Topland has signed two tenants at its recently acquired Reading Bridge House.  OneSelect Energy has located to the building’s 7th floor, taking 5,920 sq.ft on a five year lease at £27.50 per sq.ft.  Group BC will be on part of the 9th floor taking 4,419 sq.ft at a new record rent for the building of £28 per sq.ft.  Group BC has taken a 10 year lease.
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McKay Securities, the UK REIT specialising exclusively in the London and South East office and industrial markets, has let the whole of 9 Greyfriars Road, its speculative 39,620 sqft office development in Reading, to IWG’s (formerly Regus) creative workspace arm Spaces.
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CONSULTANCY – CLIENT SERVICE

WINNER – CAMPBELL GORDON

Two consultancies were contesting this award, and both were hoping for one answer to make them smile.

Campbell Gordon – a submission encapsulating the firm’s great work since 2013 in defining and implementing a successful property strategy for Bracknell & Wokingham College.

Vail Williams – a submission highlighting dependable client service for St John Ambulance over nearly 20 years and involving scores of properties.

Colin Allan, managing director for Morgan Lovell, once again presented the winner’s award.

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Hermes Investment Management has made a couple of lettings at its Abbey Gardens office complex in Reading.

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Five occupiers have signed for Reading’s 195-acre Green Park office campus in Reading.

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Salmon Harvester Properties (SHP) has let a 3,252 sq ft floor in its 2 Queen’s Square office building on Ascot Business Park.

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CBRE has rebounded to the top of the Western Corridor office league table. Amid falling take-up and deals, it doubled both its disposals, to 711,000 sq ft, and deal numbers, to 44, to storm over 250,000 sq ft clear at the top. Unlike previous years, a town centre deal was the largest overall.

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Salmon Harvester Properties (SHP) has let a 3,269 sq ft floor in its 2 Queen’s Square office building on Ascot Business Park in Ascot.

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Westcore UK has bought the Alpha Building, a 68,000 sq ft office in the centre of Reading, from Aberdeen Asset Management for close to the £12.5m guide price.

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M&G and Bell Hammer have formally brought to market for lease the latest phases of their Forbury Place development, a circa 600,000 sq ft urban estate being part speculatively developed in the centre of Reading. The current quoting rent of £37.50 per sq ft will be seen as further evidence of rebounding office space prices in key UK centres.

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