Savills Investment Management (Savills IM), the international real estate investment manager, has acquired a distribution centre in Rosersberg near Stockholm, Sweden in an off-market transaction on behalf of its flagship European logistics fund, for an undisclosed purchase price. The fund’s portfolio comprises a total of 28 logistics assets in six European countries, and is now…
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Charlotte Harris, sustainability administrator at Pexhurst, explains why BRE Group’s SmartWaste tool has prompted the reimagining of the UK fit-out specialist’s waste management strategy. Harris joined Pexhurst just over a year ago as an assistant buyer and the company’s sustainability administrator when she was charged with overseeing the implementation and management of a new sustainability…
Savills Investment Management has completed the acquisition of five industrial warehouse buildings at Treatt Buildings, Northern Way Industrial Estate, Bury St Edmunds for £5.25 million (£833k per acre). The Northern Way Industrial Estate is located in an established industrial area of Bury St Edmunds and benefits from easy access to the A14, possessing a mix…
02.09.2021, 16:31 Addressing Building Carbon Targets Ellen Huelin, Associate Director at Whitecode Design Associates, explains why whole lifecycle environmental costing is essential for reducing the contribution of buildings to climate change. It was only a matter of weeks ago that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a global climate change report which proclaimed…
24.08.2021, 11:31 European Logistics Fund 3 Acquires Amsterdam Distribution Centre Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) has acquired a newly completed distribution centre near Amsterdam, the Netherlands from VDG Real Estate for EUR 46.9 million on behalf of its European Logistics Fund 3. ELF 3 is an open special alternative investment fund targeted at international…
28.06.2021, 11:20 Contract Awarded for Cambridgeshire Net Zero Ready Industrial Development Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) has awarded the construction contract for a new net zero carbon ready industrial development on the outskirts of Cambridge to be marketed as “Bourn Quarter”. The contract award to Readie Construction follows a successful application for planning permission…
15.02.2021, 11:58 Creating a Sound Roof Ahead of the launch of a new webinar series, Simon Downe, an area business manager with IKO Group Plc, compares the performance of mastic asphalt against cementitious screeds used in roofing applications. When installing a flat roofing system on either a new build or refurbishment project, contractors must ensure…
25.10.2019, 13:37 What Property Owners Can Learn from London’s Most Sustainable Office Spaces With sustainability on everyone’s minds, more and more businesses and large companies are making huge strides to ensure that the way they operate leaves the smallest footprint on the plant and the communities in which they are located. Progressive homeowners can also…