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HARRIS LAMB APPOINTS GRADUATE PLANNER TO ITS GROWING TEAM
Harris Lamb has welcomed a new recruit to its planning team. Alisha Paul, who graduates from Oxford Brookes University next month, joins the business’ nine-strong planning team in her first role since completing her Masters degree in City and Regional Planning. Alisha, who lives in… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SECURES £3.5 MILLION INVESTMENT DEAL ON REDDITCH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Harris Lamb has acquired a Redditch industrial estate for more than £3.5 million on behalf of a private investor. The Trafford Park Industrial Estate on Trescott Road is currently fully let, and further to the deal, the business has been tasked with managing the site. Jonathan Aspinall,… Read More
EVERYTHING LOOKS ROSY IN COVENTRY
Harris Lamb has let shops in a popular Coventry retail location to two brand new businesses. Two units on the Daventry Road Parade have been taken on by newly-launched florist Daisy’s Flower Boutique and mobile phone and accessories retailer Get Connected. David Walton,… Read More
ROEBUCK COMPLETES UDDINGTON PORTFOLIO SALE WITH SUPPORT FROM HARRIS LAMB
Roebuck Asset Management has sold the last two remaining industrial assets within the Uddington Portfolio, raising a total of £25m from the disposals over the last 12 months. Harris Lamb oversaw Midlands assets within the portfolio. Roebuck was appointed asset manager of the Uddington Portfolio in 2010, having originally acquired… Read More
PUBLICANS SET FOR BEER RATE FREEZE AND RURAL RATE RELIEF BOOST FOLLOWING CHANCELLOR’S AUTUMN STATEMENT
Sadly, few licensees will have much to toast following the Philip Hammonds first – and last – Autumn Statement. Aside from a freeze on beer duty, the most notable inclusions in the announcement were incentives for small businesses and good news for rural rates relief. Those pubs located… Read More
HARRIS LAMB LETS PUMP STREET STORE TO WORCESTER RETAILER REEFS
Skate- and surf-wear retailer Reefs has opened the doors at its new premises in Worcester city centre after negotiating a lease with Harris Lamb. The independent store, which has been trading in the city for more than 20 years, has relocated from the Crown Gate Shopping… Read More
SURVIVAL OF WELDON UNITED FC SECURED AS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON OLD GROUND IS SET TO GO AHEAD
A proposal for a housing development put forward by Harris Lamb Planning Consultancy that will secure the relocation and survival of a Northamptonshire football club has been given the green light. Acting on behalf of Mulberry Developments, the planning team submitted a planning application to build 27… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SECURES £3M SALE OF KIDSGROVE SITE TO ARNOLD CLARK
Harris Lamb has sold an eight-acre site in Kidsgrove to Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd to house a storage and distribution hub for more than 1,000 cars. A price in excess of £3m was secured for the Linley Road site, which was previously occupied by AAH Pharmaceuticals for warehousing… Read More
MAPLE BUSINESS PARK AT FULL CAPACITY AS AGENCY TEAM OVERSEES FINAL LETTINGS
A Birmingham industrial estate is at full capacity after Harris Lamb let the final units to three new tenants, who will establish distribution hubs and a wholesale warehouse and at the site. Acting on behalf of the landlord, the consultancy’s award-winning industrial agency team has let the last… Read More
HARRIS LAMB LETS DROITWICH OFFICE SPACE TO CLINICAL SOFTWARE BUSINESS
Harris Lamb’s Commercial Agency team has let a prominent Droitwich office suite to an IT healthcare systems specialist. Amplitude Clinical Outcomes has taken on 1,500sq ft at Orchard House, a purpose-built office building in Victoria Square. Amplitude designs software systems… Read More
SIX INDUSTRIAL UNITS LET IN SIX MONTHS AT POPULAR WEDNESBURY ESTATE
Harris Lamb has let six units on a Wednesbury industrial estate in just six months – leaving only two remaining at the estate. The business’ Commercial Agency team has let a total of 46,420sq ft at the Old Park Industrial Estate, Kings Hill, to… Read More
HARRIS LAMB LETS FENTON INDUSTRIAL UNIT TO EMMA BRIDGEWATER
Harris Lamb has let a Fenton warehouse to high profile pottery brand Emma Bridgewater on a ten-year lease. The 38,000sq ft unit on the Berry Hill Trading Estate is now being used as a national distribution hub. Andrew Groves,… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SECURES PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONVERT HISTORIC BIRMINGHAM BUILDING INTO STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
Harris Lamb’s team of planning consultants have achieved planning permission to convert an historic building in the heart of Colmore Business District into student accommodation. The Grade II* Listed Building, 89-91 Cornwall Street, will be transformed into 26 studio flats following a unanimous vote in favour of the planning… Read More
HARRIS LAMB CALLS FOR SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN STOKE AS UK POWERHOUSE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS REGION’S JOB CREATION IMPACT
Harris Lamb has voiced its hopes following news that businesses in Stoke on Trent are creating jobs at a faster rate than the majority of the UK. It is hoped this will encourage developers to invest in speculative development across the region to address a shortage of quality industrial stock. The city… Read More
FORMER WMFS TRAINING ACADEMY SALE SET TO GO TO SEALED BIDS
Demand from potential new owners of a former fire service training academy in Smethwick is so high that the successful buyer will be decided upon sealed bids later this year. The Dartmouth Road site, which was last used as a training academy by West Midlands Fire Service, is… Read More