Industrial News

TENANTS BEING PULLED IN AT ROPEWALK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
22-May-2013
Approximately 2 months ago FHP Property Consultants were instructed to market and manage the Ropewalk Industrial Estate in Ilkeston, a multi occupied industrial estate comprising 43 industrial units in a range of sizes particularly suited to small and medium sized businesses in the local area. Since the time of instructions FHP have completed three lettings on the estate and have two further units under offer representing excellent levels of demand especially considering the economic conditions.
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DALESIDE ROAD DELIGHT!
13-May-2013
The start of 2013 has certainly seen an increase in the demand in the market place from purchasers and tenants alike for warehouse and industrial stock around Nottingham and indeed Nottinghamshire. Activity has increased, supply remains low and therefore when a sought after opportunity becomes available then given even the state of the overall economy demand can be generated and sales can be achieved quickly.
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WEST 28 - REFURBISHED AND READY TO OCCUPY!
10-May-2013
FHP Property Consultants are pleased to announce that the refurbishment works at West 28 are now completed!
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OFF MARKET DEAL FINDS MICRO MESH THE PERFECT NEW BASE
9-Apr-2013
‘Knowledge is power’ goes the saying and in this case that certainly proved to be a pertinent phrase after Tim Gilbertson of FHP brokered a deal on behalf of long standing private investor clients for the sale of their premises on Dabell Avenue at Blenheim Industrial Estate just off Junction 26 of the M1 Motorway.
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SEAT DESIGN COMPANY GROWS AT AMBER BUSINESS CENTRE
8-Apr-2013
A business which makes sure luxury car owners are sitting comfortably is in the driving seat for expansion after a move into bigger premises on a popular industrial estate.
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Investment News
IS NOW TIME TO INVEST?
18-Apr-2013
FHP’s advice in acquiring a modern office building on one of Nottinghams’s main business parks poses the question as to whether now is a good time to invest in commercial property.
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HILLARYS RESIDENTIAL
27-Mar-2013
Acting on behalf of their retained clients, Hillary’s Residential, FHP Property Consultants are pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of the first of two residential investments for the above company.
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SMALL FREEHOLD INVESTMENTS DERBY ROAD, NOTTINGHAM
8-Mar-2013
Acting on behalf of our retained clients, Lancaster Properties and Developments Limited, FHP are pleased to announce they have now concluded negotiations for the sale of the long leasehold interest in the parade of shops known as 48 – 60 Derby Road, with the exception of 58 Derby Road.
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SALE ON BEHALF OF BLUEPRINT
8-Mar-2013
Acting on behalf of Blueprint, FHP Property Consultants and Innes England are pleased to announce the sale of Oakham Business Park, Hamilton Way, Mansfield.
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48 HIGH STREET, HUCKNALL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG15 7HD
18-Jan-2013
Acting on behalf of a private property company, FHP Property Consultants are pleased to announce the completion of the sale of the above retail investment.
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Retail News

