News listing

Investment News

  • DEVELOPMENT SECURITIES PLC TO BREATH NEW LIFE INTO NOTTINGHAM CITY CENTRE LANDMARK BUILDING
    17-May-2010
    FHP confirm that they have acted on behalf of Development Securities Plc acquiring the mixed retail and office investment at Pearl Assurance House, Wheeler Gate/Friar Lane, Nottingham.
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  • 23/25 WATERLOO PLACE, LEAMINGTON SPA
    4-May-2010
    Acting on behalf of Derby based private investor retained clients Fisher Hargreaves Proctor are pleased to announce the completion of the purchase of 23/25 Waterloo Place, Warwick Street, Leamington Spa.
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  • FHP SECURE INVESTMENT SALE AT 3 ST JAMES TERRACE, NOTTINGHAM
    13-Apr-2010
    Acting on behalf of Cooper Parry (Business Recovery & Insolvency), Fisher Hargreaves Proctor are pleased to announce the sale of a 1,469ft² office on St James Terrace in Nottingham at a price of £250,000 which reflects a net initial yield of 8.8%.
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  • FHP SELL TESCO AND MEDICAL INVESTMENT FOR £6.85 MILLION
    12-Mar-2010
    David Hargreaves of Fisher Hargreaves Proctor, acting on behalf of Richard Saville, LPA Receiver on behalf of Yorkshire Bank of Chek Whyte Industries, has completed the first sale of the £20 million portfolio.
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  • BUILDING 4 TRENT SIDE, BUSINESS VILLAGE, FARNDON ROAD, NEWARK
    26-Jan-2010
    Acting on behalf of PDRH, Fisher Hargreaves Proctor are pleased to announce the sale of the freehold interest in the above out of town office investment to a charitable foundation represented by Brown & CO of Grantham.
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Retail News

  • WESTFIELD DERBY DAZZLES WITH NEW LETTINGS
    23-Aug-2010
    Alan Pearson, Associate Partner of Fisher Hargreaves Proctor is delighted to announce a number of new lettings at the Westfield Derby Shopping Centre, which follows the recent store openings of Duck and Cover, Pandora, Select, Ditsch and MButterfly. Recent deals include the letting to Dazzle Perfume and Cosmetics who have opened their second UK store, taking a new ten year lease, subject to five yearly rent reviews of SU134, located opposite Boots on the ground floor. The unit comprises of 1,184 ft² and occupies a prime position within the scheme. Dazzle have traded from the Frenchgate Shopping Centre in Doncaster for a number of years and saw a gap in the Derby market for their unique product mix.
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  • FHP SHOUT ABOUT LETTING TO LOU LOU’S
    19-Jul-2010
    Award winning property agents, Fisher Hargreaves Proctor acting on behalf of Clowes Developments, are delighted to confirm the letting of 5-6 Strand Arcade, Derby to Lou Lou’s.
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  • FHP TRAVEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH TO SECURE KUONI TRAVEL ON BRIDLESMITH GATE, NOTTINGHAM
    19-Jul-2010
    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have successfully let 44 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham to upmarket travel agents Kuoni.
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  • FHP ACQUIRE SUPERMARKET SITE FOR ASDA IN LANGLEY MILL
    17-Jun-2010
    David Hargreaves of Fisher Hargreaves Proctor, acting on behalf of ASDA, have completed the acquisition of approximately 7 acres from Heanor Haulage in Langley Mill.
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  • BRIDGE PLACE, WORKSOP HAS A NEW MENS DESIGNER CLOTHING OPERATOR THANKS TO FHP!
    11-Jun-2010
    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have completed the letting of 21 Bridge Place, Worksop to Men’s Designer Clothing t/a Pride.    
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Office News

  • ALCOCKS SOLICITORS TOP BYRON HOUSE
    18-Aug-2010

    The top floor of Byron House, Mansfield has just been let to Alcocks Solicitors.  This transaction means that Byron House is now fully occupied with the lower floors occupied by OH Parsons & Partners and a training provider.  The Alcocks letting was agreed by Alastair Fearn of Fisher Hargreaves Proctor on behalf of Aldergate Land Limited and a new five year lease has been agreed.
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  • FHP SECURE RUDDINGTON OFFICE SALE
    17-Aug-2010
    FHP are delighted to announce the sale of Martindale House in Ruddington.  The property is a two storey former Quaker meeting hall that dates back to 1774 and the sale has been completed to Snowden Healthcare Group.
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  • FIRST TENANT FOR DEVELOPMENT SECURITIES AT PEARL ASSURANCE HOUSE
    13-Jul-2010
    Development Securities have attracted their first new Tenant to Pearl House in Central Nottingham having acquired the property earlier this year.
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  • Ikano to make move to Nottingham’s Southside Business District
    5-Jul-2010
    Ikano Financial Services, one of the UK’s leading retail credit providers, is set to move its UK headquarters and call centre to Waterfront House. Part of McAleer & Rushe’s mixed use Waterfront Plaza scheme in Nottingham’s new business district, this move is the largest office letting in Nottingham this year.
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  • FHP SECURE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY AT ULTRA GREEN SCIENCE PARK
    11-Jun-2010
    Nottingham based technology company 121 Systems is the latest firm to move its business operations to the ultra green No.1 Nottingham Science Park, safeguarding ten jobs and creating three new job opportunities.
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Industrial News

