Archive for January, 2008

LaSalle buys £32.5m business park

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

LaSalle has recently bought Caledecotte Lake Business Park in Milton Keynes. It has seven buildings with around 170,000 sq ft of space, which includes parking. LaSalle currently has an agreement with Frontier Estates to manage and reposition it as a major out of town office location within Milton Keynes. The agreement ...

Savills gets new office space

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Savills have combined the commercial, residential and planning teams into 5,114 sq ft of office space in City Point on King Street in Leeds. Savills director, Matthew Jones says City Point is a landmark building in a superb location and will ultimatley raise Savills profile and give opportunities for more expansion ...

Small investors withdraw £242 million from commercial property funds in December

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Over £242 million pounds was withdrawn from commercial property funds last month. Concerns over pricing and the ongoing effect of the credit crunch lead many small investors to cash in their chips, a whopping 12% of the entire investment by small investors in commercial property was withdrawn in November. ...

Tiger gets the go ahead for Docklands development

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Tower Hamlets Borough Council have approved planning permission for Tiger Developments for redevelop Harbour Island on London's Docklands. Read More

Canary Wharf serviced office space from Abbey Business Centres

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Abbey Business Centres has announced that it has agreed to move in to the 37th floor at the iconic building, One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, London. They will be offering serviced office space here after leasing the floor for 15 years.

Microsoft set Edinburgh rental record

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Software giant Microsoft has set a new rental record for Edinburgh by taking up the first tenancy at Waverley Gate. This will be a 15 year lease by Microsoft who will be taking over over 12,000 square feet of office space, at £31 per sq ft and £29.50 for ...

Virtual assistants in the office space industry

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Having just read a great article about the use of technology in the property industry, I thought that I would share the part about virtual assistants with you.... Q. Explain the concept of the virtual assistant. A. These are people who are highly trained in subspecialties. They are industry contractors; all the ...

Conference calls - 5 reasons to hate them

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Conference calls. We all hate them, don't we? Well I do and so do the others in the Choregus camp. Here is a great list from the 'I hate the Office' book from Malcolm Burgess. 1. Everyone is asked to be quiet because of your 'very important phone ...