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Orchard Street Appoints Barney Rowe

Orchard Street Investment Management LLP, a leading UK specialist commercial property investment manager, has appointed Barney Rowe as an Associate Partner and Fund Manager for its recently announced UK Special Situations Fund. Barney will head the UK Special Situations Fund launched by Orchard Stre…

JLL Appointed as Managing Agents for £300m Special Situations Fund

Orchard Street Investment Management LLP, a leading UK specialist commercial property investment manager, has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle as managing agents for its new £300m UK Special Situations Fund. The Fund was launched by Orchard Street Investment Management and an affiliate of GIC Real Estat…

Davies St, W1, Letting to Aedes UK

Orchard Street Investment Management has let the entire fourth floor of its newly completed Mayfair office scheme at 75 Davies Street, London W1. With the signing of the lease, to leading Italian property investment company Aedes UK Ltd for their new UK headquarters, the newly refurbished offices ad…

Next Opens at Redeveloped Cascades, Portsmouth

Orchard Street Investment Management LLP is pleased to announce a further significant opening in the newly redeveloped 250,000 ft² Cascades Shopping Centre in Portsmouth. The new 24,000 ft² Next store was officially unveiled on 22 November. The launch follows on from the opening of the new 42,000 ft…

Belvedere House, Manchester

Orchard Street Investment Management LLP has agreed a £50m funding and purchase agreement with Wilson Bowden Developments Ltd for Belvedere House, Booth Street, Manchester, on behalf of a UK pension fund client. Belvedere House will be a quality 103,000 sq ft office building with ancillary A1/3 grou…

£67m Smithfield office building bought by OSIM

£67m Smithfield office bought by OSIM Orchard Street Investment Management has acquired the long leasehold investment interest in 12 Smithfield from Scarborough Group for £67.2m. The purchase has been made for UK pension fund clients. The 100,000 sq ft office building was completed in 2004, and is m…

Sharps UK HQ sold for £20.6m

4 Furzeground Way, Stockley Park, Heathrow has been acquired by Sireo Immobilienfonds for £20.6 million reflecting a net initial yield of 6% from clients of Orchard Street Investment Management. 4 Furzeground Way, Stockley Park is currently let to Motorola Ltd and is Sharp Electronics (UK) Ltd UK He…

Hines acquires prime midtown block for redevelopment

Hines acquire prime midtown block for redevelopment. Global developer Hines has acquired a circa 70,000 sq ft office block in High Holborn London WC1, with plans to redevelop and create a state-of-the-art commercial space. The building, Chichester House at 278 High Holborn, is a 1960s office and ret…

Purchase of central Glasgow office block

The Spectrum Building is a recently refurbished modern office building at the junction of Blythswood St and Waterloo St in a rapidly improving part of the Central Business District of Glasgow. The building has 65,000 sq ft of offices, and 7,000 sq ft of retail accommodation at ground floor level. Th…