Are you an occupier? Do you want to use the latest technological developments and ideas to help you in your business? Here at Novaloca we are always on the lookout for helpful stuff, and we especially love it if we can tell you about it at no cost to ... Read more
The largest office sale in the West End of London since 2007 completed this week, with the purchase for about £175m of Art Deco building Victoria House on Bloomsbury Square by Lebanese Group M1 Real Estate from Ireland-based commercial property ... Read more
Writing in today’s Liverpool Daily Post, Stephen Robertson, director-general of the British Retail Consortium, issues a plea for better care of our High Streets. He points out that while 12% of retail space for sale or to let is vacant across the UK, ... Read more
Cushman & Wakefield’s January Business Briefing on the UK property investment market reports a drop of just 7bp in prime UK yields during January – this is the smallest monthly decline since May 2009. The briefing says that while last autumn’s ... Read more
Miranda Munn, MD and founder of Novaloca.com, enjoyed a great evening at the North West Property Awards last week. Here’s her account of the event: “A great evening was enjoyed at the North West Property Awards at Manchester Central. I shared a ... Read more
There’s been a bit of gloom skulking about this blog for the past few days, so we thought we’d find some more positive comments for you today, seeing as it’s Friday. First up is property group Shaftesbury, which invests in London’s West End. The ... Read more
Up to one in five shops lies empty across Kent, the Midlands and the North East. This is the downbeat finding of the latest Local Data Company (LDC) report, which shows that vacancies have continued to rise during the past two quarters – although the ... Read more
Check out last night’s File on 4 broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It’s about how the UK’s banks are burying their heads in the sand when it comes to their commercial property lending. The programme is to be re-broadcast at 5pm on Sunday 14 February. ... Read more
The Ernst & Young Item Club is not feeling particularly cheerful. In its latest report on the commercial property market, the economic forecasting group finds a number of reasons to be gloomy. While UK commercial property prices rose 3% in ... Read more
The recent Central London office market breakfast hosted by Knight Frank brought some cheer, with the commercial property company forecasting that office space in Central London is set to record double-digit rental growth. Knight Frank expects to ... Read more
