Building Briefs: Agent recruited to City West, former school let, and more
DTZ has been appointed jointly with Atisreal and King Sturge on Tiger’s City West Office Park in Leeds.
City West Office Park comprises approximately 93,250 sq ft of built grade A business park space, of which 26,000 sq ft remains vacant. In addition there is a further 170,000 sq ft of potential build. Occupiers at the scheme include Regus, Capita and Schawk.
Adam Cockroft, director of office agency & development at DTZ, said: “DTZ is delighted to be added to the letting team of this undoubtedly successful scheme and look forward to delivering occupiers in both the public and private arenas.”
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THE entire ground floor of a £5.5m office development on the site of a former Rotherham school has been taken up by companies specialising in education and training.
Aside from one unit, the 3,000 sq ft ground level of South Grove House, built and owned by The Horbury Group, has been let by property consultancy Knight Frank to A4E, a private sector company providing education, training and employment.
The final unit has been let to South Yorkshire’s first state-of-the-art indoor golf training centre, South Grove Golf Academy.
Tim Bottrill, agency and development partner at Knight Frank’s Sheffield office, said: “It is no surprise that these units have been let so quickly. The building fulfils all the criteria for a modern office block and we had no trouble finding suitable clients for the premises.”
The development, designed by Sheffield based Race Cottam Associates, has become a landmark because of its exceptionally stylish yet sustainable green design, which has also received a BREEAM rating of good.
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A SHEFFIELD property consultancy has introduced a specialist energy assessment service.
Daniel Green, associate building surveyor at Knight Frank’s Sheffield office, is now a non-domestic Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) accredited energy assessor after successfully completing the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors approved course.
EPCs are regarded as one of the more current pieces of environmental legislation since the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings policy as part of the EU Directive, which states an EPC is legally required at the point of sale or rental, or on completion of a new building.
An accredited energy assessor collects information on the property, which includes details of its dimensions, construction, heating ventilation, air conditioning, hot water provision and lighting.
The information is fed into a government approved software programme which produces the EPC and recommendation report. The certificate is then recorded onto a national register via an accreditation scheme and provides the seller or prospective landlord with a copy.
The certificate is then ready to be given to new building owners or made available to prospective buyers or tenants.
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FOLLOWING growth in the South East of England, Orbit Developments is defying the trend in the commercial property investment market and is widening its search for investment properties to Yorkshire.
To support its acquisition plans, Orbit Developments has appointed Rob Mayo as regional director to lead the search.
With more than 15 years experience in the commercial property industry in the Yorkshire region, Mr Mayo joined Orbit from Rok Developments, having previously spent a number of years with Otley based developer Prospect Estates.
Managing Director of Orbit Developments, Tony Jones, said: “We recognise the potential that the Yorkshire commercial property market has to offer our business and I am confident we will be able to deliver excellent performance in the region in the years to come.”
Orbit is continuing to strengthen its portfolio in the North and is currently bidding on a number of properties in Leeds.
