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by Ian Brooks, PPH Commercial
he industrial property market in the Doncaster region continues to strengthen with occupiers attracted by the town’s central location, close to the M1/A1(M)/M18/M180 and M62 motorway corridors affording easy access to the major markets of the North and Midlands. PPH Commercial is instructed in the letting of new build industrial/warehouse premises with 10-15% high grade office content on the Bullrush Business Park within 1 mile of Junction 3 of the M18. The 13 units range in size from 2,000 to 12,373 sq.ft approx. and take-up has been strong with only 5 units still available including Units 1 and 2 measuring 12,373 sq.ft and
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11,294 sq.ft respectively at commencing rents based on £5.50 per sq.ft. Industrial/distribution units on all the
town’s motorway junctions tend to be well regarded by the market. PPH Commercial
uddersfield-based Robertson Baxter is one of the top IFA firms in the country according to the UK’s leading independent IFA ranking system, VouchedFor. VouchedFor is an online portal where investors can find
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trusted financial advisors in their area. Their Top Rated award has been created to help identify and highlight the professionals on VouchedFor that have received the highest volume of positive client reviews in the past 18 months. The latest results have just been published and show that Joint Managing Director, Stephen Baxter, has received an overall rating of 4.9 stars out of 5 from his 37 reviews from Robertson Baxter clients, putting him amongst the top ranked IFAs in the region. “We’re delighted to be on the VouchedFor list mainly because all the reviews are done by clients, so it’s quality, independent feedback,” said Stephen Baxter.
BARNSLEY TOPS UK AWARDS B
arnsley’s exciting and ambitious Better Barnsley town centre regeneration project has won IBI Group joint first place in the prestigious Urban Design Group, Practice Award; a top national accolade for architecture, landscape and planning practices involved in urban design. IBI Group’s Marcus Wilshere and Seamus Lennon submitted the Barnsley scheme as a good example of urban design based on a clear delivery process and sound recommendations for future projects. Their submission described the IBI Group’s approach to creating a highly successful town centre prospectus that clearly demonstrated to Barnsley Council and local stakeholders how real improvements could be achieved without losing potential investors. A short film was also produced to showcase how the project is developing and featured members of the project team explaining how the Better Barnsley project is progressing.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2016
has recently been instructed to find occupiers for Units 1A/1B/1C/1D alongside Junction 6 of the M18. The premises form part of a terraced building and offer individual floor plates of 3,574 sq.ft approx. with 7 m eaves height and built in flexibility to cater for most business roll outs. Asking rents are in the order £22,000 per annum, per unit. Terms have recently been agreed for the letting of Unit 1A with the remaining space attracting useful enquiry levels.
The Doncaster office market suffered disproportionately in the 2008 recession with several new projects under construction when the economic down- turn came into focus. Recovery is now largely complete with low void levels on both the Hayfield Business Park and Ebor Court to the fringe of the town centre with recent rents in the order of £10 to £11 per sq.ft geared to lease terms. Doncaster’s importance on the rail network and in particular, the main East Coast line is well known and the proposed refurbishment of the landmark station will further lift the profile of what is a regionally important transport hub.
ROBERTSON BAXTER IN TOP LIST
heffield Hallam University is the first academic institution to achieve the prestigious Leesman+ award. Leesman+ is an accreditation that rewards organisations for exemplary high performing workplaces.
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service features that make up a workspace, in the context of the activities undertaken by the workforce. The ability to support activities and the design impact are the key criteria used to determine whether the space supports employee productivity and general workplace effectiveness.
SHU had decided to implement an agile working model while facilitating an office move. In order to measure satisfaction with the original and new workspaces, SHU commissioned Leesman to survey staff - including the Director of International Development and Director of Estates and Facilities.
PRIORITY SCHOOLS BUILDING PROGRAMME
aing O’Rourke has reached financial close on the Yorkshire Batch of the Government’s Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP). With a value of £120m the project involves the financing, and design and construction of seven secondary schools in the West and North Yorkshire areas, All Saints Catholic College and Whitcliffe Mount schools in the Huddersfield Kirklees area, Beckfoot Upper Heaton, Samuel Lister Academy, Carlton Bolling College and Oakbank schools in the Bradford Area and Harrogate High School. The schools will benefit in excess of 7,000 students,
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providing them with a carefully designed new environment in which to learn. The school buildings are designed around double and triple height spaces for communal areas such as the halls and dining areas, giving the students an abundance of natural daylighting.
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heffield based contractor and developer, JF Finnegan, has been awarded a £3M design and build contract by Harworth Estates Limited to create the 75,000 sq.ft industrial Unit 5 at Gateway 36 in Barnsley, which is being speculatively developed to address the regional shortage of quality industrial accommodation.
The 75,000 sq.ft Unit 5 will be
developed as part of the first phase of Harworth’s Gateway 36 development which comprises 127 acres in three phases with direct frontage to the A6195 Dearne Valley Parkway, just off the M1 south of Barnsley in the heart of the Sheffield City Region. This follows Harworth practically completing the first three units on the development. JF Finnegan will begin the
construction of the unit in March to Harworth’s ‘R-evolution’ specification with a scheduled completion date of September 2016. Gary Smith, Managing Director at JF Finnegan, said; “We are delighted to have been appointed to deliver this significant new building. The shortage of high quality industrial space is well documented and this speculative unit will hit the market at an opportune time.”
SHEFFIELD HALLAM WINS AWARD
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