BETFRED WINNERS IN TWO HORSE LICHFIELD RACE!
22-May-2013
Betfred Bookmakers has outbid the competition to secure a key site in Lichfield. The property at 7-9 Tamworth Street, Lichfield is located close to the Three Spires Shopping Centre in the city centre and was acquired by Betfred as a strategic move to protect their existing business which was a former Tote shop.
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FHP SECURE LETTING TO LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
25-Apr-2013
Acting on behalf of a private investor client, FHP Property Consultants has secured a letting of a former shoe shop at 16-20 Market Place, Leicester to the City Council to accommodate displaced market traders as a result of the redevelopment of part of the Leicester Covered Market.
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NO HASSLE IN HESSLE FOR CARDZONE!
19-Apr-2013
Southwell based card and gift retailer Cardzone Ltd trading as Paper Kisses continue their 2013 expansion programme with the acquisition of a new store in Hessle, a suburb of Kingston upon Hull.
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30 CONVENIENCE STORES REQUIRED BY FHP FOR CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE EAST MIDLANDS
16-Apr-2013
FHP have been instructed to acquire convenience stores throughout Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire on behalf of a major PLC retailer.
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FHP SECURE ANOTHER SITE FOR ASDA AT ABBEY LANE (A6) LEICESTER
16-Apr-2013
FHP acting on behalf of Walmart owned ASDA have introduced and negotiated the acquisition of a site of 7 acres on Abbey Lane (the A6) in Leicester for a 70,000 sq ft food store and petrol station.
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Leisure News
FORMER BAR REOPENS
21-Jan-2013
Acting on behalf of Everards Brewery, David Richardson of FHP Property Consultants has let the former Eschucha & Minus One bar, 22 Fletcher Gate, Nottingham to Blar Blar Bar for their second premises within the City.
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THE MERLIN HUNGRY HORSE OPENS ON PRIDE PARK
30-Jul-2012
Following the recent building and conversion works of the former Pride Park Pub the renamed premises The Merlin Hungry Horse have now fully opened on Pride Park further to the recent sale to Greene King. The opening of this new concept is very encouraging and welcomed as the offering for food and drink presence on the park has been increased.
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NEW BAR CONCEPT, THE LACEHOUSE TO OPEN IN NOTTINGHAM
8-Feb-2012
Alan Pearson, Associate Director of FHP Property Consultants has let the former Sugar Bar, 32a Stoney Street, Nottingham to Nijran Partners Limited t/a The Lacehouse.
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BAR/RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITY IN THE LACE MARKET REMARKETED
11-Nov-2011
David Hargreaves of FHP has been instructed to remarket the former County House premises on High Pavement by Richard Saville of Begbies Traynor who acts as LPA Receiver.
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LACE MARKET BAR/CLUB "UNDER OFFER"
11-Nov-2011
FHP acting on behalf of Orchid Group have put “under offer” the former Quilted Llama and Prohibition bar/club on Weekday Cross, Nottingham at a price close to the asking price of £750,000.
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Office News

T3 RETAIL HAVE DESIGNS ON THE CREATIVE QUARTER
23-May-2013
T3 Retail Design, a retail shop fit out design company, have recently secured new offices on Stoney Street in The Lace Market area of Nottingham City Centre. The area which has been recently dubbed ‘The Creative Quarter’ by Nottingham's city deal initiative - designed to be ‘an incubator without walls’ for local creative businesses.
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FHP ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL OFFICES FOR CLIENTS AT HIGHFIELDS SCIENCE PARK
20-May-2013
FHP acting on behalf of BYG Systems Limited, a leading supplier of bespoke e-learning courses and software for Global Organisations, have acquired additional offices to accommodate BYG’s further expansion at Highfields Science Park.
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FHP SCOOP NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE DEAL AWARDS
13-May-2013
BIG numbers have meant a big deal to a Nottingham property consultancy after it was named most active agent in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire by the industry ‘bible’.
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THE COURTYARD WELCOMES FIRST TENANTS
17-Apr-2013
A former mill building in the heart of Nottingham’s Lace Market has been transformed into a new thriving centre of business, thanks to the combined efforts of developer Spenbeck Ltd, law firm Rothera Dowson and property consultant FHP.
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ONE YEAR ON: IS IT AN UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY FOR THE PARKING LEVY AND NOTTINGHAM’S OFFICE MARKET?
4-Apr-2013
A year on from the implementation of the Workplace Parking Levy JAMES HARTLEY assesses the impact it has had on the Nottinghamshire office market.
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FHP News
MARK TOMLINSON OF FHP PROPERTY CONSULTANTS SCOOPS NOTTS MOST ACTIVE DEAL MAKER AWARD FOR SECOND YEAR
14-May-2013
Mark Tomlinson, surveyor at FHP Property Consultants who specialises in office and industrial property has been named ‘2013 Most Active Deal Maker’ in Nottinghamshire by the Estates Gazette for the second year running.
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FHP SCOOP DERBYSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ESTATES GAZETTE DEAL AWARD
13-May-2013
FHP Property Consultants have been awarded the most active agents award for both Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire by the Estates Gazette. The award has been bestowed upon FHP by virtue of office, industrial and retail agency departments completing the highest number of commercial property transactions in 2012 and the first quarter of 2013.
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FHP - MOST ACTIVE INVESTMENT AGENT IN THE EAST MIDLANDS
10-Apr-2013
FHP have won the much sought after “Most Active Investment Agent” Award from Jones Lang LaSalle in the Estates Gazette EGi Deals Competition for 2012.
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FHP LAUNCH STUDENT LIVING BRAND
9-Apr-2013
FHP have recently launched a new sub-brand for their residential division, FHP Living, to be known as “FHP Student Living”.
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FHP WIN EGI'S MOST ACTIVE RETAIL AGENT AWARD IN THE EAST MIDLANDS FOR THE 4TH YEAR RUNNING
9-Apr-2013
Once again FHP’s Retail Team have beaten the competition to win the prestigious “Most Active Retail Agent” Award for the East Midlands, with almost double the number of retail deals to its nearest challenger.
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Professional Services News

