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May 2008
Sale/purchase of Homebase DIY Investment, Parkinson Way, Blackpool FY4 2AZ
April 2008
B&Q Investment Sale/Purchase in Alperton for £18.75 million
Investment Sale/Purchase of Homebase and Halfords investment, Welford Road, Leicester LE2 7TF
February 2008
Junction sale Great Western Retail Park, Glasgow
January 2008
Morrisons buy freehold of store at Sheffield
Morley dispose of Lady Bay Retail Park, Nottingham for £20.857 million.
December 2007
Standard Life sell Junction One Retail & Leisure Park in Rugby
£6 million sale in Sunderland
November 2007
Tesco buy potential foodstore site in Epsom for £9 million
September 2007
Morley fund new retail park In Harrogate
July 2007
British Land sell Matalan in Sutton for £13.5million
June 2007
Meols Cop Retail Park, Southport sold to UBS Global Asset Management for £54.5 million
Investment sale of Orwell Retail Park in Ipswich for £16.6 million
May 2007
Springvale Retail Park, Orpington sold to Morley Fund Management £82.375m
Investment acquisition of Peel Centre Retail Park in Dumfries for £25 million by Morley Pooled Pensions Ltd
April 2007
British Land sell New Cross Gate Retail Park
LaSalle Investment Management purchase three London DIY stores
Brooklands Retail Park, Cardiff
March 2007
British Land sell vacant B&Q in Chadwell Heath
Land Securities dispose of White City Retail Park
January 2007
Morley Fund Management acquire best bulky goods scheme park in Plymouth
Morley acquire "Blue" shopping park portfolio for £140 million
December 2006
LxB sell portfolio of 7 properties to Cheval Properties
Morley sells Focus in Newport
Sainsbury's Etruria Road, Hanley
British Land sell Two Rivers Retail Park to Invista REIM
Morley sell portfolio to Scottish Widows
October 2006
The Junction acquire Morfa Shopping Park in Swansea
British Land sell two Somerfield foodstores
September 2006
Homebase, Southbourne Road, St Austell
August 2006
Helical Bar sell the Wickes in Worthing to Morley
B&Q, Gallows Corner, Romford
Hammerson sell Avenue Retail Park, Cardiff
LIM sell B&Q Warehouse in Bolton
July 2006
HIF sell Wickes DIY store in Watford
June 2006
British Land sell Furniture Village in Tunbridge Wells to CBRE Investors
March 2006
Audley Developments, Forward Fund - New DIY store in Swindon
Waitrose, 345/353 Wimborne Road, Winton, Bournemouth
February 2006
Arlington Sale - Turner Rise Retail Park, Colchester
January 2006
LXB acquires Abbey Retail Park Ltd
December 2005
HIF Sells Matalan in Romford
Helical Bar sell Focus in Crowborough to DVS
Festival Heights Retail Park, Stoke on Trent, sold by Morley for £28.9 million
Sale of Wickes investment at Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes
Investment sale/purchase of Bridge Retail Park in Wokingham
November 2005
New Ilva Gateshead Store acquired for £49.15 million
British Land and HSBC Pension Fund buy Ikea Retail Park in Bristol
Sainsbury's Property swap with Lincoln Assurance
Investment Acquisition by Morley of Alston Retail Park in Keighley for £18.025 Million
£40 million sale on the Western Avenue., London W3 for Threadneedle
October 2005
Banbury Cross Retail Park sold for £69.25 million by HUT and HSBC
September 2005
HIF buy Wickes store in Hove
Homebase - Easton Lane, Winchester
LXB buy Sainsbury’s in Luton
August 2005
Helical Bar buy Focus in Paignton for £5.67M
Morley spend £56.5 million on a retail park
July 2005
LxB acquire Carisbrooke Retail Park, Isle of Wight for £6.7m
Prudential Pensions acquire two Warrington developments
USS sell Harlow Retail Park for £35.255 million
May 2005
LaSalle distribute £54 million of property to Hercules Income Fund
April 2005
Newbridge sell 28 East Retail Park in Newport for £45 million
HIF acquire East Kilbride Retail Park for £22 million
March 2005
LxB extend supermarket ownership in Melton Mowbray
February 2005
Pillar attract Scottish DIY store to new fund
January 2005
Pillar sells Manchester shopping park for £167.3 million
December 2004
Legal & General sell Wickes at Tottenham for £11.12 million
LxB sell Telford Bridge Retail Park for £61 million
