A modern office building left vacant after its previous occupier went into liquidation has been sold to an independent financial advice firm, which will relocate from its base near Bristol. Integrated Financial Solutions has bought the long leasehold interest in Xchange House at Pickwick Park near Corsham and renamed it The Hayloft. The firm, formed...
Bath Spa University’s landmark Green Park House student accommodation building has been awarded a major property award. The 461-bed purpose-built scheme, pictured, which replaced the derelict former Green Park residential care home opposite Green Park station, topped the Regeneration category at last night’s 2017 RICS Awards, South West. It was one of nine award winners...
Redevelopment of an historic but overlooked area of Bath is taking another step towards completion after planning permission was granted for its final phase. Building work on part of Walcot Yard, off Walcot Street, is already underway with a courtyard of eight three-bedroomed houses by Bath-based developers Kersfield. Now construction on the remainder of...
YTL Developments UK, the Bath-based firm behind the redevelopment of Filton Airfield in Bristol, has appointed former Bristol City Council strategic director for place Barra Mac Ruairí as its new divisional director of design and development. YTL Developments UK, part of the giant Malaysian-owned YTL group – which also owns Wessex Water – is...
Keynsham-based estate agents and property group Andrews has unveiled the first home in its innovative 70th anniversary social housing fundraising initiative. Andrews celebrated its 70th anniversary last year by raising £70,000 to kick-start the ambitious project, called Establish, which recognises the philanthropic origins of the business. Working in collaboration with its principal shareholder Andrews...
Leading figures from Bath’s property sector gathered to toast progress on one of the city’s most significant new housing projects. Construction is well underway at Holburne Park, where the first new homes are already coming out of the ground in a secluded location on Warminster Road, above Sydney Gardens and bordering the Kennet and...
Maeve England, a partner at Bath law firm Mogers Drewett, has been appointed as the new chair of the Bath Business Improvement District (BID) board. She replaces Nigel Huxley, manager of Waitrose’s Bath store, who is stepping down from the BID board to pursue a new position with the supermarket group in Bristol. Maeve...
Bath-based online wedding gift list firm Prezola has more than doubled the size of its warehouse after its landlord, city-based commercial property firm HPH, completed a major refurbishment of the building. Prezola, which has its head office on Queen Square, sources 30,000-plus products from more than 100 of the UKs leading high street and...
A major conference in June will bring together the West of England’s political and business leaders as it faces a period of unprecedented change following the Metro Mayor and national Parliamentary elections. The West of England Economic Growth Conference on June 23 will offer delegates the first opportunity to discuss the region’s economic future...
Plans have been drawn up for 20 small units on the 35-acre Hawke Ridge Business Park between Trowbridge and Westbury offering smaller firms the chance to relocate to the area’s newest business location. Developer Bath-based HPH Commercial Property has submitted a detailed planning application to Wiltshire Council for the scheme, to be called Kestrel...