FHP SUCCESSFULLY SECURES COMPENSATION FOR THIRD GENERATION LOUGHBOROUGH FAMILY BUSINESS
14-May-2013
FHP are pleased to announce the successful completion of negotiations significantly impacting upon a Client’s family home, commercial premises and business, due to the Loughborough Inner Relief Road and town centre improvements.

FHP SECURE 50% RENT INCREASE FOR LANDLORD!
4-May-2012
FHP Property Consultants have successfully completed a rent review on a convenience store let to Co-operative Food within the Chapelside Parade in Spondon, Derby.
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FHP APPOINTED ON FIRE SERVICES ASSET VALUATION
23-Apr-2012
The FHP Valuation Department in conjunction with FHP Blue Light Estates is delighted to announce the recent instructions to value a Portfolio of properties each on behalf of Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service and Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service, for accounts purposes.
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FHP COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS ON BEHALF OF CLAIMANTS AFFECTED BY FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME
7-Dec-2011
FHP are delighted to announce the completion of successful negotiation of compensation monies in respect of 6 adjoining residential owners whose properties were affected by the Environment Agency’s Nottingham Trent Left Bank Flood Alleviation Scheme at Long Eaton.
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FHP Big Match Sponsors
30-Nov-2011
FHP were delighted to be official match day Sponsors for Nottingham Forest in their recent home fixture against Ipswich.
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Property Management News

FHP 'COURT' NEW INSTRUCTION
16-May-2013
FHP Property Consultants have been appointed to provide property management services to the former Magistrates Court in Chesterfield, known as Knightsbridge Court.
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FHP GOES GOTHIC
16-May-2013
The Property Management Department at FHP Property Consultants are pleased to announce that they have been appointed to manage Gothic House on Barker Gate in Nottingham on behalf of the Building’s Receivers.
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ANOTHER CITY CENTRE INSTRUCTION
9-Apr-2013
The Property Management Team of FHP are proud to have been appointed to manage a mixed use property instruction located at 2 St Peters Gate in the centre of Nottingham.
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FHP PROVING POPULAR!
1-Mar-2013
FHP Property Consultants are proud to announce that they have been instructed to manage the office development called Poplars Court in Nottingham on behalf of the joint development partners – Sladen Estates and PMB Holdings.
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Market Overview News
THE DERBY MARKET PROPERTY REVIEW – THE WINNER TAKES ALL!
24-Jan-2013
Some would describe 2012 as the golden year with the Olympic and Paralympic games being held in London and the Queens Jubilee Celebrations. As with any sporting event there are the winners and losers and this analogy can be related to the property markets. Within the retail sector of the market, some parts of Derby City Centre have performed much better than others. The Derby retail study which was carried out by FHP in the Autumn of 2012 identified 790 shops in Derby City of which 90 were vacant with 16 occupied but available. This equated to an overall availability rate for Derby City Centre of 13.42% which was a small improvement on the 2011 study when the availability rate was 14.66%.
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PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING!
22-Nov-2012
In March 2012 I wrote an article called ‘A Polished Pearl Waiting to be Discovered in Nottingham City Centre’ and I am pleased to say that in less than 8 months since this article we have managed to fill the building. All four vacant floors are now let to three tenants.
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THE ANSWER TO PROPERTY’S GROUNDHOG DAY
25-Nov-2011
There are times when commercial property begins to resemble a scene out of Groundhog Day. You wake up, scan the property press, turn on the radio and find yourself digesting what sounds like the same story you heard yesterday: the economy is weak, demand is falling away and no one’s building anything new.
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HARD TIMES HAVE ALSO BEEN A THRILL ON THE MARKET ROLLERCOASTER
22-Nov-2011
At the time, I thought I was being pretty brave to leave the comfort zone of Savills and cross town to join FHP. Job security at Savills was high and yet I had little doubt that the world as we knew it was on the slide.
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SURVEYS GIVE A GRIM SNAPSHOT BUT REAL PICTURE ON HIGH STREET IS A LOT BRIGHTER
14-Sep-2011
Empty shops are a blight on a city centre and the latest surveys suggest their numbers are growing in Derby.
One survey being prepared for release shows that of Derby's 881 retail premises 88 are vacant and a further 18 are occupied but available.
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Roadside Retail News
CORNERSTONE CHURCH ACQUIRE THE MFI SITE
3-Mar-2010
David Hargreaves of Fisher Hargreaves Proctor has acquired the former MFI store and site on Castle Boulevard in Nottingham for Cornerstone Church.
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Residential Land News

