Increase in investment in commercial property across the East Midlands

Visit the Rothera Dowson News to view our latest article about the increase in investment in commercial property across the East Midlands.

We assess some of the potential driving forces behind this dramatic increase in investment and how this could impact on the future on Nottingham, with additional comment from our Commercial Property Paralegal, Monika Holyst. Click here to read the full story.

If you require a Commercial Property Solicitor in Nottingham we have an expert legal team waiting to help. Contact Tom Redgate or Monika Holyst at Rothera Dowson solicitors on 0800 088 6018 or visit our website for more information.

 

Time for Unity? Progress for the office market in Nottingham

The news recently that the proposed Unity Square site in Nottingham has been bought by two Derbyshire developers should be welcomed as a positive step forward to the office market in Nottingham. It seems a very long time ago now that Nottingham City Council announced, to much fanfare, that it was to invest in the […]

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In the zone: Boots prepares Enterprise Zone for Development

The news that Boots has picked a contractor to start the public realm work on its site in Beeston, within the Nottingham Enterprise Zone, is to be welcomed. The works will include the creation of a new highway and bridge across the Beeston Canal to link to the A52. As part of the first phase, […]

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Come the Devolution…

The recent General Election campaign was dominated by the ‘d’ word – devolution. With the SNP’s triumph in Scotland and the cities to our north already aligning to form an ‘powerhouse’, this is a subject that won’t go away. But what will it mean for the commercial property industry? Is devolution really the answer to […]

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Time for office action: Investors looking to cities like Nottingham for office market opportunities

Property investors are looking to office markets outside of London

It was Samuel Johnson who once mentioned: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” Tell that to property investors, who, it seems, are eschewing the capital for markets a little bit closer to home. According to new research from commercial property giants JLL, it seems that investors are now looking […]

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Better together: Developers and planning chiefs collaborate to improve planning system

As we enter the final week of the general election campaign it might be useful to ask: where next for commercial property development? – and what should the industry do to try and put pressure on any new government to stimulate development? One good piece of recent news was that major developers and local planning […]

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Shopping beneath the surface

Busy supermarket

If you believed the headlines since the turn of the year, then you’d be forgiven for thinking that the supermarket sector was in permanent crisis, and on a terrible downward spiral from which there is little escape. You’d be completely wrong. According to investment advisers MSCI, the property investment market which underlies the UK supermarket […]

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A Spark of Life: sale of Imperial Tobacco site could provide big development opportunities for the East Midlands

This week it was announced that the Imperial Tobacco site is to be sold off in 2017 – a year later than was originally thought when the cigarette manufacturer said last year it was to close its factory, with the loss of 540 jobs. This is good news on two fronts: firstly, it gives staff […]

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The Young Ones: The Impact of Skills Shortages on the Surveying Industry

surveying

Wherever I go at the moment I hear a lot about the skills gap – in almost every industry. Those five long years of pain meant that companies struggling to keep their heads above water simply didn’t take people on – never mind train them up. The property sector is no different. New figures from […]

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Government defends decision to increase court fees

Courts are being made inaccessible to the majority of people due to the government’s decision to increase court fees, says APIL. Court fees for both specified and unspecified money damages claims will be increased to 5% of the value of the claim, up to a maximum fee of £10,000. Those claimants with serious and life […]

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