Six months ago Roger Saul, founder of the iconic luxury goods brand Mulberry, launched the first phase of a regeneration scheme to transform a former Somerset mill and one-time home to Babycham, into a unique designer shopping outlet. Here Anne Gorringe examines the fascinating history and bright future of...
Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has appointed construction group Vinci to redevelop its Chesterfield Hospital site in Bristol in a deal worth £11m. The project, with a total investment of £20m by Nuffield safeguards 95 jobs and potentially creates up to a further 50. It will create a new state-of-the-art...
National bakery chain Greggs has opened an outlet on the Beeches Industrial Estate in Yate, near Bristol, as part of a nationwide programme to focus on places other than on its traditional high street locations. The baker, which has already opened units in similar non-retail locations in Avonmouth, Bridgwater, Exeter, Swansea and Cardiff, will provide a...
Bristol’s position as a major aerospace manufacturing centre would not be affected by the closure of Filton airfield, a report has concluded. BAE Systems plans to shut Filton Airfield in a year’s time with South Gloucestershire Council planners recommending constructing up to 2,500 homes and a large business park...
One floor of a newly-refurbished office building overlooking the M4/M5 interchange in north Bristol has come onto the market. Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, which owns the Axis Beta building at Almondsbury, has appointed Colliers International to let the 4,000 sq ft second floor. James Preece from Colliers’ Bristol office said refurbished...
Bristol has been chosen as the first venue and home of a new restaurant brand which is expected to be the next big thing for the UK’s restaurant sector. The £3m Za Za Bazaar restaurant, which opened this at Bristol Harbourside, has 1,000 covers in more than 30,000 sq...
Construction group Willmott Dixon is increasing its activity in the residential property market activity across the South West to a bid to combat reduced expenditure on public sector projects. The group, which traditionally has been a major player in the public sector and commercial construction markets, has appointed James...
A building designed to inspire and help educate UWE Bristol students studying architecture and product design, has won the public sector building 2011 award, from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Stride Treglown, the Bristol-based architects behind the building, were also been nominated for two other awards for...
The £50m Leisuredome to be built in Weston-super-Mare has secured its first tenants, including household name food and drinks retail brands and leading leisure operators. Bristol businessmen Mark and Clive Hamilton-Davies, the entrepreneurs behind the venture, have announced that sandwich retailer Subway, chicken takeaway chain Tennessee Chicken, local brewery...
Strong demand for industrial and logistics space of more than 50,000 sq ft in the South West reflected activity nationwide with UK take-up in the third quarter rebounding from 5.6m sq ft in Q2 to nearly 7m sq ft, according to DTZ Research’s Property Times UK Industrial report. It was...
Bristol-based Unite, the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation, achieved excellent performance through the third quarter in terms of reservation levels, customer service and financial performance, according to chief executive Mark Allan. "We remain well positioned to outperform the wider student accommodation sector as a result of our...
Crest Nicholson, the developer responsible for Bristol's Harbourside development (pictured), has been named Sustainable Housebuilder of the Year. The award recognises companies which demonstrate a real commitment to innovation in the housebuilding industry. Harbourside is one of the country’s largest mixed use developments and has transformed a derelict, 16-acre...
Demand for office space in Bristol city centre was slightly down in the third quarter and also below the same period last year, according to property specialists Knight Frank. Third-quarter take-up fell from 81,000 sq ft to 70,000 sq ft, with a total of 311,000 sq ft office space...
