Returns from retail property weakened during August, coming in at 0.4% for the month according to CBRE’s Monthly Index, with high street shop values falling as investor concern grew about the outlook for the consumer sector and retail rents. Capital ... Read more
RREEF, on behalf of the Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia, has bought one of the largest distribution centres in South East England, buying the Sainsbury’s distribution facility at Dartford for £80m. The purchase of the three warehouses – ... Read more
Great Portland Estates has today announced two major deals – the acquisition of a 2.3 acre West End redevelopment site and the £132.75m purchase, through its joint venture with the BP pension fund, of the ITN building on Gray’s Inn Road in ... Read more
It’s Friday, the Rugby World Cup has just kicked off, and we’d like to look on the positive side today. So here are some upbeat notes from Savills, which says there are a few “quite persuasive” reasons why a “proper” economic recovery might not be ... Read more
Retail vacancy rates remained stable at 14.5% on average in town centres across the UK during the first half of this year, but the gap between the best and worst performing retail centres in the UK has widened, says the Local Data Company in its ... Read more
Over the past 12 months, secondary office property in Central London has been the strongest performing sub-market within the UK commercial property markets, says CBRE. “Capital growth of 10.3% was achieved largely through a reduction in yields which ... Read more
The latest research into the market for available office space to let in Birmingham shows that rents have fallen nearly 20% for prime offices in the city centre during the past four years, says the Birmingham Post. The paper reports data from Lambert ... Read more
The latest Chart Book from RICS notes that bank lending to the commercial property sector fell by STG 53m in July according to the latest British Bankers Association data, after two months in a row of increases. RICS says that while the lending ... Read more
The British Property Federation/ IPD annual lease review for 2011 shows that the average length of lease increased to 5.3 years in 2010/11, from 5.0 years in 2009/10, measured on an equally weighted basis and including the first break where ... Read more
Going beyond the basics when refurbishing a property can reduce void periods, says Savills, as occupiers are increasingly showing a preference for greener buildings. Savills notes that new legislation, if passed, will make the leasing of a property ... Read more
