HARRIS LAMB MARKETS TRADE COUNTER OPPORTUNITY IN BIRMINGHAM
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb have been instructed to let a trade counter and warehouse premises on a prominent Birmingham trade park. The opportunity is located at Northfield Trading Estate, a prominent multi-let estate fronting the A38 Bristol Road, and the business expects good levels of interest from potential… Read More
APPROVAL GRANTED FOR 70 NEW HOMES IN KETTERING
Kettering Borough Council has awarded outline permission for 70 new homes on a land parcel in Desborough. Harris Lamb’s planning consultancy, acting on behalf of the landowner, Tata Steel (UK) Limited, submitted proposals to Kettering Borough Council for up to 70 dwellings in Desborough. The land, at Gaultney Farm on… Read More
HISTORIC NEWCASTLE BALLROOM BOUGHT BY HOUSING PROVIDER
An affordable homes provider has bought a former Staffordshire nightclub and dance hall site for residential redevelopment. Aspire Housing bought the historic Crystal Buildings in Newcastle-under-Lyme for an undisclosed sum after demand for the site saw agents invite best and final bids after just four weeks of marketing. The three-storey… Read More
HARRIS LAMB ANNOUNCES 2020 PROMOTIONS
Harris Lamb has announced three key promotions within its Commercial Agency, Lease Advisory and Planning departments. Andy Smith, who joined the business as an Associate five years ago, has been promoted to Director, having worked within the business’ Lease Advisory team, becoming a trusted advisor to… Read More
HARRIS LAMB WELCOMES ASSOCIATE ECOLOGIST STUART SILVER TO THE BUSINESS
Harris Lamb has appointed an Associate Ecologist to work with its expanding Environment team. Stuart Silver has joined the business having spent 19 years working as an ecologist at companies including British Waterways and Ecus Ltd. Associate Ecologist, Stuart Silver Stuart comes from a strong consultancy background,… Read More
352-HOME DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR RUGBY RADIO STATION SITE APPROVED
A development of more than 350 new homes has been given the green light by Rugby Borough Council. Acting on behalf of Countryside Properties Plc, Harris Lamb’s planning consultancy submitted proposals for 352 homes on the Rugby Radio Station site, on land off Crick Road to the authority. Read More
ECOLOGISTS WARN OF TEN-WEEK WINDOW TO SURVEY FOR NEWT PRESENCE TO AVOID DEVELOPMENT DELAYS
With the newt survey season set to start, ecologists at Harris Lamb are working with developers to avoid costly delays to planning applications by providing advice on great-crested newts. Commercial and residential developers intending to submit planning applications this year are being advised to check their sites for proximity to ponds before… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SELLS WORCESTERSHIRE LAND FOR NINE-HOME DEVELOPMENT
A Worcester land parcel has been sold to a developer to make way for nine new homes. The 1.24-acre plot on Sherwood Lane, just three miles from the city centre, comprised a former school premises, most recently used by the library service as a car park and playing fields. It… Read More
ENERGY CONSULTANCY TNEI RELOCATES TO NEW GLASGOW PREMISES
Energy consultancy TNEI has moved into new premises in Glasgow after signing a five-year lease in the heart of the city centre. The business instructed commercial property firm Harris Lamb to identify and acquire a suitable new site to accommodate its recent growth. Andy Smith, of Harris Lamb’s… Read More
ZWICKROELL HQ AT WORCESTER SIX GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM COUNCIL
Work is to begin on a new UK headquarters building at the flagship Worcester Six development further to Harris Lamb securing ZwickRoell as the latest tenant at the business park. The world-leading supplier of static materials testing machines will move its UK headquarters to the business park after Wychavon District… Read More
FITNESS FRANCHISE TAKES ON WARWICKSHIRE SITE
A fitness franchise has signed a ten-year lease at a Warwickshire industrial estate. Fitness Worx has transformed Unit 7 at Waterloo Industrial Estate in Bidford-on-Avon into a gym and personal training studio. After securing the 3,174 sq ft commercial unit, the business fitted it out with state-of-the-art equipment, and now… Read More
FORMER TRUSCANIAN FOUNDRY SITE SET TO BE SOLD
An industrial complex and a commercial estate in the Black Country have been placed on the market for £1.7 million. The former Truscanian Foundries site in Oldbury closed its doors for the last time in December, and commercial agents Harris Lamb and Sellers have been instructed to sell the properties… Read More
WORCESTERSHIRE LAND PARCEL SOLD FOR 106-HOME DEVELOPMENT
The Residential team at Harris Lamb have sold a Worcestershire land parcel to housing developer Taylor Wimpey West Midlands for the development of 106 family homes. The site off Steatite Way in Stourport-on-Severn, is the latest brownfield site in the Midlands to be purchased for residential redevelopment. The 8.10-acre site… Read More
£2 MILLION REFURBISHMENT PROGRAMME AT MINWORTH TRADE PARK WELL UNDERWAY
A £2million redevelopment programme is well underway at a Minworth commercial estate with pre-let disposals in the pipeline. Building consultants at Harris Lamb are overseeing the six-month project at Minworth Trade Park, which will see five units redeveloped and refurbished to bring them in line with modern trade counter… Read More
ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER SIGNS FIVE-YEAR LEASE ON WARWICKSHIRE WAREHOUSE
Harris Lamb has let a Warwickshire industrial unit to an electronics manufacturing and distribution firm. Unit 9 on the Waterloo Industrial Estate in Bidford-on-Avon has been let to Ash Magnetics Ltd on a five-year lease. Sara Garratt, who secured the new tenant, said: “There has been a lot of… Read More