Top Properties


From time to time we produce articles focusing on a specific commercial property. We may also showcase our featured properties in this category too. In addition you will find features about agents in the Top Properties category.


Government Property Disposal Gathers Pace

Posted on 5 January, 2013 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The Department for Transport (Dft) could soon be sharing offices with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as the government presses ahead with its cost cutting property disposal. Since 2010 the government has vacated over 1,000 buildings, reducing the costs of... Read More

Hilton Announces Plans for Dual-Branded Property in Paris

Posted on 16 December, 2012 by Jodee Redmond under Top Properties

Hilton Worldwide has announced plans to develop its first dual-branded property in France. The Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton by Hilton Val d’Europe will be located near Disneyland Paris in Val D'Europe. The properties are scheduled for completion in... Read More

Vacant Offices Could House New School

Posted on 9 December, 2012 by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

A free school could be opened in unused office buildings in Portishead in an attempt to solve the shortage of class places in the growing town. The Village Quarter Parents Action Group has selected educational visionary Marcus Orlovsky to push forward... Read More

Pennine Tower Awarded Listed Building Status

Posted on 30 November, 2012 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

In a move that may surprise many people, culture minister Ed Vaizey has awarded Grade II listed building status to the Pennine Tower found on the north-bound carriageway of the M6 between junctions 32 and 33. The landmark tower once served as a 120 seat... Read More

BT Searches for Top Property

Posted on 22 November, 2012 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

BT is searching for a ‘prestigious’ 40,000 sq ft hub for its premium sports channel which hits the screens early next year. The Daily Telegraph reports that sources suggest the telecommunications giant has looked at a number of possible sites, both within... Read More

Primrose Hill Celebs Campaign to Protect Independents

Posted on 14 November, 2012 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Celebrities Sadie Frost and Sam Taylor-Johnson (better known as Sam Taylor-Wood) are spearheading a campaign to prevent beauty chain Space NK opening a branch in Primrose Hill. They claim that their aim is to protect the independent retailers in the village... Read More

Westminster Considers Curb on Office Conversions

Posted on 5 November, 2012 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Westminster Council is considering a curb on the conversion of office space to residential use in a bid to protect central London SMEs.  The council is reviewing its policy to maintain a balance of uses and to ensure that the district’s small scale office... Read More

Call for London Pubs to Get World Heritage Status

Posted on 15 October, 2012 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Last week Movehut News reported that celebrities, including actor Hugh Grant, had added their names to a petition calling on Chelsea and Kensington Council to reject plans that would lead to the loss of a Chelsea pub. Now a group of Kingston University... Read More

Stars Join Fight to Save Chelsea Pub

Posted on 11 October, 2012 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The difficulties faced by the licensed trade have been widely documented. Currently pubs in the UK are closing at a rate variously reported as being between 12 and 50 a week. The online Lost Pubs Project lists over 21,000 public houses that have closed their... Read More

GVA to Market Zenith Properties

Posted on 23 September, 2012 by MOVEHUT under Top Properties

Independent property advisor, GVA, has been instructed to market the Zenith Control Portfolio, five purpose-built, high speed specification control centres-on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.... Read More

Learn more about our Top Properties category

Sometimes a commercial property will grab the attention of our writers for a variety of reasons. It may be that it offers a unique selling point or it could be a high end property with an astonishing price tag.

Other reasons might include an interesting history or particular architectural merit. We cover all these types of stories here alongside articles focusing on properties featured in our enhanced listings.

You may also find occasional articles on agents in this category concentrating on one or more of the properties they are currently marketing. So if you want to stay up to date with the all the latest top property stories you will find them right here.