Monthly Archives: August 2015



Major Leasing Deals bring more Premium Brands to Gunwharf Quays

Posted on 27 August, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Two leading international fashion brands have added to the luxury offer in Portsmouth after signing leasing deals with Land Securities’ premium retail destination Gunwharf Quays. Meanwhile another has significantly expanded its presence at the... Read More

Two new Tenants confirmed for Manchester’s City Tower

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

Schroders has confirmed it has completed two further lettings at Manchester’s City Tower, each of which achieved new headline rents of £25 per sq ft. The first deal involves energy procurement services provider LG Energy (LGE), which has agreed to... Read More

New Hotel proposals enhance Chester Northgate vision

Posted on 26 August, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

The developers of the Northgate scheme in Chester have revealed plans to add a new hotel to the existing enhanced masterplan. The hotel, consisting of 168 bedrooms, would replace the 1980s Crowne Plaza, opening up the site adjacent to Trinity Street... Read More

Joint Venture presses ahead with Dublin “U2 Studio” Office Plan

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The site of a Dublin music studio — where more than a dozen international artists including U2, the Rolling Stones and Kylie Minogue recorded some of their biggest hits — is being redeveloped into a 120,000 sq ft office block. Windmill Lane... Read More

First letting secured at Northumberland Estates’ Axis 19 scheme

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

Northumberland Estates — which manages the business interests of the Duke of Northumberland — has let the first unit at Axis 19, its £12m North Tyneside industrial development. The first phase of Axis 19, which has been let to AIS Last December... Read More

Toys R Us chooses Green REIT Retail Parks for First Irish Stores

Posted on by Neil Bird under Industry News

Irish real estate investment trust Green REIT has confirmed that Toys R Us is to open its first stores in the country at two of its retail destinations. The American-based toy retailer, which has over 50 outlets in Britain and Northern Ireland, will... Read More

South East Office take-up hits Record Level

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

Take-up in the South East office market reached 3.4 million sq ft during the first half of 2015 – the highest half-year volume ever recorded. According to data from DTZ, the Thames Valley and South M25 regions gained a huge boost from businesses... Read More

Only five full levels available at The Shard following latest Letting

Posted on 25 August, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Real Estate Management (REM) has today confirmed that it has let Level 26 of The Shard in its entirety, leaving only five full levels available at the 72-storey London Bridge Quarter landmark. Leonteq Securities (Europe), a leading engineering and... Read More

Rising Demand triggers boom in Speculative Industrial Development

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Increased demand for industrial and logistics space has led to speculative development rising by more than 400 per cent when compared to the first half of 2014. According to DTZ, the total take-up in the first half of the year was 16.7 million sq ft,... Read More

Mike Ashley announces DIY Development for St James’ Site

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Tolent Construction has said it is “deeply disappointed” over its forced pull-out from a £47m scheme to build a hotel and shops in the shadow of Newcastle United’s St James’ Park football stadium. The Tyneside-based builder was just days away... Read More