Total returns from UK commercial property in March reached 0.5% at the All Property level, according to the latest CBRE monthly index, taking the total for the first quarter to 1.2%. This follows a 0.4% return in February. Capital values continued to ... Read more
Jones Lang LaSalle expects UK property returns to improve to 4.6% at the All Property level in 2013, compared with 3.4% in 2012. Returns over the five-year forecast period reach 6.2%, but this is lower than the long-term average. The firm’s latest ... 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
Take-up of Heathrow industrial property last year was the highest since 2000, says Savills, which signifies the importance of the Heathrow logistics market, its re-emergence from the downturn – and how occupiers still see Heathrow as a key location, ... Read more
On behalf of a private client, Ryden has acquired the heritable interest in the London Road Trade Park in Glasgow for £1.69m. The price reflects a net initial yield of 8.7%. The trade park is a modern development of five trade counter units ... Read more
Take-up in the UK industrial and logistics market fell 25% year-on-year in 2012 to a total of 76.1m sq ft, says Lambert Smith Hampton – the lowest level in nearly a decade. According to Lambert Smith Hampton’s recently released Industrial and ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton and Jones Lang LaSalle are jointly marketing the UK's largest speculative shed development – 400,000 sq ft of space at Lancashire Business Park, Leyland. The scheme will replace a 450,000 sq ft building that was destroyed by ... Read more
Total returns for UK property came in at 0.3% in January, unchanged from December, while annual total returns slowed slightly to 1.7% according to CBRE’s latest Monthly Index. There was a continued slide in capital values, which fell 0.2% in January, ... Read more
sbh Page & Read has let a 8,345 sq ft industrial unit in Enfield, on the Trafalgar Trading Estate, to CJB Motor Services on a ten-year lease at an annual rent of £69,500. It has also agreed the lease on a 6,670 sq ft industrial unit in Tottenham, ... Read more
