world’s top destination for international retail businesses. The firm looked at 326 of the world’s top retailers across more than 200 cities and found that London attracted more than half of all the ... Read more
The IPD has published findings of its research into lease lengths, showing that short-term leases can hamper growth in property value, with particular reference to the market for retail premises. The analysis of lease lengths in the UK shows that ... Read more
CBRE has hired Bill Colville to be its UK regional chairman. Mr. Colville, currently the UK regional chairman at DTZ, will split his time between regional responsibilities and a role on the CBRE Scotland senior management team. CBRE also says Mr. ... Read more
Savills says its Commercial Development Activity Index for March recorded the strongest monthly expansion in two years. There were improvements in both the private and public sectors – work on private-sector contracts grew for the third month in a ... Read more
The UK commercial property market continued to experience weaker trends during the past month, with values down and total returns fairly neutral, says CBRE. The firm’s Monthly Index for March shows All Property total returns of +0.1% and a fall in ... Read more