7 ACRES OF RESIDENTIAL LAND FOR SALE IN MANSFIELD
17-May-2013
FHP and FHP Living Land & New Homes have been instructed to sell a site of 7 acres in Mansfield.
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4 NEW INSTRUCTIONS FOR FHP AND FHP LIVING LAND & NEW HOMES IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
9-Apr-2013
FHP and FHP Living Land & New Homes have been instructed to sell 4 relatively small residential sites throughout the county at Worksop, Long Eaton, Lambley and Bestwood.
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2.2 ACRES OF RESIDENTIAL LAND SOLD IN ASPLEY, NOTTINGHAM BY FHP LIVING LAND & NEW HOMES AND FHP
9-Apr-2013
FHP and FHP Living Land & New Homes have completed the sale of a 2.35 acre site at Beechdale Road in Aspley that had Planning Consent for 36 houses, but which was previously an industrial and storage site occupied as a Depot by Dunn-Line.
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FORMER PUB AND CAR PARK IN ASLOCKTON SOLD BY FHP FOR POSSIBLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
15-Mar-2013
FHP, acting on behalf of private clients, have sold the former Old Greyhound Public House in Aslockton for residential development.
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FHP SELL CARRINGTON SITE FOR NURSING HOME
1-Nov-2012
FHP acting on behalf of Skelton Developments Ltd have completed the sale of a residential site in Carrington, Nottingham to Ideal Care Homes for a new care home.
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Blue Light Estates News

PHASE THREE ’B’ SITES AVAILABLE DUE TO PIONEERING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
23-Apr-2013
FHP’s Blue Light Estates Team led, by Jonathan Bishop, are instructed by West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to act on their behalf with the disposal of a further seven stations following the recent acquisitions of the ‘make ready hubs’.
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PHASE THREE SITES AVAILABLE DUE TO PIONEERING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
8-Feb-2013
FHP’s Blue Light Estates Team led, by Jonathan Bishop, are instructed by West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to act on their behalf with the disposal of a further eight stations following the recent acquisitions of the ‘make ready hubs’.
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PHASE ONE SITES ALL UNDER OFFER
28-Jun-2012
FHP’s Blue Light Estates Team led, by Jonathan Bishop, has recently agreed to dispose of the Phase One sites which have become available as a consequence of West Midlands Ambulance Service’s pioneering transformational change.
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NEW HEADQUARTERS & FIRE STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION
30-Apr-2012
Work has now commenced for a new Headquarters facility for Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service together with a new station on the same site at Birstall, Leicester.
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PHASE ONE SITES AVAILABLE DUE TO PIONEERING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
12-Mar-2012
FHP’s Blue Light Estates Team led by Jonathan Bishop are instructed by West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust to act on their behalf with the acquisition of their ‘make ready’ hubs and as a consequence the disposal of their surplus sites as the organisation undergoes its transformational change.
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EPC News

ARE YOU AWARE OF THE CHANGES IN EPC REQUIREMENTS?
16-Feb-2012
The European Parliament changes in regulations for provision of EPC’s for non domestic property comes into force on April 6th 2012.
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Land News

FHP INSTRUCTED ON DERBY CITY CENTRE CAR PARK
1-Feb-2013
On behalf of Clowes Developments (UK) Limited FHP are pleased to announce the recent instruction to market the car park/land on Beckett Street, Derby.
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