Occupiers still have options for Grade A space in Manchester city centre, says Colliers International. There is still more than 1m sq ft of Grade A space available in the centre, with seven floors offering more than 20,000 sq ft and an additional 24 ... Read more
Savills says in its latest Shopping Centre and High Street Bulletin that “the high street is still very much alive” – in contrast to some recent press articles suggesting that the end is nigh. There are still in fact a healthy number of store ... Read more
Income returns from UK property “are looking ever more attractive to a raft of income-hungry investors,” says Cushman & Wakefield in its August Marketbeat report, as they remain around the 7.0% level compared with 10-year bond yields of less than ... Read more
The latest Monthly Index from CBRE shows that July was another relatively static month, with All Property values up 0.1% after the 0.2% increase in June. This minor improvement was made thanks to a small downward movement in the equivalent yield, ... Read more
Office occupier activity in Manchester city centre increased during the second quarter, says the Manchester Office Agents Forum (MOAF). After a slow start to the year, take-up reached 174,978 sq ft for Q2, up 36% from the first quarter and taking the ... Read more
While demand for office space remains sluggish in most UK regional markets, the Birmingham Central Business District has recorded its highest quarterly take-up for nine months. Grade A vacancy levels for office space in Birmingham are now the lowest ... Read more
The vacancy rate for office space in the West End of London has reached a recent low of 3.8% as supply has fallen to 3.9m sq ft – the lowest level since Q1 2008 and only 1.1m sq ft above the low-point of the previous cycle, says CBRE. The firm’s ... Read more
Logistics occupiers are being driven to consider design-and-build opportunities as the supply of buildings shrinks, says CBRE in its H1 2011 UK Industrial Market View. The firm says there are currently only two properties of more than 500,000 sq ft ... Read more
The latest research from the Local Data Company shows that there is a very wide range in shop vacancy levels across the UK. The LDC visited 400 town centres and out-of-town retail parks and shopping centres during the second quarter of 2011 and found ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton reports that distressed sales are gaining pace in the UK, with distressed investment transactions accounting for just under £1bn of the £6.6bn seen in the second quarter of this year. The firms’ UK Investment Transactions ... Read more
