IPD’s UK Monthly Index for March was again mixed, with All Property capital growth at 0.3% but rental growth ending after four consecutive months, coming in at –0.1% for the month. Within the overall figure for rents, the rental market for office ... Read more
There was a marked pick-up in the performance of all three main commercial property markets in the UK during March, says CB Richard Ellis. The firm’s Monthly Index shows total returns of 1.2% and 0.7% growth in capital value for All Property. The ... Read more
The development of shopping centres in the UK last year was subdued with only five new schemes and six extensions opening, says Cushman & Wakefield in its new research on the sector. The firm expects development to remain modest this year and ... Read more
Occupiers in the retail sector drove the recover in take-up of logistics space during the final quarter of 2010, says Gerald Eve in its latest bulletin on the prime logistics market. Total logistics take-up was around 10m sq ft in Q4 2010, which the ... Read more
The UK Green Building Council has today called for energy efficiency ratings to be mandatory for all commercial buildings in a drive to cut costs, encourage refurbishment and improve efficiency. The council says ratings on an A to G scale should be ... Read more
Hammerson has changed the plans for its Bishops Place development on Shoreditch High Street in London, reports the Telegraph, and now wants to develop a 591,000 sq ft office building on the site that will have some of the largest floorplans in the ... Read more
More from JLL on its research into the South Wales property markets – today we look at its comments on the retail sector. The firm says the mixed messages in the retail sector – with some retailers reporting record results while others announce store ... Read more
The proportion of vacant retail units in Colliers International’s sample of 10 Central London retail streets has continued to decline over the past six months, down from 4.4% in July 2010 to 3.5% in January 2011. The firm says the proportion of ... Read more
Shaftesbury has seen the pace of its acquisition activity speeding up, and today announced a placing of up to 22.7m new shares to take its financial resources for new purchases to around £160m. The company, which specialises in the West End of ... Read more
CB Richard Ellis' latest research shows that transactions in European property investment market increased in size, on average, in Q4 2010, with 79 such deals of more than €100m completed during the final quarter of last year – the highest quarterly ... Read more
