The increase in take-up of industrial property towards the end of 2012 together with a rise in development starts and completions could signal the first signs of improvement in the sector, says GVA in new research. Demand for large industrial space ... Read more
DTZ’s Australian owner UGL, which bought DTZ for £77m in a pre-pack deal in December 2011, has appointed Goldman Sachs to carry out a strategic review of the business that could lead to a range of outcomes, from maintaining the current structure, to ... Read more
The TMT sector, encompassing broadcasting, publishing, new media, advertising, marketing, PR, information technology, telecoms and media occupiers, continued to take a rising proportion of Central London office space last year, accounting for 22% of ... Read more
Savills’ Commercial Development Activity Index for February posted a net balance reading of +10.9%, up from +3.1% in January and the fastest rate of expansion in four months. Those surveyed said improved confidence in the economy, the launch of new ... Read more
CBRE’s Monthly Index for February showed a slight pick-up in total return at the All Property level to 0.4%, after a 0.3% reading in January. The total return in the offices and industrial property sectors was 0.3%, while in retail it was 0.4%. The ... Read more
The property industry’s cautious response to this week’s Budget can be summed up in the comment by Liz Peace, chief executive of the British Property Federation, who said the statement contained “more good than bad” for the industry overall. Mark ... Read more
DTZ last week announced that its Fair Value Index for European property in Q4 2012 had risen to its highest score for 10 years, with a score of 78 compared with 62 in the previous quarter. Of the 105 markets covered, 69 were rated as HOT and 25 as ... Read more
Savills estimates that by the end of 2012, only 15% of the vacant office space in Edinburgh was Grade A. Overall office availability in the city has fallen by nearly 10% during the past year, the firm estimates, with virtually no new or refurbished ... Read more
At MIPIM last week, there were again plenty of discussions about the prospects for renewed lending by banks to property developers. Natale Giostra, head of UK and EMEA debt advisory at CBRE, says the reality is that banks have already started to lend ... Read more
Take-up of office space in Glasgow last year was only slightly below average, says Savills. While second-half take-up was “a rather underwhelming” 137,870 sq ft, taking the total for 2012 to 371,870 sq ft, this level of take-up is more or less in ... Read more