November 2004
Helical Bar buy Focus in Crowborough, East Sussex
October 2004
Hammerson sell Catford Retail Park
September 2004
Helical Bar acquire DIY store in Surrey
August 2004
Pillar acquire two retail parks in Devon
July 2004
HSBC structure transaction on five retail parks with Hercules Unit Trust
June 2004
Investment sale of Sainsbury's at Wednesfield
May 2004
Insight Investment purchase Focus at Bromley
April 2004
HUT disposes of Northern Irish retail warehouse park
BL dispose of DIY store in Dorchester for £3.474 million
March 2004
The Junction adds to its Glasgow holdings
LxB funds retail park in Llanelli
Scotland's premier fashion park is transferred to HUT
February 2004
LaSalle buy prime in Basingstoke
LxB buy in Crayford and Strood
December 2003
Hammerson purchases part of the Brent Cross Shopping Park
November 2003
Threadneedle purchases the Homebase, Dreams Beds and Nevada Bob's units in Eastleigh
Clerical Medical purchases the Courts unit in Cardiff
LaSalle Investment Management sells two retail parks to Standard Life for £89 million
October 2003
Forward funding arranged for Audley Developments in Carmarthen
September 2003
Hercules purchases the Prospect Place Retail Park in Dartford
Forward funding sale concluded for Pettifer Estates of a prelet to TK Maxx in Northampton
August 2003
Hercules Unit Trust acquires B&Q and open A1 retail park in Cortonwood, Barnsley
July 2003
Citigroup fund new Wickes in Milton Keynes
June 2003
Henderson sell open A1 scheme in Canterbury to new Trust buyer
May 2003
Land Securities take a profit in Hendon
April 2003
LXB beefs up portfolio with Telford acquisitions
March 2003
British Land sell retail park in Reading to institutional buyers
The Pru buys a B&Q in Romford
February 2003
Hercules makes a turn in Guildford
Helical Bar snaps up open consented scheme in Sevenoaks
January 2003
British Land swoops on retail park in Dumfries
Pillar leads consortium for largest retail warehouse portfolio ever!
December 2002
Hercules buys fashion scheme in Oxford
Aberdeen sell Wickes and Netto stores in Darlington to finance buyer
Morley Fund Management sell Homebase in Bournemouth to Land Securities
Hammerson extend ownership in Newport Road, Cardiff
November 2002
Newbridge Construction completes development at 28 East Retail Park, Newport, South Wales
Fund buys in Ealing
October 2002
Pillar fund Castlemore's Brent Cross scheme
Aberdeen sell in Keighley and Loughborough
September 2002
Haslemere sale in Leeds to Tesco
August 2002
BAE Systems buys B&Q unit in Mitcham
Helical acquires Homebase in St Austell
July 2002
Audley Developments sell retail park in Newton Abbot
May 2002
Major portfolio acquisition for Morley
April 2002
LaSalle invest in Weymouth
Wilson Bowden and Richardsons sell West One Shopping Park in Manchester to Standard Life
March 2002
Hercules agree to acquire Prospect Retail Park in Dartford
Pillar sell stake in Birstall Shopping Park to Hercules
February 2002
Grantchester sell Airdrie Retail Park
January 2002
Capital & Counties buy Homebase store in Dover
November 2001
Helical Bar buy reversionary Sainsbury's superstore in Wednesfield, Birmingham
September 2001
Pillar sell Fulham superstore to Safeway
August 2001
Tesco purchase Seacroft Centre in Leeds
July 2001
Dixons sell Isle of Wight retail scheme
June 2001
Wilson Bowden sell retail park in Thetford
May 2001
Proposed Grimsby retail park sold to Chartwell Land
April 2001
Pillar sell Speke scheme to Hercules for £141 million
March 2001
Pearl Assurance acquire new B&Q Warehouse in Plymouth
February 2001
Clerical Medical buy Wickes in Woking
January 2001
Allied Dunbar sell newly refurbished holding in Mansfield
December 2000
Hercules invest further in Orpington
November 2000
Henderson acquire DIY unit in Whetstone
Essex CC sell Homebase in Norwich
October 2000
LaSalle purchase four retail parks from Grantchester
September 2000
Asda Properties realise profits in Totton
August 2000
Morley Properties acquire Great Mills in Torquay
Scudder Threadneedle invest in Park Royal
July 2000
LaSalle purchase prime Nottingham scheme
