Building Briefs: Waterfront opens; Office take-up falls; Brunswick unit let; and more
A STATE-of-the-art conference centre is opening in Huddersfield.
The Waterfront Conference Centre is situated in the grade two star-listed Folly Hall Mills.
The conference centre offers seven conference suites and meeting rooms in the newly-refurbished historic mill.
The centre will be run by the award-winning training and assessment company ESTL, which is based at Folly Hall Mills.
Rachel Stirling, the managing director of ESTL, said: “Our new conference centre offers a wide range of facilities including audio visual equipment, breakout room, on-site catering and two fully-equipped IT Suites. A range of business services, such as photocopying and printing, are also available.”
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TAKE-up in the Leeds city centre office market fell by 53% in the second quarter of 2009, according to the latest research by BNP Paribas Real Estate.
The quarter saw 49,056 sq ft of new space being occupied compared to 103,451 sq ft over the first quarter taking the total take-up for the first half of the year to 152,507 sq ft.
Michael Leonard, director of the Leeds office agency at BNP Paribas Real Estate, said: “Despite decline in take-up for the Q2 period the sentiment of those in Leeds remains confident of seeing increased take-up in the second half of the year as a result of new enquiries coming in to the market.
“Many of the deals that took place from April to June this year were for smaller suites with most transactions being for 1,000 sq ft to 2,000 sq ft suites.
“We hope to see recovery in the office market towards the end of the year and believe that Leeds is particularly well placed to meet a variety of requirements in terms of the quality of properties, amenities and transport links that the region boasts.”
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THE Prudential Assurance Company, represented by real estate advisor Savills, has let Unit 1 at Brunswick Shopping Centre in Scarborough to Shakeway.
The beverage retailer has agreed to take the 340 sq ft unit at an annual rent of £28,000 on a 10-year lease.
Shakeway was represented by Smith Price.
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THE Durker Roods Hotel at Meltham is for sale through specialist hotel agents Colliers Robert Barry acting on behalf of joint LPA Receivers Simon Thomas and Fred Satow of RSM Bentley Jennison & Co.
The popular hotel is being run under a professional management company brought in February and is open for business as a buyer is sought.
The asking price is offers around £700,000.
