National deals round-up

INDUSTRIAL 127 Albert Street, Fleet GU51 3SN ■ Size: 8,803 sq ft (751 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 18/08/2017 ■ Rent: £72,495 pa, 10-year lease, tenant-only break after year five, 12 months rent free ■Lessor’s agent: Lambert Smith Hampton ■Lessee: Screwfix   Unit 12, Glenmore Business Centre, Aerodrome Road, Gosport PO13 0FJ ■ Size: 1,160 sq ft (108 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 01/10/2017 ■ Rent: £8,500 pa, three-year lease ■Lessor’s agent: Cyan Power ■Lessor: Scour Protection ■Lessee: Kool Runnings   Unit 14, Youngs Industrial Estate, Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard LU7 4QB ■ Size: 3,366 sq ft (313 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 02/10/2017 ■ Rent: £26,500 pa, five-year lease, two months rent free ■Lessor: Stanbridge Road Development ■Lessor’s agents: Smiddy & Co and Clock Property ■Lessee: G2 Naturals   Unit 2A, Roundwood Trading Estate, Roundwood Park, Ossett WF5 9SQ ■ Size: 3,700 sq ft (344 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 15/09/2017 ■ Rent: £27,000 pa, 10-year lease ■Lessor: Calder Security ■Lessor’s agent: Vickers Carnley ■Lessee: Lincolnshire Electrical Wholesalers   Unit 38 Aberaman Industrial Estate, Cardiff Road, Aberaman CF44 6DA ■ Size:1,500 sq ft (139 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 17/10/2017 ■ Rent: £7,500 pa, three-year lease ■Lessor’s agent: Jenkins Best ■Lessee: J3 Windows   Unit 7A, Willow Farm Business Park, Castle Donington DE74 2UB ■ Size: 36,877 sq ft (3,426 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 16/10/2017 ■ Rent: £200,000 pa, five-year lease, third-year break, two months rent free ■Lessor’s agent: FHP ■Lessor: Hillary’s Properties ■Lessee’s agent: Elliam ■Lessee: Breezemount   Unit 9, Blue Ridge Park, Alpine Court, Colorado Way, Castleford WF10 4TL ■ Size: 22,960 sq ft (2,133 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 15/10/2017 ■ Rent: £126,280 pa, three-year lease ■Lessor: CRT Property Investments ■Lessor’s asset manager: Blue Marble Asset Management ■Lessor’s agent: GVA ■Lessee: Sigma Retail Solutions   West Telferton Industrial Estate, West Telferton, Edinburgh EH7 6UL ■ Size: 29,061 sq ft (2,700 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 24/10/2017 ■ Price: £2,500,000, yield 7.2% ■Vendor: IPIF ■Purchaser’s agent: Ryden ■Purchaser: Buccleuch Property NON-RESI Former Frodsham Library, High Street, Frodsham WA6 7HE ■ Size: 8,305 sq ft (772 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 15/10/2017 ■ Price: £630,000 ■Purchaser’s agent: Regional Property Solutions ■Purchaser: The House Crowd ■Vendor’s agent: Behr & Co ■Vendor: Library House LEISURE Health and Fitness Club, Waters Meeting Road, Bolton BL1 8TT ■ Size: 83,356 sq ft (7,744 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 24/10/2017 ■ Price: £3,210,000, yield 7.31% ■Purchaser’s asset manager: Blue Marble Asset Management ■Purchaser’s agent: Wade & Company ■Purchaser: Pemberstone Properties ■Vendor’s agent: Dove Haigh Phillips   17 Grange Way, Colchester CO2 8HF ■ Size: 22,990 sq ft (2,136 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 29/08/2017 ■ Rent: £100,000 pa, 15-year lease, break after 10 years, 12 months rent free ■Lessor’s agent: Newman Commercial ■Lessee: Pump Gyms RETAIL 13 Market Place, Dereham NR19 2AW ■ Size: 2,466 sq ft (229 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 02/10/2017 ■ Rent: £24,000 pa, 15-year lease break, review after years five and 10 ■Lessor’s agent: Brown & Co ■Lessor: Evelyn Oldfield Unit ■Lessee: East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice   18 Albert Street, Rugby CV21 2RS ■ Size: 1,317 sq ft (122 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 01/10/2017 ■ Rent: £12,000 pa, five-year lease, break after 2.5 years ■Lessor’s agent: George & Company ■Lessor: Rugby Conservative Association ■Lessee: Salters of Rugby   20 West Walk, Yate Shopping Centre, Yate BS37 4AP ■ Size: 1,491 sq ft (139 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 03/10/2017 ■ Rent: £30,000 pa, five-year lease, break after year three, six months rent free ■Lessor’s agent: Savills ■Lessor: Ellandi LLP ■Lessee: The Bay Tree   44 University Road, Belfast BT7 1NJ ■ Size: 1,599 sq ft (149 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 01/08/2017 ■ Rent: £25,000 pa, 10-year lease ■Lessor’s agent: McConnell Chartered Surveyors ■Lessee: Bull & Ham OFFICE Unit 3&4, The Cable Yard, Electric Wharf, Sandy Lane, Coventry CV1  4JA ■ Size: 1,137 sq ft (106 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 15/09/2017 ■ Rent: £14,781 pa, five-year lease ■Lessor’s agent: Bromwch Hardy ■Lessee: 10 Digital EG’s Most Active Agent competition winners DORSET Goadsby Sibbett Gregory Nettleship Sawyer Ellis & Partners Willis Commercial Dealmaker: Thomas Simpkin, Ellis & Partners: “Over recent years I have noticed a sharp rise in new businesses taking up retail space – especially in suburban locations – along with residential investors moving their focus over to commercial investments. I put the former down to economic growth in the area, while the latter, I feel, is strongly linked to changes in planning and the introduction of the 3% extra SDLT on purchasing additional residential property. To submit your deals please e-mail deals@egi.co.uk or tweet @egdeals