House prices fell at their fastest annual rate for nearly three years last month, the latest survey from Nationwide building society showed this morning. Prices have now declined in four of the past five months, the Swindon-based lender said. The fall of 0.7% in July means prices are now...
An 80-bedroom landmark hotel designed by Bristol firm Key Architecture has been given the go-ahead by planners in a move that will kick-start regeneration of a rundown part of Bridgwater. Sedgemoor District Council approved the scheme (pictured below) after clarifying car parking on the site in the town’s Eastover...
From Bristol 24-7 Controversial plans to turn Clifton’s derelict Whiteladies Picture House into flats and a gym have been thrown out. All six councillors on the Bristol City Council planning committee last night voted against the plan – with one describing the state of the Grade-II listed building as...
Bristol Rovers’ ambitious plans for a new stadium at UWE have been approved by South Gloucestershire planners. The club hopes to be playing at the 21,700 capacity ground by the start of 2014/15 season. The new stadium will be partly paid for by the sale of the club’s Memorial...
Communications agency McCann has extended its lease for a further five years on its waterfront premises in Bristol – testament, it says, to its continued success in the South West and nationally. The move comes as managing director Andy Reid, who has appointed earlier this year, continues to inject...
Plans for a landmark office building in central Bristol were released today with its developers calling it a clear sign of optimism in the market. London & County want to build the showpiece 88,000 sq ft, nine-storey building (pictured below) – to be called Victoria Central and visually similar...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol Rovers’ dream of a new stadium is a step closer to reality after South Gloucestershire planning officers recommended the plans for approval. Plans for the scheme on land next to the University of the West of England will be considered by councillors next Thursday....
A major warehouse development at Severnside near Bristol, which could create up to 500 jobs, has received planning consent. The 38,000 sq m centre – roughly the size of nine football pitches – is made up of two storage and distribution units which will be built on land at...
Redcliffe Wharf, central Bristol’s last remaining waterfront site, is finally to be developed following selection of Complex Development Projects (CDP) as the city council’s preferred developer. And a local brewery is already hoping to secure one of the waterside bar/restaurant units to use as a micro brewery while a...
The Bristol office of DTZ has completed the sale of a 4.69 acre development site in Somerset to portable modular building contractor, Portakabin. The land at Isleport Business Park in Highbridge was sold to Portakabin on behalf of a regional property company, represented by DTZ. BNP Paribas acted on...
Bristol’s landmark Colston Tower office building has received planning consent for a full makeover which will include new shop frontages on Colston Avenue and sustainable timber paneling. The £250,000 improvements come a year after London-based firms Ellandi and Development Securities bought the 90,000 sq ft city centre building off...
A foundation stone has been unveiled at Chesterfield Hospital site in Clifton, marking a milestone in the £20m redevelopment project to create a state-of-the-art medical facility for Bristol. The outdated 1970s hospital on the site is being replaced by Nuffield Health in a scheme that includes the sympathetic restoration...
The specialist teams in international commercial property firm Colliers’ Bristol office have been strengthened by the arrival of four more surveyors. Sam Williams (development consulting) Jay Risdale (corporate restructuring) Gemma Daly (valuation) and Tom Watkins (industrial) join as the firm seeks to maintain the impetus of a restructuring in...
