HARRIS LAMB OVERSEES SALE & LEASEBACK DEAL FOR OVER £1.8M
Harris Lamb has sold a law firm’s Telford headquarters more than £1.8m in a sale and leaseback Investment deal. The business provided insight and advice to Martin Kaye Developments LLP in respect of its three-storey headquarters on Euston Way Business Park, before being instructed to place… Read More
HARRIS LAMB WRAPS UP NEGOTIATIONS AT BHX FOR FUSION FAST FOOD CHAIN
Harris Lamb has continued its run of acquisitions for fusion fast food chain Wrapchic, securing a second Birmingham site – at the city’s airport. Having previously secured units for the chain in Merry Hill, Meadowhall in Sheffield, Solihull and Milton Keynes, the business’ retail team is delighted to have negotiated… Read More
NEWT TO BE SNIFFED AT: ENVIRONMENT TEAM OFFERS SITE CONSULTATIONS TO AVOID DEVELOPMENT DELAYS
Harris Lamb’s Environment Team is working with developers to avoid costly delays to planning applications by providing advice on great-crested newts. Developers seeking to submit planning applications before Spring 2019 are being advised to check their sites for proximity to ponds and seek ecology surveys rather than experience… Read More
SPRING STATEMENT 18: IS THE 2021 REVALUATION PLEDGE JUST ANOTHER PIECE TO FIT INTO THE RATING JIGSAW?
By Andrew Hulbert, Director The latest twist in the revaluation tale was unlikely to be welcomed as long as problems with the current Check Challenge Appeal system continued to prove problematic. Philip Hammond’s pledge in the Spring Statement to bring forward 2022’s Revaluation to 2021 came hot on the heels… Read More
HARRIS LAMB OVERSEES £250,000 REFURBISHMENT OF KIDDERMINSTER WAREHOUSES
Harris Lamb’s Building Consultancy team has overseen the £250,000 refurbishment of three industrial units in Kidderminster as landlords continue to recognise the need for high-specification stock throughout the West Midlands. The project saw the team oversee works at units 1-3 at Vale Industrial Estate on Stourport Road to bring… Read More
TEAM HL ARE ON THE BALL
Team HL donned their shin-pads and yellow shirts this week to take part in Telereal Trillium’s five-a-side football tournament. Captain Tom Morley reports… We’re always up for a bit of healthy competition at Harris Lamb, so an invitation to take on a selection of… Read More
HARRIS LAMB NAMED WEST MIDLANDS’ MOST ACTIVE AGENT
B Harris Lamb is thrilled to have been named the West Midlands’ Most Active Agent 2017 by EGi Deals. The business’ growing Agency and Investment teams also topped the Industrial and Investment sectors within the competition. Charles D’Auncey, Director, said: “The Midlands is a hub of… Read More
TWO STOKE OFFICE BUILDINGS SOLD TO INVESTOR FOR £3.3 MILLION
Two buildings on a Stoke business park have been sold to an investment company for £3.3 million. The deal, which saw Harris Lamb sell the properties at Etruria Office Village to M7 Real Estate, is the second office investment sale overseen by the business in a matter of weeks. Read More
HARRIS LAMB SELLS OVER 100 PERSIMMON HOMES TO HOUSING PROVIDER
Harris Lamb’s residential land team has sold more than 100 properties to an affordable housing provider on behalf of Persimmon Homes. The business oversaw the sale of the homes, located at sites in Coventry, Rugby and Leamington, to WM Housing Group. Read More
EXPANDING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUSINESS BUYS SALTLEY WAREHOUSE
An asbestos management company has bought a Saltley warehouse as part of its expansion plans. TES Environmental Services Ltd has bought 60 Devon Street on a ground lease for £197,500. Harris Lamb was instructed to sell the 3,155 sq ft warehouse, which includes two-storey offices and… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SELLS NHS TRUST HQ IN STOKE FOR OVER £1.5 MILLION
Harris Lamb’s Investment team has sold an office building in Stoke on Trent to a private investor for more than £1.5 million. Lawton House, located at Trentham Lakes, is currently used as Headquarters to the North Staffordshire Combined NHS Trust after the business let the building to the NHS five… Read More
BEWARE THE BIRDS: DEVELOPERS AT RISK OF DELAYS UNLESS BREEDING BIRD SEASON MEASURES ARE TAKEN
Environment experts at Harris Lamb are working with developers to ensure fast action is taken to avoid costly delays to construction and refurbishment projects ahead of the breeding bird season starting next month. With March typically marking the beginning of the season, land-owners and developers have a very small… Read More
REDDITCH INDUSTRIAL SITE SOLD FOR OVER £550,000
Acting on behalf of Telereal Trillium, Harris Lamb has sold a Redditch industrial site to a construction firm for in excess of £550,000. The property, 54 Arthur Street, was sold to Norson Plant Ltd after the business’ industrial agency team invited best and final offers from interested parties. Read More
HARRIS LAMB LAUNCHES ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WITH APPOINTMENT OF EIA COORDINATOR AND ECOLOGIST DR HOLLY SMITH
Harris Lamb is launching an Environment Department to operate alongside it’s existing disciplines, and has appointed environmental impact assessment (EIA) coordinator and ecologist Dr Holly Smith to spearhead the team. Holly joins the team from Ecus in Sheffield, where she led the Environmental Impact Assessment team for… Read More
INVESTING IN NOTTINGHAM: WHERE TO FOCUS WHEN THE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION BUBBLE BURSTS
By Rob Haigh, Agency At the beginning of this year, I was asked by thebusinessdesk.com to make a few predictions for 2018, and one of those was my conviction that residential developers will continue to focus on the conversion of redundant upper floor… Read More