Asda Property buy second Barrow retail park in a year
Asda Property invest in Hayes
June 2000
Dawn sell Irvine scheme to Tesco
Audley sell Warrington development for £11.1 million
April 2000
Pillar invest £100 million in Liverpool
£21 million supermarket investment for British Land
March 2000
Legal & General shops for £13 million Safeway in Sheffield
CMG fund major south coast DIY store
February 2000
Grantchester add £9 million acquisition to Welsh portfolio
Royal London takes profits in Watford
Henderson re-invest in prime open A1 park in Canterbury
January 2000
Courts in Swindon sold by ABC
ABC sells prime DIY in Harrogate
Hercules goes north to Inverness
Henderson sell small units in Basildon and Manchester
March 2008
Worthing - Downlands Retail Park redevelopment
February 2008
Dreams of Merrielands
January 2008
Wakefield success Storey
December 2007
Easy Living Furniture settle into Cheltenham
Allied downsize in Colchester
November 2007
Dunelm sign in Dumfries
October 2007
New retail park for Harrogate
August 2007
Scottish Power surrender at Festival Retail Park in Stoke on Trent
July 2007
Allied's prospects improve in Dartford
Maplin sign up at Worcester
June 2007
Laura Ashley are Cuckoo at Dumfries
Surplus Currys units surrendered
May 2007
Former Courts unit in Chester sold
Subway take first drive-thru unit at Wakefield
Allied relocate in Great Yarmouth
April 2007
AA disposals continue to motor ahead
March 2007
Allied back in Watford
February 2007
AA disposals heading in the right direction
Pets at Home sign at Coatbridge
Allied's new store flying in Halifax
January 2007
Wickes take former Allders store in Southampton
Focus lease sold in Loughborough to Go Outdoors
Westgate Retail Park in Wakefield now fully let
Wickes open new Extra stores in Harlow and Birmingham Perry Barr
December 2006
Allied dispose of surplus Cannock store
Allied downsize at Oldham
October 2006
Allied Grand Junction relocation
September 2006
SCS to open in Huddersfield
Pets at Home success at Winchester
August 2006
Tesco Homeplus is added to Staines
AA complete another disposal
Maplin and Homestyle to take space at Wakefield
Broadstairs Retail Park in Thanet completes on schedule
July 2006
Speke hits £55.00 per sq ft
Maplin commit in Harlow
Clarks pay £40.00 per sq ft in Inverness
June 2006
New lettings at Nugent Shopping Park in Orpington
Blacks acquire a unit in Milton Keynes
New Cross Gate - Dreams
Work begins in Perry Barr, Birmingham for Wickes Extra
Parkgate, Rotherham nearly at £50.00 per sq ft
May 2006
Completion of Focus DIY's new store in Corby
Teesside attracts Mamas & Papas and Lilley & Skinner
Toys “R” Us take 2nd store in Northern Ireland
April 2006
Costa and Shutopia go to Borehamwood
Next open in South Birmingham
Costa and Shutopia go to Borehamwood
Interios into Darlington
March 2006
Guiseley rents hit £25.00 per sq ft
JD downsize Cheshunt
CSL into Courts at Warrington
Tottenham Hale refurbishment starts
February 2006
Pizza Hut sign up to Banbury
Currys sign up for second store in Swansea
Lincoln Zone A rates hit £70.00 per sq ft
Currys take flagship store in Manchester
January 2006
New Look open in Rotherham
JJB relocate within Inverness
Speke attracts River Island and Mamas & Papas
December 2005
Prelettings announced at Nugent Shopping Park
Silverlink rents reach £36.00 per sq ft
Orpington rents hit £40.00 per sq ft
November 2005
PC World acquire second store in Southampton
Allied acquire Widnes unit
MFI relocate in Cardiff
October 2005
Thanet Retail Park is 80% prelet
PC World relocate in Telford
Brent South Shopping Park now fully let
September 2005
Allied secure unit in Folkestone
Allied sign for new store in Spalding
Next and Mamas & Papas go to Milton Keynes
M&S take anchor store at Teesside
August 2005
Currys upsize in Middlesbrough
Boots pay £35.00 per sq ft in Torquay
July 2005
PC World relocate in Speke
Next and Boots sign up for Chelmsford
Au Naturale acquire former Scottish Power unit
Currys double in size in Torquay
June 2005
Wickes take access of new Swansea Extra store
Next go out of town in Doncaster
Currys acquire a unit in Clacton
