On behalf of private clients, FHP Property Consultants are pleased to confirm the sale of Primrose Business Park, Whites Lane, Blackwell, Derbyshire, DE55 5GZ.

Primrose Business Park is located in Blackwell, Derbyshire approximately 1 mile from South Normanton and 3 miles from Junction 28 of the M1 motorway.  The site comprises two detached commercial buildings totalling some 6,170ft², set on 2 acres of land with approximately 1.4 acres being hard surfaced and the remainder being grassland.

Darran Severn of FHP Property Consultants comments:

“I am pleased the sale of this site has completed.  The site has great potential and could suit a variety of uses from commercial to residential.  Following a short marketing process and due to the popularity of the site, we invited best bids and secured an offer within weeks.  More pleasingly, we achieved a sale some £70,000 above the guide price to a local occupier.

There remains strong interest in freehold opportunities across the region and if you are considering bringing your property to market, please give us a call as we may already be speaking to the ideal tenant or buyer”.     

For further information on this sale, please contact Darran Severn on 07917 460 031 or darran@fhp.co.uk.

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Darran Severn

February 2024

FHP Property Consultants are delighted to announce the letting of Suite GA at Pentagon House, Sir Frank Whittle Road, Derby to Wowcher.

Pentagon House is a landmark multi tenanted office building providing high quality modern accommodation across four floors.  The building benefits from a staffed reception, air conditioning and excellent on site parking with a ratio of 1 space per 200ft².

Wowcher have taken a new 5 year lease on a ground floor suite measuring 3,919ft².

Darran Severn, Director at FHP Property Consultants comments:

“It was a pleasure to deal with Wowcher.  We first discussed an office relocation with them back in 2021 and it is great to have now found them suitable accommodation.   There has been significant investment in the building recently and it really shows.  The modern reception leads to newly refurbished open plan office space which benefits from showers and individual WC’s.

In addition to the Wowcher letting, a 786ft² pavilion suite has been let to Dovedale Logistics and another entire wing is under offer of which we hope to release further details shortly.  There are still suites available within the building starting from 3,747ft² and if you would like to take a look, then please do get in touch.”

Mark Roberts of Loxton Developments who own the property commented:-

“Pentagon House is one of the most prominent office buildings in Derby city centre overlooking Derbyshire County Cricket ground.  The suites are refurbished with kitchens and data cabling so ready to occupy now with minimum fit out required.

With an EPC of B the building is very energy efficient which is increasingly important to tenants.

We are delighted to welcome some new tenants to the building which previously has been occupied by Alstom, Citi and Balfour Beatty.”

Innes England acted as joint agents.

For further information or to arrange a viewing please contact Darran Severn on 07917 460031 / darran@fhp.co.uk or Corbin Archer on 07929 716330 / corbin.archer@fhp.co.uk.

August 2022

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FHP who acquired the former Beechdale Baths site for discount food retailer Lidl, have now sold on the surplus land on their behalf to Nottingham and Birmingham based HDD Ltd.

The land will be developed alongside the Lidl supermarket for a Drive Thru Costa Coffee and a parade of 6 Retail units of 1,250 sq ft each around a shared car park.

David Hargreaves of FHP said “This is a great location fronting the Outer Ring Road, one of the busiest roads in the city, but also serving the densely populated residential areas of Aspley, Beechdale and Wollaton.  With Lidl and Costa as a draw and 144 free parking spaces, schemes such as this are the future of retailing.”

FHP have been retained to lease the shop units with 3 now under offer.  Rents are £27,500 pa per unit.

Works have now started on site with Beechdale Retail Park due to open in the Summer of 2020.

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8 October 2019

FHP acting on behalf of Wesleyan Assurance Society have completed the sale of 31-33 Wheeler Gate, Nottingham to a local family property company for a price of £1,325,000.

David Hargreaves of FHP, who handled the sale, confirmed that the premises which are next door to The Halifax and McDonalds are let on short leases at ground floor and basement to Frank Innes Estate Agents and Bureau de Change at a combined rent of £76,250 per annum, with 2 tenants at first floor providing a total income of £90,350 per annum.

Hargreaves went on to say: “The remaining upper floors are vacant and ideal for conversion to apartments. FHP Living have sold more than 50 apartments close by on Hounds Gate and Wheeler Gate where prices have ranged from £165,000 up to £350,000.”

He said: “As we know this market so well the opportunity was offered to a select group of 10 Investor / Developers, of which 6 bid, resulting in a sale well in excess of the quoting price to show the purchaser an initial yield of 6.80% net with development angles.”

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David Hargreaves

Date:  11 May 2018

Acting on behalf of Rhys Davies Properties, Mark Tomlinson of FHP Property Consultants is delighted to announce the sale of 11 Glaisdale Drive, a 26,000 sq ft office and warehouse property located on Glaisdale Drive.  The property has been acquired by Blue Whale Spa expanding their hot tub manufacturing import and export business from Basford.

Mark Tomlinson of FHP Property Consultants commented:

“We were working with Blue Whale Spa’s requirement for some time whose business has gone from strength to strength over the last five years.  Finding premises to service their expansion however was tricky.  We put a strategy together on 11 Glaisdale Drive, whereby they could remodel these former Capita offices on Glaisdale Drive for both warehousing and distribution uses while retaining much of the office content for their purposes.  I’m delighted that Blue Whale Spa can now move forwards with their expansion”.

Having let Unit 7 at Nunn Brook Rise, Huthwaite, to Nutrkap Limited who specialize in nutritional food supplements FHP Property Consultants are pleased to announce full occupancy for this site.

The 1,006 sq ft property is well located, being within a minutes access of the A38 which links Sutton in Ashfield, Kirkby in Ashfield and Mansfield to the East and Junction 28 of the M1 Motorway to the west.

Nunn Brook Rise Industrial Estate now follows in the footsteps on many other industrial estates in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire which have reached full capacity, such as Securiparc, Morris Court, City Business Park and the Ropewalk Industrial Estate.

Darran Severn from FHP Property Consultants commented:

“I am pleased to see this letting is now complete.  There is currently an unprecedented demand for units of this size and rents are on the up”.

If you are currently looking for a premises within Derbyshire, or simply wish to discuss your options please do not hesitate to get in touch.

For further information or for any advice about your property requirement please contact Darran Severn on 01332 224 854 or email darran@fhp.co.uk.

FHP acting on behalf of private clients are delighted to announce the most recent letting at the now fully let Quantum House on College Street to The Framework Web Development Limited who have opened a new office based in Nottingham.

Lucinda Hancock of FHP Property Consultants who concluded the letting commented:-

“The team at The Framework Web Development Limited considered a number of options across the City Centre before focussing their requirement on the Professional Quarter. Having shortlisted two properties handled by FHP I was pleased that the opportunity at College Street was selected to satisfy their requirement.”

Stephan Hayward of The Framework Web Development Limited commented:-

“We are extremely excited to be moving into Quantum House, and feel it’s the perfect place from which we can grow our business. FHP (Lucinda) was pivotal in our decision to move into the property, they were professional, curious and reactive – meeting us with only 20 minutes’ notice!”

For further information with respect to this letting, please contact Lucinda Hancock of FHP Property Consultants on 0115 841 4794 or lucinda@fhp.co.uk