There is 2.8m sq ft of available office space in Edinburgh, but Grade A space makes up only 25% of this total, says Savills. In its latest research into the market for Edinburgh offices, the firm says availability has continued to fall in the central ... Read more
Amid the rash of property company results this week, Property Week has today reported the collapse of Parkridge Holdings – John Cutts’ property company, which is being described as the largest casualty in the property industry since Lehman Brothers ... Read more
DTZ says prime UK property now offers better value for investors than in the first quarter of 2011, with its Fair Value Index score rising to 50 for Q2 2011, from 28 in Q1 2011. The firm says the improved score reflects the fall in UK bond yields ... Read more
The British Retail Consortium’s latest research indicates that the national shop vacancy rate on the UK’s high streets and shopping centres in May this year was 11.2% – with the highest regional rates for vacant retail property in Northern Ireland ... Read more
The Financial Times reports today that the developers of One Hyde Park have sold the Rolex flagship retail unit sited beneath the luxury apartments there, to Grigory Guselnikov, a Russian investor, on behalf of the newly formed Williston Properties ... Read more
Demand for office space in central Leeds is rising, according to the latest research on the city by Colliers International. The firm says total absorption rose by 141,482 sq ft during the first half of 2011 – the largest increase in office occupancy ... Read more
Premiums and rising rents are becoming the norm for prime retail streets in Central London, says Savills. In its latest research into this market, the firm has considered whether the current trends of record high rents and record low yields can ... Read more
Occupiers still have options for Grade A space in Manchester city centre, says Colliers International. There is still more than 1m sq ft of Grade A space available in the centre, with seven floors offering more than 20,000 sq ft and an additional 24 ... Read more
Savills says in its latest Shopping Centre and High Street Bulletin that “the high street is still very much alive” – in contrast to some recent press articles suggesting that the end is nigh. There are still in fact a healthy number of store ... Read more
Income returns from UK property “are looking ever more attractive to a raft of income-hungry investors,” says Cushman & Wakefield in its August Marketbeat report, as they remain around the 7.0% level compared with 10-year bond yields of less than ... Read more