  • BUCKING THE TREND AGAIN – FHP SECURE SALE OF 30,000FT² WAREHOUSE ON NOTTINGHAM SOUTH & WILFORD INDUS
    27-Aug-2010
    Some estates always trade well despite market conditions and undoubtedly in Nottingham that is always true of the Nottingham South & Wilford Industrial Estate set off Ruddington Lane to the south of the city.
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  • FHP SELL PREMISES TO BUTLER AND WILLOW
    25-Aug-2010
    Acting on behalf of private clients, Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have sold 7 Queen Street, Long Eaton.  The industrial property extending to 591m² (6,366ft²) was sold to Butler & Willow. 
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  • FHP PACKAGE MILLENNIUM SALE
    27-Jul-2010

    The sale of Unit 2a Isabella Court, Millennium Business Park has just completed to local Print and Packaging Specialist, 3 P Direct Limited.  The sale which forms part of the Chek Whyte LPA Receivership Portfolio was agreed by Alastair Fearn of FHP on behalf of Begbies Traynor, the LPA Receivers. 
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  • CENTRAL COURT HAS THE POWER!
    15-Jun-2010
    The assignment of Unit 5, Central Court, Finch Close, Nottingham has just completed from James McNaughton Paper Co to N Power Northern Limited.  The assignment was agreed by Alastair Fearn of FHP on behalf of the former tenant, James McNaughton Paper Co.  The property which extends to approximately 5,000ft² has 3 years unexpired on the lease and is let at a rental of £26,500 per annum.
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  • FHP AGREE HERMITAGE WAY DEAL
    11-Jun-2010
    A self contained light industrial unit on Hermitage Way, Mansfield has been let by Fisher Hargreaves Proctor on behalf of a Private Pension Fund to K & P Woodworking Machinery.  The unit which extends to 2,369ft² provides an even mixture of office and workshop accommodation and is set on its own site providing room for expansion and outside storage.
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FHP News

  • FHP INSTRUCTED ON NORTH NOTTS RENT REVIEWS
    18-Aug-2010
    Alastair Fearn who is primarily based at the Nottingham office of FHP has been appointed to act on behalf of 2 tenants in two reviews on warehousing premises located North Nottinghamshire.  
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  • ‘THE PROFESSIONALS’ LAND NEW RECRUIT
    27-Jul-2010

    No, it is not a relaunch of the 70’s TV Series or an announcement for a bulk order of Audi Quattro’s but the Professional Department at FHP, headed by Equity Partner Andrew Chapman has added to its ranks with the appointment of Alastair Fearn.  Alastair has been with FHP for approximately five years working predominantly in the Office and Industrial Agency Team.  Throughout this period Alastair has gained his professional status through undertaking a wide range of instructions throughout the East Midlands in both the office and industrial markets.
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  • FHP ANNOUNCE NEW ASSOCIATE PARTNER
    27-Jul-2010
    Award winning Chartered Surveyors Fisher Hargreaves Proctor (FHP) are delighted to announce the promotion of David Powell to Associate Partner within the Property Management Department.
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  • FHP ADD FURTHER STRENGTH TO THE OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL AGENCY TEAM
    8-Jul-2010

    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor are pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Tomlinson to bring further strength to their office and industrial agency team in the Nottingham office.
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  • HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
    14-Jun-2010
    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor are delighted to announce the appointment of Laura West to strengthen their office and industrial agency department in their Nottingham office.
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Professional Services News

  • WEST BRIDGFORD BUCKS NATIONAL TREND
    15-Jun-2010

    Rental values in West Bridgford are continuing to rise despite the current economic climate.

