Swindon brewer Arkell’s has acquired two outlets from Enterprise Inns as the 168-year business continues to develop its estate. The family firm has bought the Fox and Hounds in Haydon Wick and The King’s Arms Hotel in Malmesbury, paying the market price for both and expanding its portfolio to 107 properties. The Fox and...
A major online retailer is poised to sign a deal for a large distribution warehouse in the West, part of a growing trend on the back of the dramatic rise in internet shopping this Christmas. Commercial property specialists Colliers International has witnessed similar developments across the country as shoppers increasingly hunt bargains on the...
Muse Developments and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have submitted a detailed planning application to Swindon Borough Council for the first phase of regeneration at Union Square. The application seeks approval for one residential building comprising 45 assisted living apartments, and a 850 space multi-storey car park. This is following the outline planning...
RO Developments has completed two deals at its RO24 Swindon industrial scheme at South Marston, leaving just two units available. Workman LLP, a national firm of commercial property specialists, has taken a 3,055 sq ft unit on a 10-year lease at an annual rent of £18,350. Meanwhile, Retro Vehicle Services, which provides specialist automotive...
Stronger-than-expected rent collection figures have helped buoy high street landlords ahead of the crucial Christmas trading season. Some 94% of retailers paid on time on quarter day – the day every three months when rents are due – up from 85% for the same quarter last year. The figure is a rare piece of...
Swindon pioneering housing and regeneration agency GreenSquare Group has acquired heating contractor and consultant G W Sparrow, also based in the town. GreenSquare was formed in April 2008 and includes housing associations Oxford Citizens and Westlea, commercial subsidiary Oakus Estates and in-house construction firm Tidestone. It also works in partnership with designer Kevin McCloud’s...
Developer Gazeley’s massive B&Q warehouse scheme at South Marston has won Deal of the Year (over 50,000 sq ft) at the Industrial Agents Society (IAS) annual awards. The 800,000 sq ft distribution centre is the largest of three units on Gazeley’s 98-acre G. Park Swindon site and was handed over to B&Q six weeks...
Healthcare and medical device supplier Vygon has completed its move to Swindon’s iconic former Motorola factory, with the French-owned saying it will grow and develop in its new base. Vygon, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, spent £15m buying the 46-acre site at Groundwell and transforming the landmark building into its UK...
Work is about to start on the long-awaited £1.85m upgrade of Swindon railway station’s forecourt – a project seen as essential to lifting the town’s image and an important part of the wider town centre redevelopment. The nine-month programme of major improvements will give priority to pedestrians, safely separating them from traffic. There will...
Sovereign South+West, the regional housing provider with hundreds of homes in Swindon, is in detailed negotiations that could result in it taking over more than 700 more properties in the town and across Wiltshire. Sovereign, which is based in Newbury and has an office in Swindon, plans to swap its 641 homes in Somerset...
