Yesterday the Cheesegrater, today the Walkie Talkie. Land Securities is dusting off plans to develop its unusually-shaped tower at 20 Fenchurch St in the City of London, joining the list of key sites that look set to be restarted as demand rises for ... Read more
The rapid bounce-back in commercial property pricing at the end of last year has run its course, giving way to “more sedate” growth in recent months, says the IPD in its latest UK Monthly Index report. The 0.8% rise in capital values recorded for ... Read more
British Land pleased investors this morning with stronger than expected results for the year to March 31. It said NAV had risen 27% to 504p and its portfolio valuation had grown 13.5% over the year. The group is considering restarting work on its ... Read more
It is not clear where the drivers of office space take-up will come from in the UK’s regional office markets this year, says Jones Lang LaSalle. Insurance, recruitment and media companies have been the most active sectors in the regional office ... Read more
The UK has recently dominated the investment market in the industrial sector, and CB Richard Ellis clearly sees this as a key service area – it has completed its takeover of industrial property advisory specialists M3. M3, which was founded in ... Read more
DTZ says the worst of the commercial property slump is over and expects to see a return to growth in invested stock value this year, up 5% globally and up 8% for the UK as capital values continue to recover. The group’s global Money into Property ... Read more
Knight Frank says the market for office space in South East England may still be undervalued, as the UK pricing recovery that started last year has not happened at the same pace in this region as elsewhere in the country. The group’s annual M25 ... Read more
The market for office space in Central London again performed more strongly than other commercial property sectors during April, said CB Richard Ellis as it unveiled its Monthly Index report last week as voters went to the polls. The All Property ... Read more
There are some positive signs in the UK industrial property market, as prime rents are holding up and incentives for good-quality, well-located schemes are being withdrawn, says Cushman & Wakefield in its Q1 2010 update on the sector. While ... Read more
British Land is close to keeping Swiss bank UBS as a key tenant in the Broadgate development in the City of London, according to the Daily Telegraph. The deal would be a “major boost” for British Land, the paper says, as it had faced concerns that ... Read more