Bromborough rents hit £35.00 per sq ft
May 2005
Currys relocate in Evesham
Marks & Spencer take flagship store in Milton Keynes
Pillar acquire Kwik Save site in Newcastle
Speke rents hit £45.00 per sq ft
Henderson secure Next in Nottingham
Borders and TK Maxx go to Teesside
April 2005
Arcadia take large store at Borehamwood
TK Maxx sign up on Henderson's Kew Retail Park
Currys and PC World secure prelets on Durham City Retail Park
March 2005
Pillar secure Mothercare at Inverness
Birstall hits new peak rent of £51.00 per sq ft
Next acquire unit from LxB at Strood
Wickes open in Salisbury
Imperial opening for Allied
February 2005
Mothercare acquire new unit in Newcastle
Banbury Cross hits £25.00 per sq ft
January 2005
Wilkinson Williams instructed nationwide by Pizza Hut
Allied Carpets secure new store in Nottingham
Allied Carpets secure a relocation in Southampton
Next tranche of lettings announced at Manchester Fort
Homebase prelet Hammerson's Cardiff scheme
JJB Sports relocate in Walsall
Sports World sign up with LxB at Crayford
Allied Carpets take the last unit in Wellingborough
Wickes acquire Courts lease in Edmonton from Receiver
December 2004
Allied Carpets secure new store in Rotherham
Knaresborough hits £22.00 per sq ft
TK Maxx secure Brent Cross unit
First preletting to Ilva in the UK
November 2004
JD Sports acquire edge of town unit at Harlow
Next and Brantano sign up for Cwmbran
October 2004
British Land strengthen Guiseley with Next letting
USS secure Next at Bromborough
PC World acquire second Leicester unit
September 2004
HMV go to Walsall
Asda Living take first store at Walsall
British Land replace former Cambridge Homebase with fashion retail
Bletchley Retail Park completely changed and now fully let
Asda secure Next and Brantano at Barrow in Furness
Henderson secure Sports World at Nottingham
August 2004
Henderson complete lettings on Kingston Retail Park in Newcastle
Sports World take unit at Oxford
Currys acquire large store in Manchester
Boots take 20,000 sq ft superstore in Crayford
Marks & Spencer secure food unit in Swansea
Wickes anchor High Wycombe retail park
July 2004
First prelettings secured at Manchester Fort
Next acquire unit in Stratford Upon Avon
Birstall hits £45.00 per sq ft
June 2004
JJB and Klaussner go to Newport
Marks & Spencer Simply Food go to Speke
Focus exit Wigan
Henderson attract TK Maxx to Newcastle
May 2004
JD Sports acquire unit at Denton
AHF Co-op expanding again!
April 2004
USS secure Next for Northampton
Solihull hits mid thirties
March 2004
Wickes take unit in Bracknell
First UK store for Nobilia
February 2004
JD Sports sign up at Glasgow
Next acquire new unit in Inverness
Pillar announce new lettings at Silverlink
Land Securities start refurbishment in Swansea
Allied Carpets secure a relocation in South Ruislip
January 2004
Pillar announce first Farnborough lettings
Currys take flagship store in Manchester
Klaussner take new unit at Newport
M&S acquire food unit in Newcastle
December 2003
Allied relocate on Priory Retail Park in Taunton
New record rent set in Cwmbran
Pillar complete Borehamwood extension
DP Furniture acquire 80th store in Bedford
November 2003
Allied relocate on Retail World, Gateshead
WH Smith take former Next unit at Birstall
M&S trial new format store at Speke
Inverness rents hit £25.00 per sq ft
October 2003
JD Sports acquire prime unit in Oldham
Threadneedle prove reversion at Speke
September 2003
Asda Properties increase rents by 25% in Barrow
Next acquire a unit at Crayford
Next Interiors acquire standalone unit at Speke
JD Sports sign up for standalone unit in Ilford
August 2003
Currys upsize at Gloucester
Boots relocate in Borehamwood
DP Furniture Express acquire store in Oldham
July 2003
PC World follow Currys in Bangor
H&M take second out of town store at Walsall
Asda Properties complete extension at Cwmbran
Next upsize at Birstall
June 2003
Allied Carpets relocate in Newport
Allied sell long leasehold interest in Swansea
PC World acquire new Bury store
Borders and The Outfit take units at Inverness
May 2003
Allied right-size in Ashton Under Lyne
Currys acquire new small format store in Stamford
