The challenge: After replacing CBRE as joint letting agents in November 2010, Bray Fox Smith were tasked with finding a tenant, on behalf of Threadneedle, for the vacant Gainsborough – a huge, three-storey office building, situated in a 35 acre business park in unfashionable Dunstable. Gainsborough is a headquarters-style office building and the hardest element [...]
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The challenge Kajima, the Japanese construction company, needed to relocate its UK headquarters function to new office space. Their existing accommodation at Grove House, Marylebone Way in central London was rapidly becoming outdated, and Kajima wanted to refurbish it. Bray Fox Smith with its experience in West End occupational market was selected to assist the [...]
Click here to readThe challenge: To find a buyer for a former office building that had planning consent for conversion to 23 residential apartments and retention of the ground floor retail. Chris Dickin, Rob Bray’s former colleague and now owner of Clay Street property consultants, approached Rob for some informal advice on values and suggested that we introduce [...]
Click here to readThe challenge: To sell Gazeley’s former European headquarters following its letting to Hughes Networks. Gazeley, one of Europe’s largest developers of distribution space, had relocated its HQ to Victoria and let its freehold building to a local occupier. BrayFoxSmith had given some advice to Gazeley on the letting of the building and was subsequently asked [...]
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The challenge: Rob was approached by an old University friend and former flat mate for advice on acquiring alternative office space in Guildford. US headquartered Peabody Energy are world’s largest private-sector coal company, with 2009 sales of 244 million tons and $6 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel 10 percent of all U.S. electricity [...]
Click here to readThe challenge: To purchase a prime Thames Valley development site. This 11 acre site, less than 1 mile from junction 7 of the M4, was formerly the HQ of Wyeth Laboratories before its takeover by Pfizer and was previously marketed in 2007 when a £23m deal to purchase the site fell through due to the [...]
Click here to readThe challenge: To purchase a single let, long leasehold office investment on Cambridge’s most prestigious science park. The 38,907 sq ft building is let to WorldPay Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, for a further 5.5 years unexpired. This was a challenging investment as the freehold is owned by Trinity College [...]
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The challenge: Bray Fox Smith, through its market knowledge and experience, identified the opportunity that existed at Imperial Place at Elstree Way in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. It was a great opportunity for an investor who had sufficient funds and the potential to acquire it quickly. The challenge was to find a suitable buyer. The solution: We [...]
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The challenge: Our challenge was to assist ITV in the disposal of five surplus properties and minimise the media company’s property exposure. The solution: An initial review of the properties highlighted the need for clearer and more in-depth information on each of the buildings ahead of them coming to the market. In collaboration with Morgan [...]
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The challenge Castle Metals Aerospace, a US based leading supplier of specialist metals to the aerospace industry with several operations in the UK, reluctantly needed to relocate to new premises urgently. Their existing building in Letchworth was being sold by their current landlord and they needed us to find for them around 40,000 sq ft [...]
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