A bookmaker has won its case against a London council that threw out its application for an operator’s licence for a high street premises. Newham councillors rejected the bid from Paddy Power in February in, what was widely viewed as, a test case... Read More
Bill Grimsey, the former Chief Executive of Wickes, has put together a small team of experts to help combat the decline of the high street. Mary Portas was drafted in by the Government for this role, but he feels an alternative review of the high street is... Read More
Oxford Properties Group has announced plans to develop an office tower in the heart of downtown Toronto. The Ernst & Young Tower will offer 900,000 sq ft of space to tenants and will be a Class AAA, LEED Platinum skyscraper. Ernst & Young, an... Read More
The government is currently consulting on the details of its previously announced proposals to provide exemption from empty property rates for new-build commercial property. The move is designed to boost speculative development by removing the burden... Read More
The Welsh Government has entered the commercial property market by buying a Grade A office scheme from developer JR Smart at its Capital Quarter development. Under the terms of the agreement, the 80,000 sq ft building, which is currently under... Read More
There are encouraging signs that property investors are slowly returning to the provincial markets. The latest figures show that between January and April there was a doubling of transactions across the UK accompanied by a rise in capital values.... Read More
The IPD capital growth index results have been released and they show a month-on-month decline of 0.4 percent in April. If the figures are rounded out there is effectively no change. Offices were the best performing sector and retail was the worst which... Read More
Soho Estates will next month submit an application for a commercial development in Walkers Court. Besides serving as the new headquarters of the investment and development company, the building will house a restaurant and a 150 seat cabaret theatre. It will... Read More
Business leaders have endorsed Birmingham Airport’s vision for the future which includes plans for the development of a business park and one of the largest conference centres in Europe. The proposals follow questions from the Airports Commission,... Read More
Since the property market crash, private equity and investment groups have descended on the Dublin commercial property market and have been able to pick up some bargains the Irish Times reports. One of the biggest investors to enter the Irish... Read More
