Property

Promotions for directors at property agent GVA’s Bristol office

June 24, 2013
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Promotions for directors at property agent GVA’s Bristol office

Two directors in the Bristol office of independent property adviser GVA have been promoted to the position of senior director. Jerry Burton takes up the role in lease consultancy, and Leigh Richardson in business rates. GVA, the UK’s largest independent commercial property adviser, made the appointments as part of...

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Aztec West office deal completed by BAM

June 21, 2013
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Aztec West office deal completed by BAM

Another building has changed hands at Aztec West, the latest in a string of deals at the North Bristol office park. Investment and asset management company Threadneedle UK Property Trust has acquired the 30,000 sq ft 930 Aztec West for £5.6m from BAM Properties, which recently let it to...

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Cornish regeneration project lands two RIBA awards for Bristol architects

June 19, 2013
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Cornish regeneration project lands two RIBA awards for Bristol architects

Bristol architectural practice Stride Treglown is celebrating double success for its ambitious £35m Heartlands regeneration project in Cornwall in the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) awards. As a result of winning the RIBA South West & Wessex Client of the Year Award 2013 and RIBA National Award 2013,...

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West housing market ‘buoyed by Osborne’s Help-to-Buy scheme’

June 13, 2013
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The Government’s controversial Help-to-Buy scheme, which aims to stimulate the housing market, is already boosting sales in Bath and across the West, according to housebuilder Redrow. It said take-up of the scheme, which helps buyers with low deposits obtain mortgages by underwriting the loan, has been stronger in the...

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£405m refinancing boost for UK’s largest student accommodation fund

June 11, 2013
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£405m refinancing boost for UK’s largest student accommodation fund

USAF, the specialist student accommodation fund in which Bristol-based Unite is the largest investor, has secured a £405m refinancing package which is likely to benefit Unite’s finances and its ability to borrow at lower rates. USAF is the largest fund of its type in the UK with a portfolio...

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Outline planning approval for UWE’s 21st century university vision

June 7, 2013
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UWE Bristol has secured outline planning permission for its vision to build a university for the 21st Century. The masterplan aims to satisfy UWE’s changing needs over the next 25 years with a range of building proposals supported by the necessary infrastructure. The proposals will transform the way the...

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Major London property figures to tour Bristol’s development hotspots

June 7, 2013
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Bristol’s prime commercial property sites will be in the spotlight next week when around 50 mostly London-based fund managers, developers and other investment professionals get a whistle-stop tour of the city. The event, organised by Bristol property consultants Hartnell Taylor Cook, will highlight the major transactions that have occurred...

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Upmarket Hunstrete House hotel sold for £5m to expanding group

May 31, 2013
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Upmarket Hunstrete House hotel sold for £5m to expanding group

Home Grown Hotels, the group behind The Pig chain of upmarket hotels, has bought Hunstrete House in Somerset, for £5m from von Essen Hotels founder Andrew Davis. The 18th century Georgian hotel has been closed for two years following the administration of the Bath-based von Essen group, which owned...

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Property deal lines up new state-of-the-art hub depot for plant hire firm Hewden

May 24, 2013
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Property deal lines up new state-of-the-art hub depot for plant hire firm Hewden

Bristol-based national plant and equipment hire specialist Hewden has signed a 10-year lease on the former Third Way, Avonmouth, base of Chep, the pallet supplier. The site became available following Chep’s relocation to a purpose-built facility at nearby Central Park. The property gives Hewden 22,082 sq ft of offices...

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More expansion for telecoms firm Pure Comms as it opens new office

May 24, 2013
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Fast-growing Clevedon telecoms provider Pure Comms new office has been officially opened by North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox. Pure Comms, launched in 2009 by managing director Rob Vivian, now employs nine staff and plans to take on another three at the new 2,400 sq ft office in a...

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Foot Anstey Islamic finance team secure work on second major acquisition for Kuwaiti investors

May 24, 2013
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Islamic finance specialists at West law firm Foot Anstey have acted for Kuwaiti investors on a £26.8m acquisition of the Argos National Distribution Centre in Stafford – the latest deal by the firm in the fast-growing specialist area. Foot Anstey’s team of Islamic finance, banking, real estate and investment...

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Bristol’s Composite Centre builds for the future

May 17, 2013
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Bristol’s Composite Centre builds for the future

Construction on the second phase of Bristol’s pioneering National Composite Centre (NCC) is underway following a turf cutting ceremony attended by business minister Michael Fallon. The work, supported by Government funding of £28m, will double the size of the NCC and allow it to extend its capabilities to develop...

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New home for Bristol’s pioneering Bloodhound Project

May 17, 2013
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New home for Bristol’s pioneering Bloodhound Project

The Bloodhound Project, which is developing a 1,000mph car, is to move to larger premises on an industrial estate in Avonmouth as it prepares to challenge the world land speed record. The project has taken a flexible five-year lease on Unit 3 Avonbridge Trading Estate on Atlantic Way, which...

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