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Cambridge-based developer Wrenbridge Land has acquired a site for speculative shed scheme in the Belvedere Industrial Area in Kent.Plans for the 2.15-acre site, at the junction of Bronze Age Way and Picardy Manor Way, are for a £7.2m 45,000 sq ft warehouse with yard and car park.The project was funded by a £200m Palmer Capital […]

Here’s a curious thing: in 2014, Scotland’s most turbulent political year in recent history, the country received a record amount of investment into commercial property – more than £3bn, double the average annual figure. Despite a hiatus in transactional activity for a good half-year in the run-up to the referendum, far from being put off, […]

Google-style offices are as novel as “Christmas jumpers”, said Neil Usher, workplace director at Sky, speaking at EG’s ninth annual Offices Summit today.Usher addressed attendees and co-panellists during a debate on how the market could provide the next generation of office space.“Realistically, space needs to respond to traditional management culture and the type of business […]

  The investors who turned around the fortunes of Discovery Park in Kent, after pharmaceutical giant Pfizer pulled out of the scheme in 2012, have swooped to buy a similarly troubled site in the North East. Regeneration specialists Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave have bought the Fawdon pharmaceutical site in Newcastle from French global healthcare […]

Estates Gazette’s front cover is one of the property industry’s most coveted commercial opportunities and the vibrancy and variety of design that it brings to life each week demonstrates how much marketing teams are embracing this valuable piece of real estate. After months of public voting, the most arresting front covers of the past year […]

The property industry has reacted to the election result with a sigh of relief and yet trepidation at what it could mean in the long run. The stability of the new government is a short-term boon for the industry.  As Alex Price, chief executive of Palmer Capital, said: “The very real prospect of a second election […]

The room full of nutty professors and laboratory whizz kids proved the hypothesis of government officials and multinational companies – new science companies want to move to Kent. Steve Schmidt of Quvium at Discovery Park, Sandwich “The taxes are low, the talent pool is wonderful and research and development credits are better here than the […]

Venture capital is about capturing value from backing ambitious people and believing that with help and guidance, they will quickly amass knowledge and experience to match that raw ambition. So, it is a people business – finding incredibly smart, connected people who have an exceptionally strong idea in their head about how they want to succeed in […]

Colworth Park has been a centre for R&D excellence since Unilever first acquired the site in 1947. The unique setting offers the ideal combination of proximity and access to Britain’s top universities, expansion space for growing businesses, and beautifully landscaped grounds, which together serve to foster innovation on-site. Today, Unilever remains a core presence at Colworth, with […]

Having recently celebrated the anniversary of the allied victory at Waterloo, perhaps we should also remember that it marked the end of the Industrial Revolution. Today we are in the middle of a second revolution, a digital one, due to the exponential growth in technology and processing power doubling broadly every year. Real estate is one of […]