All Market Features articles – Page 15
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MarketsHigh hopes for cutting-edge commercial hub in Wiltshire
Westbury is an unlikely home for a commercial hub looking to attract SMEs - but that is exactly what one property company is hoping to create at the sleepy stop on the Great Western line down to the Cornish coast.
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MarketsDevelopment plans in the balance as locals remain locked in dispute
A row over a new housing estate that would bridge one of the last remaining open spaces between the Hampshire towns of Havant and Emsworth shows no sign of abating.
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MarketsIs Cardiff set for another year of record office take-up?
Central Square has been at the centre of the Cardiff success story. Now, the Government Property Unit (GPU) is expected to take a pre-let on 300,000 sq ft at 3 Central Square in a deal that could lead to another record year in terms of office take-up for the city ...
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MarketsCardiff’s Coal Exchange set to open once again after planning woes
On 28 April, guests will check into the first 40 bedrooms to be completed at the Exchange Hotel in the redeveloped Coal Exchange in Cardiff Bay. By the autumn, all 200 rooms will be open for business.
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MarketsA suite of interventions aims to regenerate Rhyl’s waterfront
Rhyl’s Sky Tower will once again be a “beacon of light” when the renovation of the 240 ft structure is complete, according to Steve Parry, managing director of ION Developments, which is leading efforts to regenerate the town’s waterfront alongside Denbighshire County Council.
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MarketsGrowing student numbers spark development boom in Swansea
Swansea is experiencing a development boom at the moment, largely as a result of strong growth at the city’s two universities.
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MarketsYorkshire facing serious shortfall in its supply of industrial stock
The Yorkshire industrial market faces a significant supply/demand imbalance, according to figures from Savills.
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MarketsThe Moor and a new retail quarter set to put Sheffield back on track
It has taken Sheffield city centre a long time to recover from the blow of Meadowhall shopping centre opening on its doorstep in 1990, but in the past couple of years the ‘steel city’s’ retail offer appears finally to be getting back on track.
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MarketsAfter a long wait, work is forging ahead at historic Kirkstall site
In the 1580s, iron production commenced at Kirkstall Forge, a 57-acre chunk of land, split by the River Aire, just 3.5 miles from the heart of Leeds city centre.
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MarketsCan Leeds reach the magical 1m sq ft office take-up mark?
Will the Leeds city centre office market punch through the 1m sq ft take-up barrier in 2017? That is the question agents in the city are debating at the moment.
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MarketsA new dawn for the Port of Tyne
The Port of Tyne has a long, rich history. Founded by the Romans in the second century as a trading post for goods, in the 1600s the port truly began to thrive, thanks to steady growth in the export of coal.
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MarketsHeathrow Airport: project runway
The government’s decision to give a third runway at Heathrow the green light is unlocking significant development opportunities for the airport’s owners.
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MarketsNew lab space falls short of occupier need in Oxfordshire
The demand for laboratory space in Oxfordshire is so great that the owners of the county’s two most prominent science parks are both on site with speculative developments.
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MarketsWatford’s rising super-mall is already attracting retail tenants
With the steel superstructure for Cineworld now discernible above the hoarding of the expansion of Intu Watford, the shopping centre’s new leisure extension is visibly taking shape.
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MarketsCouncil plans could bring the area around London Luton Airport to life
Development sites that have lain dormant for decades around London Luton Airport could soon be brought into use if council plans to improve access are given the green light.
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MarketsMilton Keynes 50 years on: what’s holding back new development?
January marked the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of proposals for what would become Milton Keynes.
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MarketsBath snatches office rental crown from Bristol, but can it hold on to it?
Here’s a question: which city in the West Country commands the highest rents? Wrong. The correct answer is Bath.
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MarketsAfter an eight-year wait, aerospace site finally gets a new lease of life
As home to prestigious occupiers including Airbus, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce, Filton in South Gloucestershire will always be associated with the aerospace industry.
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MarketsBristol’s office market shows signs of revival
When two of Bristol’s most successful developers, Salmon and Cubex, revealed last year that they were considering building more offices in the city, it came as a relief to those who feared that Bristol was running out of office space.
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MarketsOnce upon a time in the west: what future for a Bristolian hub?
Two years ago, the Great Western Cities plan was unveiled to little fanfare outside the South West. The big idea was that if Bristol, Cardiff and Newport were to join forces they could provide a rival to the ‘northern powerhouse’.