April 2003
Currys take flagship store in Hayes
JD Sports acquire Millennium store at Greenwich
Currys upsize in Bangor
March 2003
JD Sports acquire second unit in Beckton
Allied acquire unit in Dartford
Pillar's first letting post-Chartwell
February 2003
PC World take new Basildon store
Asda Properties let Hemel unit to Staples
Marks & Spencer and WH Smith for Borehamwood
January 2003
Chelmsford attracts Argos & TK Maxx
PC World acquire Christchurch store
Second phase of Inverness completed
December 2002
JD Sports go edge of town in Hamilton
Homebase extension completed at Southport
Currys extend at Cwmbran
November 2002
Allied acquire store in Stafford
DSG acquire second store in St Helens
October 2002
Bulky goods rents hit £30.00 per sq ft at Speke
PC World acquire Bangor store
September 2002
Final phase at New Mersey Shopping Park completed
August 2002
Borehamwood Shopping Park attracts Next
July 2002
Planning granted for next phase at Birstall
June 2002
New standalone units at New Mersey
May 2002
Orpington rents reach £35.00 per sq ft
DFS pay record rent at Leeds
April 2002
Uniqlo sign up for Speke
Currys upsize in Wrexham
March 2002
New record rent set in Solihull
February 2002
Next take unit at Handforth
New Cross lettings for British Land
January 2002
Third phase of New Mersey Shopping Park completed
Axa announce Worcester redevelopment
December 2001
Former B&Q in Chelmsford to be redeveloped
November 2001
JD Sports opens four new out of town stores for Christmas
October 2001
Darlington Retail Park set for growth
SCS take Blackburn extension
Currys secure destination store for St Helens
September 2001
PC World takes prelet in Birkenhead
August 2001
PC World acquire new store in Salisbury
Next, JD Sports and Mamas & Papas sign up at Leeds
July 2001
Allied Carpets finally secure flagship store in Croydon
JD Sports announce new openings in Chester and Edinburgh
PC World sign up for Basingstoke scheme
June 2001
Borehamwood scheme attracts Sports Soccer
WH Smith and Gap exchange contracts at Speke
May 2001
Currys secure prime Glasgow unit
April 2001
Gap and Boots sign up at Leeds
March 2001
British Land set record rent in Wakefield
TK Maxx secure out of town Nottingham store
February 2001
Matalan extension completed in Nottingham
PC World and DFS sign up at Speke
Asda buy extension site in Barrow
January 2001
Currys secure flagship Chester store
JD Sports secure flagship store in Manchester
December 2000
Wilson Bowden start work on Thetford's Forest Retail Park
Three disposals secured for Currys
November 2000
Birkenhead's Rock Retail Park now fully let
October 2000
New record rent set for Inverness
Wilson Bowden complete B&Q Warehouse in Loughborough
September 2000
Crown Estate splash out on Leamington Spa
L&G refurbish Stratford Upon Avon holding
Grantchester to extend Homebase at Southport
August 2000
Brantano enter the Isle of Wight
Croydon's Purley Way is re-branded
Immediate reversion for Pillar at Speke
July 2000
Immediate performance for Henderson in Canterbury
Wickes sign up for Stafford
June 2000
Tesco and British Land repair fire damage in Milton Keynes
Halfords take final unit on Charlton scheme
May 2000
Legal & General attract Currys to Worksop
Henderson extend Matalan at Nottingham
Rents in Hull power to £15.00 per sq ft
April 2000
Hereford Retail Park prelet for Grantchester
Wickes commit to early new store in Halifax
Hendersons increase tenants on Reading Link Retail Park
March 2000
Success for Hercules in South Manchester
New record rent set on Westgate Retail Park in Wakefield
JD Sports open 18th out of town store
February 2000
Axa announces development plans in Worcester
Clerical Medical sign Argos for Aberdeen
Refurbishment success in Inverness for Threadneedle
Currys open first new small store format in Bridlington
January 2000
Birstall Shopping Park is Going Places
PC World open in Blackpool
Second largest store for Currys opens in Leeds
JD Sports and Brantano sign up for New Mersey Retail Park
Refurbishment complete in Carlisle for Grantchester
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