JBG Cos. has entered into a partnership with ICG Properties and Rittenhouse Partners to develop a trophy office building on Washington DC’s lower 16th Street corridor. Recently, representatives from the three companies were joined by city officials... Read More
Swire Hotels, the Hong Kong-based company, will expand its holdings into the U.S. market with the opening of EAST, Miami at Brickell City Centre. The hotel will be located within its $1.5 billion mixed-use development, which will open its doors to guests next... Read More
The issue of business rates has been one of the most controversial topics within the commercial property market for the past several years with retailers, in particular, arguing that the rising cost of non-domestic rates has been one of the key reasons for... Read More
Liverpool City Council is committing £8.2m — almost half its regional Growing Places Fund — to kick-start nine stalled private development projects across Merseyside. The nine projects are situated in the centre of Liverpool, and at Halton,... Read More
Many regional towns and cities throughout the UK have begun to examine their commercial property options as a means of boosting the local economy amidst the investment boom benefiting the country from overseas firms. However, few have been as active as... Read More
As we reported yesterday, commercial property market activity in Yorkshire is growing as investors seek opportunities in the regions. Transactions so far this year in Yorkshire and Humberside are already showing signs of outstripping the entire 2013 total,... Read More
Six years after it was approved by planners work has finally started on a £400m Black Country business and office corridor scheme. Developers claim the Walsall town centre project could eventually create as many as 3,200 new jobs. Based on the... Read More
The Government is being asked to pump almost £150m into a range of Midlands’ development and improvement schemes. Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) from Greater Birmingham and Solihull and the Black Country say the money is needed to kick-start or fuel... Read More
Despite a planning application yet to be submitted, the demolition of Aberdeen’s former city council headquarters has already started with its new £107m office block replacement slated for completion by the summer of 2017. Fully funded by Aviva... Read More
The Co-operative group has signed an £800m joint venture deal with Hermes Real Estate for the redevelopment of 20 acres in the heart of Manchester. Last June the Co-op abandoned talks with Delancey and Landid after failing to “agree priorities” on the... Read More
