National deals round-up

INDUSTRIAL Unit 132, Blakelands Industrial Estate, Tanners Drive, Milton Keynes MK14 5BU ■ Size: 1,841 sq ft (171 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 01/09/2017 ■ Rent: £14,750 pa, three-year lease ■ Lessor’s agent: Bidwells ■ Lessor: PR Blakelands ■ Lessee: Sample Automation . Unit 17, Stadium Trade & Business Park, Loverock Road, Reading RG30 1DZ ■ ize: 7,137 sq ft (886 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 20/10/2017 ■ Rent: £60,000 pa, 10-year lease, tenant-only break at year five ■ Lessor’s agent: Sharps Commercial ■ Lessor: Salmon Harvester Opportunity Fund ■ Lessee: Grant and Stone . Unit 1a, River Park Industrial Estate, Billet Lane, Berkhamsted HP4 1HL ■ Size: 12,637 sq ft (1,174 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 04/10/2017 ■ Price: £1,625,000 ■ Vendor’s agent: Aitchison Raffety ■ Purchaser: Maple Fine Foods . Unit 2, Circle South, Wharfside Way, Manchester M17 1NF ■ Size: 8,537 sq ft (793 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 15/09/2017 ■ Rent: £55,490 pa, five-year lease ■ Lessor’s agents: B8 Real Estate & JLL ■ Lessor: CBRE Asset Management ■ Lessee: Psf Project 3 . Unit 3, Griffin Business Park, Walmer Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 6QQ ■ Size: 5,278 sq ft (490 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 15/09/2017 ■ Rent: £26,126 pa, five-year lease ■ Lessor’s agent: White Rose Retail ■ Lessor: Logicor ■ Lessee: Enterprise Building Products . Unit 6, Widnes Business Park, Foundry Lane, Widnes WA8 8UD ■ Size: 10,185 sq ft (946 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 15/09/2017 ■ Rent: £20,370 pa, five-year lease ■ Lessor’s agent: BE Group ■ Lessor: Prospect Estates ■ Lessee: Indigo . OFFICE 12 St Thomas Place, Ely CB7 4EX ■ Size: 1,397 sq ft (130 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 29/09/2017 ■ Rent: £17,400 pa, five-year lease, break at year two ■ Lessor’s agent: Cheffins ■ Lessor: Andrew Benton & Co ■ Lessee: OCD . Newspaper House, Rothwell Road, Kettering NN16 8GA ■ Size: 10,276 sq ft (955 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 17/10/2017 ■ Rent: £154,140 pa, 10-year lease ■ Lessor’s agent: Budworth Hardcastle Lessee: Total Computer Networks . Suite 1, Alcora Building, Mucklow Hill, Halesowen B62 8DG ■ Size: 2,211 sq ft (205 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 19/10/2017 ■ Rent: £18,600 pa (includes 12 car parking spaces at £300 per space), three-year lease, three months rent free ■ Lessors agent: Fisher German ■ Lessor: Alcora Warren Investments ■ Lessee: BAM Nuttall . Suite 10, Muirfield Centre, Brown Road, Cumbernauld G67 1AA ■ Size: 667 sq ft (62 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 30/10/2017 ■ Rent: £8,004 pa, three-year lease, three months rent free ■ Lessor: Culture NL ■ Lessor’s agent: Shepherd Commercial ■ Lessee: Egan Construction . RETAIL 19 Brighton Place, Brighton BN1 1HJ ■ Size: 527 sq ft (49 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 26/09/2017 ■ Rent: £20,000 pa, five-year lease, mutual break at year two, rent review at year three ■ Lessor’s agent: Carr & Priddle ■ Lessor: Redevco UK ■ Lessee: Point One Coffee . 103 Otley Road, Leeds LS6 3PX ■ Size: 366 sq ft (34 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 01/10/2017 ■ Rent: £10,500 pa, five-year lease ■ Lessor: Haus Properties ■ Lessor’s agent: Nabarro McAllister & Company ■ Lessee: Vapestation Inc . 11 River Street, Truro TR1 2SQ ■ Size: 1,040 sq ft (97 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 27/09/2017 ■ Rent: £35,000 pa, 10-year lease, break at year five, review every three years, three months rent free ■ Lessor’s agent: Redgrave Commercial ■ Lessee: Rohan . 14 Elm Row, Edinburgh EH7 4AA ■ Size: 2,027 sq ft (188 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 30/10/2017 ■ Rent: £27,500 pa, 15-year lease ■ Lessor: Castle Crown Properties ■ Lessor’s agent: Eric Young & Co ■ Lessee: Rimmer Music . 31-32 St Mary Street, Cardiff CF10 1AB ■ Size: 5,884 sq ft (547 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 27/09/2017 ■Rent: £55,000 pa, 15-year lease ■ Lessor’s agent: EJ Hales ■ Lessor: Garnhill Investment Co ■ Lessee: Madeira . 588 Denby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield WF4 3DH ■ Size: 360 sq ft (33 sq m) ■ Date of deal: 01/10/2017 ■ Price: £295,000 ■ Vendor: Calder Grove Stores ■ Vendor’s agent: Vickers Carnley ■ Purchaser: Denby Rolls EG’s Most Active Agent competition winners WILTSHIRE 1. Myddelton & Major 2. Whitmarsh Lockhart 3. Alder King 4. Kavanaghs 5. Woolley & Wallis Dealmaker: Chris Brooks, Whitmarsh Lockhart Occupier demand and take-up in Swindon and the wider marketplace remains strong, despite recent economic uncertainty. There is still a lack of quality office and industrial premises, especially larger than 50,000 sq ft.Despite an ever-constrained supply of employment land, we are now starting to see the first speculative development, helping to reinforce developer confidence in our market, while providing much-needed stock for 2018. To submit your deals please e-mail deals@egi.co.uk or tweet @egdeals