The IPD monthly index for May shows modest capital growth of just 0.1%, but rental growth moved back onto positive ground during the month – albeit by just four basis points. Phil Tily, managing director for UK & Ireland, says that this shows ... Read more
The Guardian reports today on the latest research from retail consultancy Trevor Wood Associates, which shows that high-street retailers and supermarkets are moving into the units in out-of-town shopping parks that have been left empty by the ... Read more
RICS says its survey of the UK construction market in Q1 2011 shows that workloads are rising again, after three quarters of decline, but that there are sharp differences between regions. The headline net balance for total construction workloads ... Read more
Property Week reports that JP Morgan has chosen Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ to work on a strategy to dispose of up to 800,000 sq ft of office space in the City of London, ahead of the investment banking unit’s move to Canary Wharf in 2013. JP ... Read more
The market for available office space in Central London continued to outperform the rest of the UK’s commercial property markets during May, says CB Richard Ellis. The firm’s Monthly Index for May shows Central London offices produced total returns ... Read more
The approval of Business Improvement District (BID) status for Liverpool’s central business district could transform the area, says David Guest, regional director of Bruntwood, one of the backers of the Commercial District BID for the city. This is ... Read more
One of the government’s new Enterprise Zones has moved a step nearer on the road to completion with the appointment of Drivers Jonas Deloitte and Jones Lang LaSalle to lead the planning and delivery of the masterplan for the Airport City project in ... Read more
English Heritage has thrown British Land and Blackstone’s plans to redevelop the Broadgate complex in the City of London into disarray after it recommended last Friday that the site be listed. The institution said that Broadgate Square ought to be ... Read more
DTZ says that the property investment market in the UK is now clearly in recovery, with invested stock increasing by 1% last year and forecast to grow a further 4% in 2011. The firm’s Money into Property 2011 report says that this recovery is, ... Read more
JLL says it may feel as though the offices market in the City of London took a small step backwards at the start of this year, after such a strong final quarter of 2010. But leasing activity has merely returned to average levels, it says. The firm ... Read more
