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.


Office Conversion could Double York Five-Star Hotel Capacity

Posted on 24 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

York planners are considering a scheme to convert an empty office block into an extension of the city’s only five-star hotel. The £15m two-year project would add another 107 bedrooms to the Grade II listed Grand Hotel & Spa — formerly the... Read More

Cheesegrater sets Record City Rent following Shipping Broker deal

Posted on by Neil Bird under Industry News, Top Properties

British Land and Oxford Properties have announced that independent shipping broker Affinity has agreed terms on Level 44 of The Leadenhall Building, for a record breaking City rent of £90 per sq ft. The deal for the highest available floor of the... Read More

Investor with “vision” sought for Newcastle Quayside Site

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

A Tyneside commercial agent has launched a hunt for an investor to take on the redevelopment of a former cocktail bar — just yards from its own Newcastle Quayside offices. The chance to convert the five-storey building into offices, a retail complex... Read More

Hammerson disposes of Drakehouse Retail Park as New Occupiers are confirmed at Bullring and The Oracle

Posted on 23 April, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Sales and Lets, Top Properties

Hammerson has completed the sale Drakehouse Retail Park in Sheffield to 90 North Real Estate Partners in a deal reportedly worth £61.7 million. The 226,000 sq ft retail park is fully let to occupiers including Homebase, Currys, Wickes and B&M. Hammerson... Read More

Roomzzz Aparthotel a “Perfect Fit” for Corn Exchange

Posted on 22 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Six years after opening its first Manchester operation, Roomzzz Aparthotel has confirmed its second site will be in the city’s iconic Corn Exchange. The Grade II listed building is currently undergoing a £30m redevelopment. Part of the Parklane... Read More

The Crown Estate welcomes Arc’teryx to St James’s

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Top Properties

Canadian high-performance outdoor clothing brand Arc'teryx Equipment is to open its first store in Europe in London's West End. As part of a limited international expansion, Arc'teryx has taken the last two retail units of The Crown Estate and The... Read More

Loan Provider banks on 9 Portland Street Evolution

Posted on 21 April, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Evolution Money, has taken 11,676 sq ft of office space at 9 Portland Street in Manchester city centre, DTZ has announced today. DTZ acted on behalf of London & Scottish Investments in the deal which has seen the rapidly expanding loan provider... Read More

Search on for Liverpool Mega-Office as Empty Block is converted to no-frills Hotel

Posted on 19 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

A redundant Liverpool office block is being converted into a discount EasyHotel, the super-cheap hotel chain founded by Easyjet tycoon Stelios Haji-Ioannou. Confirmation of the £3m scheme to transform 47 Castle Street in the centre of the city came on... Read More

British Land’s 10 Portman Square Fully Let

Posted on 17 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Ten Portman Square — British Land’s iconic West End office block built as part of the investment company’s 2010 Development Programme — is now fully let. Weston Homes, a home counties residential developer, has taken a new lease on the... Read More

Bruntwood announces first pre-let at 3 Sovereign Square

Posted on 15 April, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Top Properties

Law firm Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has pre-let 51,000 sq ft at Leeds’ 3 Sovereign Square, a joint venture development between Bruntwood and Kier Property. AG has agreed terms on a seventeen-and-a-half year lease for three of the five office space... 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.