There was a sharp rise in investment in Swedish commercial property during Q1 of 2014, according to Savills, with the latest figures showing a 55 per cent increase on the same period last year. The international real estate advisor has also recorded a... Read More
Two of Leeds’ biggest office buildings are getting multi-million pound makeovers in a bid to transform the city’s “ugly duckling business district into a 21st century player”. The projects will also ease Yorkshire’s dire shortage of high-quality... Read More
After disappointing figures from the retail industry in March, many were hoping that the late timing of Easter would allow the high street to rebound in April. However, new data from retail data company Springboard indicates that, despite the sunny weather... Read More
Development Securities has acquired The Mall Shopping Centre in Armagh, Northern Ireland for £7.4 million. The Mall was first built in 1998, and since then has grown in prestige with the result that it now generates a net operating income of £748,000 per... Read More
Nuneaton and Bedworth Council has become one of the first local authorities in the country to launch a pioneering property business. Profits raised from the venture will go toward funding council services. Nuneaton Town Hall: The council believes the new... Read More
Belfast’s Obel tower — the tallest building in Ireland — has been sold for more than £20m. Part of a mixed-use development, it is thought that as many as 15 individuals and institutions had posted bids for the Donegall Quay site. The exact sale... 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
More and more global investors are turning their attention to just four Canadian cities, prompting fears of a new commercial property bubble, claims a five-year forecast. The brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) says that rising demand from global... Read More
As consumers continue to remain wary of excessive spending after four long years of recession, retailers are having to pull out all the stops in order to attract a higher level of footfall as a means of lifting sales. This has seen many unique concepts... Read More
In 2012 property consultants GVA came up with a scheme to keep the 5,000 people who work in the Bristol offices it manages happy by introducing street food markets to the city’s business and financial quarter. But what started as a once-a-month trial has... Read More
