NovaLoca attended the West London Business Property Lunch last Friday, led by Ben Giddens the Development Director of Quintain. The lunch focussed on updates of the impressive Wembley Park Development. Quintain last reported on the development three ... Read more
Liverpool city centre could soon face an undersupply of Grade A office space, says GVA. Very few new and Grade A refurbishment schemes have been speculatively developed in recent years, and none are scheduled to start on site in the foreseeable ... Read more
GVA says it is seeking gradual improvement in occupier sentiment across many of the UK’s commercial property markets, and expects average UK commercial property rental values to grow by 0.7% this year – barring any further major economic shocks. This ... Read more
Take-up of office space on business parks in the UK reached 1.9m sq ft during the second half of 2012, says GVA, which is in line with the six-monthly average but down from the 2.5m sq ft recorded for H1 2012. The strongest activity was in the South ... Read more
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
There’s every reason to think that Bristol offers the best prospects for growth of all UK regional cities, and excellent opportunities for investors seeking alternatives to London’s superheated property markets, says GVA in new research. GVA notes ... Read more
Manchester could soon be facing an undersupply of built Grade A office space, says GVA, if current office absorption rates continue. The firm’s latest research into the market for available office space in Manchester shows that the shortage of Grade ... Read more
GVA says the vacancy rate for office space in the West End of London fell to 4.6% during the third quarter of 2012, from 5.0% in the previous quarter, with take-up bouncing back after an exceptionally quiet Q2. The total amount of West End office ... Read more
In its quarterly review of major UK regional office markets, GVA says the out-of-town market is generally performing better than city-centre markets at the moment, but that this could change as larger deals complete towards the end of 2013. While ... Read more
The recent Portas Review made a number of recommendations to help to revive UK town centres, most of which have been adopted by ministers. But GVA argues in a new report that these palliative measures “do not address the reasons why so many town ... Read more
