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Major works have begun at Harlow Science Park, ahead of construction in 2018. Two separate contracts have been let by Harlow Council for the enabling works. The new Spine Road is being constructed by Jackson Civil Engineering Ltd. The road will run north-south through the site, providing new road access to each of the plots. […]

The South East’s largest science park namely Discovery Park in Kent is the subject of a further major transaction. In November 2016, Palmer Capital and its fellow shareholders, Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave sold all of their shares in Discovery Park Limited (a company which owns all the buildings on the Park) but retained ownership […]

The Talent Spotter Ray Palmer and the team at Palmer Capital successfully nurture property companies with strategic investment and have an enviable record of backing winners. As the business celebrates its 25th anniversary, we spoke to Palmer about what it takes to be a property talent spotter. At these points in the property cycle when […]

75,143 sq GVA’s latest Big Nine report analysing the office occupier markets of the nine key UK regional cities, reveals that the UK has achieved its highest quarterly take-up total on record, assisted by Bristol’s own strong activity. Professional and business services have dominated city centre activity in Bristol, which has seen the highest quarterly […]

A successful evening was had on Thursday 9th November at the beautiful Haymarket Hotel in Suffolk Place. Palmer Capital’s third annual poker tournament kindly sponsored by Forsters was the best ever yet, seeing 60 property professionals take to the tables sporting their very best poker faces. Professionals from Savills, SEGRO, Knight Frank and CBRE were […]

In the next edition of Business Leader Magazine, we look at the top five offices in the South West. As a preview to that feature, we looked at the current Aurora development at Finzels Reach in Bristol – the highest profile construction in the region. Aurora, the new speculative landmark headquarters office building under construction […]

COMMENT: I have to go into the office today as one of our overseas investors is in London and wants to catch up. We could do this over FaceTime to save me the commute but I do still find that face-to-face meetings are worthwhile and help build broader relationships. Also I’ve been confined to the […]

Rolls-Royce has agreed a tie-up with Manse and Opus Land to build out a £250m, 200-acre manufacturing hub on its land near Coventry. The pair – both of which are part owned by Palmer Capital – have been appointed to deliver more than 2m sq ft of space in one of the largest manufacturing deals […]

The team at Danescroft Land are expanding with former Stockland acquisitions and development manager Paul Kucewicz. Paul had previously spent 2 years at Knight Dragon working on residential, commercial and the Peninsula Place mixed-use scheme, along with 5 years at Australia’s largest diversified property group. He has recently chartered with the RICS in Project Management, […]

Schroder Real Estate and Palmer Capital have teamed up to launch a new £125m residential land fund targeting double-digit returns. The Residential Land Partnership will acquire brownfield sites in areas of high demand for housing across the UK and then sell them on to housebuilders once planning permission has been secured. The five-year fund will target […]