The UK has been ranked as the top location in Europe for data centres, says new research from Cushman & Wakefield and hurleypalmerflatt. The Data Centre Risk Index 2012 report looks at the risks likely to affect the successful operation of data ... Read more
Offices offered the strongest returns on investment during the first quarter of this year, says Jones Lang LaSalle. The firm’s Q1 2012 UK Property Index shows that the office sector produced the strongest returns for the quarter at 0.9%, followed by ... Read more
Knight Frank predicted today that the market for office space within the M25 region will be driven over the next four years by companies upgrading to Grade A stock. At its annual M25 office market presentation at the Dorchester Hotel earlier today, ... Read more
The market for investment property in London was robust in the first quarter of 2012, says Cushman & Wakefield, with £3.6bn transacted – 42% more than in the final quarter of 2011. Lambert Smith Hampton, meanwhile, notes that the investment ... Read more
Specialist industrial property agency Gent Visick has advised AXA Real Estate Investment Managers in letting its 263,000 sq ft warehouse on the Redhouse Interchange estate to Next. The letting, the largest in Yorkshire since the Debenhams letting in ... Read more
The last three months have shown signs of returning confidence among occupiers of offices in London, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest research. The amount of office space in London under offer jumped by 16.3% in Q1 2012 from the previous ... Read more
The pricing of shopping centres in the UK remains key, as investors are still cautious about economic prospects and the general health of the retail sector, says Knight Frank in new research. The cost and availability of finance is also a vital ... Read more
There are still good opportunities for investors in all prime UK property markets, says DTZ. In its latest Money into Property report, the firm says it rates all prime UK markets ‘hot’ or ‘warm’ and says non-prime opportunities should also “prove ... Read more
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