    The rent review effective from March 2010 on the David Holmes footwear unit at 4-6 Central Avenue, West Bridgford has been agreed at a rental of £74,500 per annum which shows a 16% increase on the previous rent from 5 years ago.
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  • THE 2005 RATING LIST IS CLOSING .... HOW DOES FIVE YEARS OF RATE REFUNDS APPEAL?!!
    24-Sep-2009
    The forthcoming 2010 Rating Valuation means that the current Rateable Value of your premises is only active until 31 March 2010, at which point five years of paying rates based upon the present Rateable Value of your premises will come to an end – with uncertainty remaining over the how much you will have to pay from 1st April 2010.
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  • 2010 REVALUATION IS DUE TO BE ANNOUNCED - IT’S TIME TO ACT!
    24-Sep-2009
    From 1 October 2009 the Valuation Office are writing to each individual rate payer throughout England and Wales notifying them of the new Rateable Value of their property for the 2010 Rating List.
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Property Management News

  • WHAT IS PROACTIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT...?
    20-Jul-2010
    The Property Management Team at Fisher Hargreaves Proctor thinks that reducing service charges by 30% and undertaking significant landscaping modernisation works leading to 100% occupancy is.
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  • NEW CITY CENTRE INSTRUCTION FOR FHP
    8-Jul-2010

    Award winning Chartered Surveyors Fisher Hargreaves Proctor are delighted to announce the addition of 15 Low Pavement in Nottingham to their managed portfolio.
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  • FHP ACHIEVES CRITICAL ENERGY SAVINGS
    9-Jun-2010

    With investors looking to maximise their property returns, particularly with low rates of return elsewhere, and tenants looking to keep their occupational costs to a minimum, utilities can play a crucial role. That is why the Property Management department at FHP is delighted to announce that they have achieved savings of over £150,000 over a 3 year period for their clients.
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  • FHP SECURE MIXED USE INSTRUCTION
    12-May-2010
    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have been appointed as managing agents of the new 200,000ft² mixed use leisure scheme known as Derby Riverlights, located within Derby City Centre.
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  • SMASHING NEW INSTRUCTION FOR FHP!
    4-Feb-2010

    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have been appointed by Wilson Bowden Developments to manage their development on the former Dema Glass Factory site in Chesterfield on behalf of the Management Company.
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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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Leisure News

  • THE FIRST OF TRUST INN DISPOSALS HAS OCCURRED WITH THE FREEHOLD SALE OF THE MASON ARMS, RETFORD
    11-Jun-2010

    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have agreed the sale of the freehold interest in the former Mason Arms Public House in Retford on behalf of Trust Inns Limited. 
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  • FHP SECURE NOTTINGHAM’S FIRST LEBANESE RESTAURANT
    7-Jun-2010

    Acting on behalf of private clients, Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have let the premises at 6 Chapel Bar to an independent restaurateur who will trade as Fontaine.
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  • FISHER HARGREAVES PROCTOR LET UNIT TO TAMATANGA
    3-Jun-2010
    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor have let a restaurant unit within The Cornerhouse in Nottingham to Tamatanga, the casual urban dining Indian Restaurant.
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  • FISHER HARGREAVES PROCTOR LET NIGHT CLUB TO EQ
    3-Jun-2010
    David Hargreaves of Fisher Hargreaves Proctor has let a 13,000 sq ft unit, previously let to Jumpin’ Jaks, in The Cornerhouse in Nottingham to EQ for a night club and comedy venue.
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  • FHP LET FORMER FASHION CAFÉ TO COCO TANG
    25-May-2010
    Steve Young of Fisher Hargreaves Proctor has let the premises at 219 Drury Walk (formerly Fashion Café) to Café Coco Tang on behalf of Westfield.
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Market Overview News

  • NOTTINGHAM INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE MARKET UPDATE
    21-May-2010
    We are approaching the half way point in 2010 and are already seeing a much different picture from the same period in 2009.  FHP are pleased to report that there has been an increase in activity in both the office and industrial markets.
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  • COMMERCIAL PROPERTY UPDATE: DERBYSHIRE
    19-May-2010
    Regeneration continues apace in Derby with plans or a further £1 billion of investment following the completion of Jurys Inn, Quad, and Westfield to name but a few. The Council are seeking to improve the leisure offering with proposals for a Velodrome and Olympic sized swimming pool, whilst firmly backing further regeneration following the announcement of a £10m fund to provide capital injection into the existing pipeline of new projects. 
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  • DERBY BUCKS VACANCY TREND!
    18-May-2010
    It has been a mixed 12 months since the last Derby Retail Study, the UK has exited recession and the Office of National Statistics has reported positive sales growth for both February and March, which continued through Easter.
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Residential Land News

  • FHP SELL PART-COMPLETED APARTMENTS IN SWADLINCOTE
    13-Jul-2010
    Fisher Hargreaves Proctor (FHP) acting as Joint Agent alongside Sanderson Weatherall (Leeds Office), are pleased to confirm that they have sold a part-completed block of apartments on Civic Way, Swadlincote.  The property, which will provide 24 no. 2 bedroom apartments together with secure off-street parking, has been purchased by The Duncan Group.
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